Of the 514 people who summited Annapurna I by the end of 2024, only six did so in winter. Twenty-three expeditions have tried to ascend Annapurna I in the coldest season, including 19 without bottled ...

Commercialization is here to stay on Annapurna. While resources are optimized and summit rates maximized, there are also worrying trends. There are too many inexperienced climbers, an alarming number ...

Expeditions to the Himalayas have begun as spring welcomes more accommodating weather to climb the world’s highest peaks. The weather window has just opened as the jet stream makes its annual northern ...

Three Nepalese climbers recently rescued a fallen climber near Camp 3 on Annapurna, the 10th highest mountain in the world. Vadium Druelle of France fell into a crevasse on the icy mountain while ...

Annapurna is a dangerous and difficult climb, and the avalanche-prone Himalayan peak has a higher death rate than Everest - Copyright AFP/File PRAKASH MATHEMA ...

WELCOME BACK: Nepal's Prime Minister Mohan Shumsher Rana in a jewel-bedecked crown welcomed Maurice Herzog at Singha Darbar after his expeiditon's first ascent of an 8,000m peak in 1950. Herzog had to ...