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Avalanche on Shishapangma: Two dead, two missing
Shishapangma Sad news from the eight-thousander Shishapangma: According to the newspaper “The Himalayan Times”, the American climber Anna Gutu and her Nepalese guide Mingmar Sherpa died today in an...
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Shishapangma: Mourning for four avalanche victims
Shishapangma The Chinese-Tibetan authorities have pulled the brakes. After two avalanches hit the summit zone of the eight-thousander Shishapangma on Saturday, they declared that “all climbing...
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Anurag Maloo, survivor on Annapurna I: “Never take a mountain lightly”
Anurag Maloo “We saw last year on Manaslu and this year on Shishapangma that even the easiest mountain can become the most difficult one, depending on the weather condition or different...
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Fatal fall on Dhaulagiri – mourning for Nadya Oleneva
Dhaulagiri (in 2004) Miracles – like last spring’s survival of Indian climber Anurag Maloo in a crevasse on Annapurna – are unfortunately the exception on eight-thousanders. On the 8167-meter...
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Rousseau, Marvell and Cornell pull off a coup on the 7000er Jannu
Matt Cornell, Alan Rousseau and Jackson Marvell (from l. to r.) on the summit of Jannu. It’s projects like this that show that alpinism is far from dead – even if the crisis of meaning in...
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Piolets d’Or for three routes on six-thousanders
The alpinistic music is currently not playing on the eight-thousanders, but on lower peaks. This is also demonstrated by the three groundbreaking climbs that will be awarded Piolets d’Or this year....
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Russian expedition abandons Cho Oyu expedition – first ascents on...
Cho Oyu (in the center of the picture the mentioned rock tower) For the time being there is no new route on the Nepalese south side of the eight-thousander Cho Oyu. A five-member Russian team...
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UN Secretary-General Guterres on climate change in the Himalayas: “We must...
Three 8000ers at a glance: Everest, Lhotse, Makalu (From l. to r.) High-ranking visitor to the world’s highest mountains. António Guterres, Secretary-General of the United Nations, was in Nepal this...
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Paul Ramsden after another first ascent of a six-thousander in Nepal:...
Ascent and descent route by Paul Ramsden and Tim Miller on Surma-Sarovar in western Nepal Paul Ramsden and Tim Miller have done it again: the two Brits managed another first ascent of a six-thousander...
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Alpinism: Six commandments of good style
Three 8000ers at a glance: Everest, Lhotse, Makalu (from left to right) The style debate in the mountaineering scene is gathering pace – not least because of the events on the eight-thousanders this...
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Thomas Huber: “I don’t need an eight-thousander”
Thomas Huber When Thomas Huber talks about freedom in the mountains, his eyes light up. “Mountains are so much more than just a name, an ascent or a record,” the older of the two Huber brothers tells...
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International Mountain Day – the Everest glacier’s cry for help
South side of Mount Everest with the Khumbu Glacier (in 2002) The gap between what would be necessary in times of climate change and what is actually being implemented is wide. “Over 311 million rural...
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“School up – far west”: This is what the children in Rama dream of
Manpura, Prabhav and Saphal (from left to right) As a child, I dreamed of becoming an astronaut. In the end, I didn’t go to the moon. And yet I am still fascinated by space travel. Manpura, Saphal and...
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Winter attempts on the eight-thousanders Annapurna I and Gasherbrum I
Northwestern view of Annapurna (the main summit on the left) “Although December is a very good and pleasant month in Nepal – I would say it is the best month of the year – the wind has made us suffer...
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Merry Christmas!
I wish you a wonderful and blessed Christmas. Enjoy the days with your loved ones! Der Beitrag Merry Christmas! erschien zuerst auf Adventure Mountain.
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Happy New Year!
I wish you a peaceful year 2024 full of adventures in the mountains or anywhere else. Der Beitrag Happy New Year! erschien zuerst auf Adventure Mountain.
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Annapurna winter expedition: rotation or summit attempt by Alex Txikon and Co.
Annapurna massif (Annapurna I on the left) The Spaniard Alex Txikon and his team set off from the base camp of Annapurna I this morning Nepalese local time. In strong winds, they reached Camp 1 at an...
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40 years ago: Berbeka and Gajewski achieve the first winter ascent of Manaslu
Maciej Berbeka on the “True Summit” of Manaslu on 12 January 1984 (Photo: Ryszard Gajewski) “Over there, the altitude, plus the temperature, plus the wind, plus the exhaustion make us fight for every...
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Alex Txikon abandons Annapurna winter expedition
Alex Txikon at Annapurna I “I cannot afford to expose my companions any further,” writes Alex Txikon on Instagram today, “and so, after discussing and meditating all morning, we have decided to say...
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Winter expedition on Gasherbrum I: Denis Urubko crosses the icefall for the...
Denis Urubko on Gasherbrum I After the Spaniard Alex Txikon and his companions on Annapurna I in western Nepal abandoned their expedition and returned home, Denis Urubko is the only remaining...
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