Tag: #mountaineering
Articles tagged with #mountaineering
Driving young Nepalis up the wall
Kalpana Maharjan combines her passion for sports climbing with activism
Finding George Mallory
Sherpa brothers who took part in finding George Mallory recount their 1999 Everest expedition
New 8,000ers may restart peak-grabbing race
Nepal has added six Himalayan peaks to raise the total eight-thousanders from 14 to 20
Deadly autumn in Himalayan climbing
Storms, delays in rescue permits and new uncharted peaks increase mountaineering risk this season
West meets East in the Himalaya
New book by Norwegian climber examines the asymmetry in climbing expeditions, and much more
Nepal’s most prolific mountaineering clan
Family members of a Sherpa climber from Phortse have climbed Mt Everest a total of 92 times
Kangchenjunga: too sacred to climb?
Despite anger in Sikkim, it is unlikely Nepal will also ban climbing the world’s third highest mountain
Sherpaland, CO, USA
Multiple Everest summiteers from Nepal reach the peak of their careers in the Denver area
Everest summiteers find new life in the US
Widow of Sherpa climber fulfilled her husband's dream and is now making a new life
The Everest Industry
Despite government efforts to spread out expeditions, the world’s highest mountain was the main draw in Spring 2025
Il y a d’autres Annapurnas dans la vie des hommes
France and Nepal mark the 75th anniversary of the first ascent of an 8,000m peak
Peak climbing season, 2025
Nepali mountaineering numbers have rebounded to pre-pandemic levels as government raises climbing fees
My grandfather’s footsteps
A Japanese student tracks down the site where his mountaineer grandfather helped build a public facility 25 years ago
Lady June Hillary 1931 - 2024
Sir Ed was a towering figure, but Lady June was equally staunch at his side, discrete, always there – his saviour
Everest cornice collapse
As spring climbing season closes, climbing guide says deaths are a warning to reduce overcrowding
Mountains of books
Reviews of three books about the Himalaya to mark the centennary of 1924 Everest expedition
Peak season in the Nepal Himalaya
Everest expeditions cope with a narrow weather window as pre-monsoon storms lash the mountains
How to win Nepal’s first Olympic medal
With the Paris 2024 Summer Games 2 and a half months away, is there a chance?
Where have all the mountaineers gone?
Mt Everest sees a dramatic drop in expeditions this spring season, no one seems to know why
Mt Everest (Pvt) Ltd
A century after the first attempt to climb the world’s highest mountain, it is not so lonely at the top
Dispelling myths about climbing
Nepal’s Himalayan peaks are not crowded, and they have not run out of mountaineering challenges
Other Annapurnas in the lives of women
A bigger challenge than mountaineering for Arlene Blum was overcoming gender discrimination
Tenjen Sherpa, a tribute
The tragic end of Nepal’s remarkable record-holding mountaineering guide, Tenjen Sherpa
First Native American on world’s tallest peak
Cheyenne River Sioux tribe member combines medicine with mountaineering to empower indigenous communities