As the winter climbing season draws to a close in the Himalayas, two avalanches rocketed down the steep slopes of Annapurna over the weekend above Camp 2. The first avalanche missed the only ...

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: ...

Annapurna east 8000m + and back after 14 hours in earth time. Everything was o.k., but if is this wind 60 km/h then i drive my car slowly." I enter meditation and I prepare a cup of tea as I wait for ...

Strong winds are always a problem in 8,000m climbing, but especially in winter, when they're even stronger. We review the ...

For the moment this brief but positive news is all we know. On 24th October Graziani and Benoist, after 8 days’ climbing, had reached the summit of Annapurna (8091m) up the huge, difficult south face, ...

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: ...