Climbing the world’s 14 highest peaks — all located in the Himalayas — has long represented the ultimate objective in alpinism. From K2 to Annapurna, these mountains present some of the toughest ...

Mount Everest continues to captivate adventurers and climbers from across the globe, but behind the majestic peaks lies an ...

KATHMANDU, May 12 (Reuters) - A Nepali Sherpa guide fell into a crevasse and died on Mount Everest for the third death in two weeks ‌on the world’s highest mountain, as climbers are undeterred by ...

Seven Italian mountaineers have gone missing in Nepal after avalanches swept across multiple Himalayan peaks, killing at least 12 people in the deadliest autumn climbing season in recent memory. Three ...

KATHMANDU, Nepal — An avalanche swept through a camp on Mount Yalung Ri in Nepal on Monday and killed five foreign climbers and two Nepali guides, officials said. Armed Police Force spokesperson ...

The avalanche struck the climbers while they were climbing the 18,470-foot Yalung Ri peak near Nepal’s border with Tibet ...

“While no words can ease this loss, we choose to honour Chinny’s memory by giving back to those who make high-altitude ...

The autumn mountaineering season is not over yet, and already there have been 12 fatalities on Himalayan peaks in Nepal. Of the 1,450 climbing permits issued, 436 were for Mt Ama Dablam (6,812m), 374 ...

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