Early on Oct. 9, Dawa Yangzum Sherpa took the final, labored steps to the pointy summit of Shishapangma (26,335 feet), the ...
His favorite climb was Annapurna, at 8,091m, which he did without bottled oxygen. “For a teenager of 17 years to do something without using oxygen, you know, normally it’s not recommended ...
The 'Winter Climbing' season technically begins on December 21st on the astronomical calendar, and climbing expeditions are ...
Switzerland’s Ueli Steck talks to swissinfo.ch after his record-breaking solo climb of Annapurna 1, one of the Himalaya´s most dangerous 8,000-metre peaks. The "Swiss Machine" accomplished the ...
Steck's sheer talent, professionalism and punishing training regime have just taken high altitude climbing to a new level. Annapurna has played a major part in the advancement of Himalayan climbing: ...
Steck's sheer talent, professionalism and punishing training regime have just taken high altitude climbing to a new level. Annapurna has played a major part in the advancement of Himalayan climbing: ...