Of the 514 people who have summited I, only six have done so in winter. This is the story of those six, and of the many ...
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.
Everest. K2. Denali. All formidable peaks, but none of them bear the title of ‘World’s Most Deadly Mountain.’ Though climbers ...
Expedition members are back in Base Camp after a successful first round. The rope fixers reached 6,700m. Next time, they will ...
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 ...
Homestays were conceived as an alternative arrangement for an expected hotel room shortage during the tourism campaign aiming ...
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 ...
Got a hike to Everest Base Camp on the bucket list? Swerve the crowds and head for a nearby Nepalese magical mountain for ...
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 ...