4+ day, 15+ hour ago   (258+ words) A four-man team will try to free climb the Stairway to Heaven route up the Southwest Pillar of Baghirathi III (6,454m), in India’s Garhwal Himalaya. Martin Krasnansky, Tomas Bcek, Michal Mikusinec of Slovakia, and Pavel Nesvadba of Czechia updated their progress…...

5+ day, 15+ hour ago   (389+ words) New flooding in Nepal’s Manaslu region, this time caused by monsoon rains, has swept away houses and bridges. The district is now closed to trekkers, prompting Manaslu climbers to fly to Base Camp by helicopter. Yesterday, Nepal celebrated a national…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (431+ words) Thomas Huber has finally given information about his summer expedition to Pakistan’s Choktoi area. Together with Victor Sans and Miquel Mas of Spain, the German bagged a new 600m route on 5,700m Biacherahi Central. It featured difficulties up to 7a A2+. The team claims…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (414+ words) Despite the devastating floods in Nepal last week, most of the country’s mountains and valleys are unaffected. The Trekking Agencies’ Association of Nepal (TAAN) has so far identified 36 support staff from five travel and trekking companies as missing in the…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (627+ words) The catastrophic flood in Nepal’s Langtang has also hit the mountaineering industry. Staff members are missing, and several guides are helping search for survivors. The official death toll passed 1,000 today, and about 4,000 are still missing. Chances of survival are slim…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (294+ words) Hundreds are feared dead after a flash flood from Tibet caused the Bhote Koshi River in Nepal to burst its banks. The flooding has caused massive destruction in the Rasuwa district (Langtang area). The Tibetan side of the border was…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (241+ words) Heavy snowfall and strong winds have forced a high-altitude rescue team to abandon efforts to recover the body of climber Asma Mushtaq from 7,027m Spantik in the Karakoram, according to Dawn. The six-member team had reached Camp 2 and attempted to push…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago   (333+ words) On August 21, local volunteers found the body of U.S. climber Sarah Mallory Geis on Broad Peak. Geis was one of ten climbers killed by a deadly avalanche that struck the mountain on July 30. She was the last missing victim to be…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (367+ words) Local authorities in the Annapurna region are proposing numerous ways to pay tribute to celebrated mountaineer Nirmal Purja. A statue and a museum are popular initiatives on social media, but their proposal to change Annapurna’s name has sparked controversy. On…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (585+ words) When a search team looked for their friends and colleagues on Broad Peak, they could not find the body of Pakistani guide Sohail Sakhi. Sakhi was killed with nine other climbers in an avalanche on July 30. The brutal slide swept…...