The true winter climbing season begins on December 21 - the first day of the astronomical winter, and three Himalayan teams ...

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With the retreat of the climbing team attempting a winter ascent on Makalu, the winter climbing season in the Himalayas officially ends. The pristine mountain range will enjoy a respite from human ...

The second, or fall, climbing season in the Himalaya will soon end. Deep winter will soon envelope the highest mountains in the world rendering these giants unclimbable. Several expeditions have set ...

Two French veterans led a team of young women climbers to Uttarakhand, where they forged a new route on a 5,200m granite ...

Three American climbers lay in the dark, sharing a custom-made sleeping bag on a portable ledge dangling from a massive cliff high in the Himalayas. They were anchored to the north face of Mount Jannu ...

Julia Lyubova, 44, summited Mount Everest in the spring of 2025. Months after her return from the tallest mountain in the ...

The true winter climbing season in the Himalayas beings on December 21st , and several teams have plans to attempt climbing some of the highest mountains in the world during this ominous period – the ...

Climbing expeditions will soon launch into the Himalayas to prepare for their bids on 8,000-meter peaks – the highest mountains in the world. By early May, the Jetstream will make its annual northern ...

KATHMANDU(dpa) – The spring climbing season in Nepal’s Himalayan mountains is in full swing, and mountain madness has struck trekkers from all over the world to set new records and achieve new heights ...

Two veterans of Defence Intelligence of Ukraine, both amputees, have conquered the Himalayas. The expedition included Ivan Tarn and Oleksandr Dashko, two veterans from the Artan and Kraken special ...