3+ day, 23+ 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, 4+ min 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…...

4+ day, 23+ hour ago   (687+ words) It is a sad day in Siorapaluk, Greenland, the world’s northernmost village. Early this morning, Ikuo Oshima died in nearby Qaanaaq. He was 79. For more than half a century, Oshima-san was one of the faces of Siorapaluk, although he was…...

5+ day, 23+ hour ago   (179+ words) Fourteen hundred days after leaving her native Germany on foot, artist Katharina Kneip has reached Saskatchewan, a Canadian Prairie province that puts her more than halfway across the country. Kneip, 36, began in January 2023 and plans to walk, ski, and sail…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (170+ words) A Czech-Slovak expedition is currently on India’s Bhagirathi 3 (6,454m). The foursome is trying to free-climb the Stairway to Heaven route up the Southwest Pillar. Martin Krasnansky, Tomas Bcek, Michal Mikusínec, Pavel Nesvadba (CZ), and trekker Zolo Demjan set off toward India’s…...

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, 4+ day ago   (379+ words) Between April 2025 and March 2026, Japan recorded 230 bear attacks and 13 deaths. This was a substantial rise from the previous year, when authorities recorded only three deaths and 82 injuries. In response, Japan has culled an astonishing 14,000 bears and counting. “If this level…...

1+ week, 4+ 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…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (245+ words) See this post on Instagram “Bist du verrückt? [Are you crazy?]” the Polish man is heard to say in the video. The guide then furiously climbs back up the section, goes to the man, and, yelling, pushes and shakes him…...