At 7,788m, Pakistan's Rakaposhi is a formidable, seldom-visited peak. Its steep slopes, technical difficulty, and ...

As it continues to surge in popularity, we take a look at dry tooling, its history and how the pursuit emerged from mixed climbing ...

GILGIT: Pakistani mountaineer Sirbaz Khan has successfully summited the Annapurna peak in Nepal without using supplementary ...

He accomplished speed-climbs on Himalayan peaks Nanga Parbat, Manaslu, and Gasherbrum I and II. Annapurna has proven difficult for the Frenchman. He suffered from pulmonary edema at Base Camp last ...

Denis Urubko will climb a new route on Nanga Parbat in June, then attempt what he calls "real winter firsts" on Broad Peak and Gasherbrum I the following winter. Finally recovered from the ...

Something of a 'legendary grandfather' in Himalayan climbing circles, he was best known for making the first complete ascent of Nanga Parbat’s Mazeno Ridge in 2012, with Sandy Allan, for which the ...

Call them 'ochomiles', in homage to one of the most exciting and challenging feats in mountaineering and sports in general, ...