Maciej Kimel, Michal Krol, and Mariusz Madej of Poland have set a new route up Kiajo Ri, a popular 6,187m peak in Nepal's ...

Nima Rinji Sherpa’s ears are still tinged black from wind chill, an occupational hazard of climbing to heights where humans ...

‘Alpine-style’ climbs dictate that mountaineers ... Everest, he successfully completed climbing the highest peak on each of the world’s seven continents, becoming the 58th person to conquer ...

All of these climbs, the most important of which are listed below, were done in a mere nine years of climbing. What is clear is that the 26-year-old from Washington has made alpinism, alpine style, ...

Climbing partners need not be American ... $3,000 and $4,500 of the grant’s $20,000 total budget. The post Alpine Style ...

He's planning a challenging winter ascent in the Alpine style: no support staff, fixed ropes or supplemental oxygen, carrying ...

Michael Gardner died in a fall on Jannu East (7,468m), in Nepal’s Kangchenjunga region, on October 7. The 32-year-old was attempting a new route with longtime friend and climbing partner Sam ...

This three-day alpine style ascent of the previously unclimbed north-west face via a 1,600m sustained mixed route was the third ascent of this famous summit in the Charakusa valley. This young team ...

Its overall aim is to continue the tradition of alpine-style climbing in the Japanese mountain culture. Other members are Ryoya Odaka, Fumiya Yokomichi, Masahiro Nakazawa, and Taiyo Ashizawa.

Pasang Kidar Sherpa and Danika Gilbert followed their route, while maintaining alpine style climbing ethics. Above the Japanese teams' high point, climbing conditions became much more difficult ...

alpine-style.“That means we’re climbing an 8,000-meter mountain in winter … There’s no fixed ropes for us, there’s no (supplemental) oxygen for us, there is no support for us. So, it’s like pure human ...