At an altitude of over 8,200 meters on the flanks of K2, extreme mountaineer Kristin Harila finds a high-altitude porter who has fallen. He is hanging upside down from a fixed rope and fighting for ...

Nimsdai Purja has been making headlines in the mountaineering world for the incredible records recently accomplished. He now owns the world record for the fastest time to summit all 14 peaks ...

Nepali-British mountaineer and former Gurkha Nimsdai Purja set out to accomplish an incredible feat on May 7th, 2022. He had his sights set on a world record, seeking to become the fastest person ...

On May 7, 2022, climber Nims began this campaign by summiting Kanchanjunga without using supplemental oxygen. On May 27 of the same year, he ascended Everest, followed by Lhotse on May 28, Makalu, Cho ...

IT started with the ascent of Nanga Parbat in 2017 and ended with the summit of Tibet’s Shishapangma on Thursday. Sirbaz Khan has made history in seven years, becoming the first Pakistani to ...

GILGIT: Pakistani climbers Sirbaz Khan and Shehroze Kashif started their journey to summit Shishapangma peak (8027m) in Tibet, China. Khan from Hunza and Kashif from Lahore have already scaled 13 ...

Mike Marolt is a really, really good writer. Don’t take my word for it — rather, read his book “Shishapangma, Skiing the Highline” and see for yourself. His personal account of boldly skiing where no ...

After Rzucidlo and Dawa Yangzum reached Shishapangma base camp on foot on the afternoon of October 4, they visited the dining tents, where they encountered other climbers, including Rzucidlo’s ...

Rescuers successfully retrieved the bodies of an American climber and her guide from the slopes of Mount Shishapangma, in the Chinese region of Tibet, more than seven months after they were lost ...

At least 52 climbers from the US, UK, Japan, Italy, and other countries were attempting to conquer Shishapangma, the world's 14th tallest peak. It is the only mountain above 8,000 metres (26,000 ...