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At least four Nepali climbers successfully stood atop the 7,161-metre peak in the Mt Everest region this afternoon.
“Four Sherpa climbers reached the top of Mt Pumori opening a route to the summit point at 1:15 pm,” Tamding Sherpa, Managing Director at Himalayan Experience Pvt Ltd, said.
According to him, the rope fix...
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A former Gurkha soldier, who is on his mission to complete all 14 peaks above 8,000 metres in just seven months, today left for Mt Dhaulagiri to attempt to climb the 8,167-metre peak.
Talking to THT, UK’s former special forces soldier Nirmal ‘Nims’ Purja, 34, said that he would attempt Mt Dhaulagiri without using supplem...
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He hopes his journey can inspire others to explore Britains unspoiled areas.
An explorer completed an epic 1,250-mile backpacking trek from the tip of Cornwall to the top of Scotland - to celebrate his 70th birthday.
John Sutcliffe hiked from Cape Cornwall to Cape Wrath, carrying 18kg of camping equipment and clothing...
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Vitaliy Lazo, founder and participant of Freeride in the Death Zone project (anoxic summits and freeride descents from the highest mountains in the world) finished the training program and passed the final exam for ski guide of Russian Mountain Guides Association. The results become known by the end of May, 2019.
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A Sherpa climber who guided Wui Kin Chin, a Malaysian doctor, to the top of the world’s tenth highest mountain, today said the climber could survive above Camp IV on Mt Annapurna because he gave him his oxygen cylinder.
Nima Tshering Sherpa, the only climbing guide of Kin Chin, told THT that the 49-year-old climber fell ...
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Adam Bielecki and Felix Berg are doing it again: their “secondary” acclimatization peak (before attempting a new route on Annapurna) is a mighty challenge by itself. The grandeur of Langtang Lirung (7,227m) was equaled by the disbelief the climbers met when they revealed their plans to the locals in Langtang valley.
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Third expedition «Freeride in the Death Zone» for climbing and skiing from Nanga Parbat 8-thousander will start on June, 2019. Alpinists Vitaliy Lazo and Anton Pugovkin have great news: this year Italian mountaineer and skier Carl Alberto Cimenti will join them, and a full length movie will follow the enterprise. Read what ...
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The recent deaths of three alpinists once again raises questions about this dangerous pursuit.
When someone dies, the mourning process is typically straightforward. But when young climbers die in the mountains doing something extremely risky, mourning is surprisingly controversial.
This month, Jess Roskelley, Hansjör...
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According to Expedition Leader Tashi Sherpa, Legend mountaineer Kami Rita Sherpa and his team left Base camp to Camp 1 via khumbu icefall along with 13 Indian climbers and 14 Sherpa guides.
The team moved after the Puja at 4am from 5364m for the first rotation to acclimatization before attempting their summit . “After th...
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