Many expeditions are in the process of setting off for the new spring Himalayan season, but we wanted to briefly concentrate on a winter ascent which terminated circa 40m short of the summit of the ...

It is not clear if the Russian team that first climbed the entire South Face of Lhotse in 1990, or the Japanese team that reached the ridge (but not the summit) in 2009, stepped where Howell and ...

is the predominant movement required for this unrelenting ascent up towards the South Col. The sedimentary sandstone rock of the Yellow Band is a distinctive feature of the Lhotse Face which ...

This is why, Howell explains, the summit of Everest is not suitable. Lhotse, on the other hand, has its enormous South Face, one of the biggest walls on Earth at 3,300m. “The limiting factor on ...

Often called the "Valley of Silence," the Western Cwm is a broad, flat, gently undulating glacial valley basin terminating at the foot of the Lhotse Face. The central section is cut by massive ...

There, the wingsuiter must wait for the right conditions, then fly down the vertical South Face of the mountain. Guide Jon Gupta on the Lhotse Ridge. Photo: Jon Gupta Climbing guide Jon Gupta will ...

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. Planetmountain.com is a site ...