Of the 514 people who summited Annapurna I by the end of 2024, only six did so in winter. Twenty-three expeditions have tried to ascend Annapurna I in the coldest season, including 19 without bottled ...

Climbers trekking through a snowy slope heading to Mount Everest in the distance - Vixit/Shutterstock Mount Everest is the highest point on Earth. It stands at an incredible 29,032 feet and grows ...

An Indian climber who was rescued after spending three days trapped in a 980-foot-deep crevasse on Mount Annapurna, the world's 10th-highest mountain, was joined by his family at a hospital in Nepal ...

The spring climbing season in the Himalayas has endured a difficult start. The early season features Annapurna I, the 10th highest mountain in the world, standing 8,091 meters (26,545 feet) in the ...

Expeditions to the Himalayas have begun as spring welcomes more accommodating weather to climb the world’s highest peaks. The weather window has just opened as the jet stream makes its annual northern ...

'The Will to Climb: Obsession and Commitment and the Quest to Climb Annapurna — the World's Deadliest Peak' (Crown Publishers), by Ed Viesturs with David Roberts Hard work, danger — even the ...

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 to ...

Noel Hanna, a renowned Irish mountain climber and adventure, died Monday after scaling Mount Annapurna in Nepal. In other incidents on the same mountain, two Indian climbers were rescued and the ...

Among the astonishing views climber Nims Purja (left) witnessed, was this surreal traffic jam at the top of the world, as alpinists queue to reach the summit of Lhotse in the Himalayas, the fourth ...

Mount Everest is the highest point on Earth. It stands at an incredible 29,032 feet and grows about 0.16 inches a year, just one of the intriguing facts about the world's tallest mountain. Summiting ...