Located in the Himalaya, Annapurna I is considered the deadliest mountain in the world. The death rate is 33%, though the number fluctuates with particularly successful--or deadly--seasons.
An curved arrow pointing right. Photographer Aleks Kocev captured this time-lapse as he traveled through Western Nepal on the Annapurna Circuit, a mountain with the highest fatality-to-summit rate ...
Annapurna should have been completion of the highest mountains in the world. Christian Kuntner was a silent, tenacious and extremely strong mountaineer. When asked about his 8000m peaks, he preferred ...
Tomaz Humar reveals details of his solo adventure to the East Summit of Annapurna (8047m) via a new line up the South Face. On 28 October Tomaz Humar climbed the South Face of Annapurna (Nepal, ...
Alex Txikon Sidelined on Annapurna Elite mountaineer Alex Txikon from Lemoa (Basque Country) has climbed 11 of the 14 8,000-meter peaks – the highest mountains ...
Denali, North America’s highest mountain, has a death rate of 9% for those who summit the peak. But none of these death tolls compare to Annapurna I, the world’s 10th highest peak.
It is understood Mr Hanna, from Dromara in County Down, died at a camp while making a descent from Annapurna, the 10th highest mountain in the world. The 56-year-old had scaled Mount Everest 10 ...