Altitude

Winter 2018: Everest Teams on the way to C2, Few Details from K2, Nanga Parbat

Winter 2018 climbing season is progressing smoothly, as three teams work on the mountains at their own pace. Everest team is currently fixi...

History of winter attempts on Himalayan peaks is a little more convoluted than their Karakoram counterparts. Firstly, because Nepal governm...

“ We do not blame ourselves because we did everything that was humanly possible in those inhospitable conditions ,” - winter-climbing pione...

" It's the most wonderful time of the year. " Quite literally for the followers of ‘old-school’ Himalayan mountaineering. F...

Bad weather on Lhotse South Face was followed by warmer temperatures; a bit too warm to appreciate. The increase in temperature resulted i...

After the initial progress to reach C2, with certain help from previously fixed ropes, Lhotse South Face expedition now battles bad weathe...

Long gone are lovely summer days in Karakoram and perhaps the busier post-monsoon climbing season in Nepal as well. Nonetheless, a handful ...

Unpredictable weather in Karakoram. K2 in particular is playing the game of 2015/16, when climbers didn’t even get a full chance to launch ...

The Mazeno Ridge search and rescue mission, unfortunately, didn't turn out to be successful. Alberto Zerain and Mariano Galvan were app...

Kim Hong Bin and Lakpa Sherpa endured several days of cold and hunger at 7200m on Nanga Parbat and were finally able to reach the top, yest...