Mykyta Balabanov and Mykhailo Fomin speak to ExplorersWeb about their new line last week up the West Face of Ama Dablam.

Russians on Cho Oyu and Ukrainians on Makalu. Enemies politically, they are allies in climbing style. The Russian team led by ...

In Nepal's Sankhuwasabha district, a tragic accident involving a tipper claimed the lives of two Indian nationals, Shailendra ...

Vincent Anderson and Marko Prezelj have carried out the first ascent of the unclimbed West Face of Makalu II (7678 m). On Friday 17 October Vincent Anderson from America and Marko Prezelj from ...

In the spring, we were joined by a climbing party who attempted (unsuccessfully) to reach the summit of Makalu (8481 m) without supplementary oxygen. A bicycle ergometer (which measures the amount ...

The 360-degree panorama takes in the Tibetan Plateau to the north, as well as the great Himalayan peaks of Kanchenjunga to the east, Makalu to the southeast, and Cho Oyu to the west. On a clear ...

Our mountaineering expert takes a look at the Piolets d’Or awards, detailing their history, controversies and the legendary ...

I recently wrote an article on this fall’s Himalayan climbing season specific to Manaslu, as endurance athlete Tyler Andrews recently broke the speed record to ...

Everest has gained roughly 15 to 50 metres (40 to 164 feet) in height due to this change in the regional river system. The ...

And there wasn't. The other thing is that while standing on top of Everest I looked across the valley at the other great peak, Makalu, and mentally worked out a route about how it could be climbed.

Two Indian nationals were killed and as many others sustained injuries after a tipper they were travelling on met with an accident in Nepal’s Sankhuwasabha district, police said. The incident took ...