Mount Everest’s towering height isn’t shaped by tectonic forces alone. Its continued growth owes a quiet debt to nearby ...
Independent climbers hoping to summit Nepal's 8,000m peaks without supplementary oxygen or Sherpa support can relax. They're ...
Makalu, the world’s fifth-highest mountain, rises to 8,485 meters (27,838 feet). Located about 20 kilometers southeast of Everest, it is easily recognizable by its striking pyramid-shaped peak.
The news is just in: at 14.00 (local time) Simone Moro and Denis Urubko reached the 8462m high summit of Makalu, carrying out the historic first winter ascent of the 5th highest mountain in the world.
In autumn 2015, Emily Harrington, Adrian Ballinger, Hilaree O’Neill and Jim Morrison traveled to Nepal’s Himalaya to climb and ski Makalu, at 8462m the fifth highest mountain in the world. This was ...
The first phase included Annapurna, Dhaulagiri, Kanchenjunga, Everest, Lhotse, and Makalu, while the second ... for Cho Oyu because that’s the last mountain and I would like to open the route ...
He joined The Mountain Institute (TMI) in 1990 as Environmental Advisor, working as Co-Manager of the Makalu-Barun National Park (Nepal Programs), Founder and Director of Andean Programs, Director of ...