With the start of the spring climbing season, preparations are in full swing to smoothly manage expeditions on various ...

The expansive western flank of Lhotse is called the Lhotse Face and ... It becomes very obvious when one has reached this point in the climb—one's crampons hit hard rock. The top of the yellow ...

Lhotse, on the other hand ... The pilot is also clear that his goal is the jump, not the climb. “A weather window for a wingsuit jump is not as simple as a summit window,” says Howell.

The expansive western flank of Lhotse is called the Lhotse Face and is an unavoidable part of the traditional southeast route up Everest. Camp III sits about halfway up this ascending wall of ...

Join an unforgettable excursion that brings together Nepal’s finest hiking routes and height ascents. Scale Island height, ...

At the end of December a Japanese expedition led by Osamu Tanabe managed to climb the south Fasce of Lhotse (8516m) in winter, but turned back 40m short of the summit. Many expeditions are in the ...

An unsupported attempt on Makalu and an 83-year-old on I are two of the more unusual Himalayan expeditions this spring.

The Jet Stream will soon subside over the Himalayas, allowing climbers to reach the summits of the highest mountains in the ...

sharing the highly ambitious goal of completing the coveted Everest - Lhotse traverse without supplementary oxygen: 41-year-old Romanian Horia Colibasanu and 53-year-old Slovak Peter Hamor who hope to ...

K Expeditions will fix the ropes from Camp 2 to the summit of Everest. Owner Lakpa Sherpa spoke to ExplorersWeb about the ...