Three teams are making progress on their winter climbing expeditions in the Himalayas. The true winter climbing season in the Himalayas beings on December 21st , and these three teams have plans ...

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 ...

The climbing expedition teams seeking to summit Himalayan peaks this winter season are currently acclimatizing in the Khumbu Valley, with Ama Dablam (22,349 feet) serving as warm-up peak for their ...

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 ...

The American journalist was recognised as a legendary chronicler of mountaineering expeditions to the Himalaya. Miss Elizabeth Hawley ... An absolute institution in the mountaineering world, Miss ...

Climbing season in the Himalaya typically takes place just twice ... same winter climb on Annapurna last year but called off the expedition after losing a critical cache of gear at Camp 3.

that it very soon became the custom for all Himalayan climbing expeditions to hire Sherpa help in Darjeeling. A system of registration came into force that contributed to the recognition of Sherpa ...

It has taken 7 summits, 7 continents, 7 years of climbing for 17-year-old Kaamya Karthikeyan to become the world’s youngest ...

The Himalayan Database, an organisation that chronicles all expeditions in the Nepali Himalayas, shows that 918 women tried to climb Everest between 1998 and 2017 and 494 were successful.