Nima Rinji Sherpa’s ears are still tinged black from wind chill, an occupational hazard of climbing to heights where humans ...

In a time when climbers often choose their own ambitions over assisting others, I recall the heroic efforts of Simone Mora in ...

On 15/05 Kristian Kuntner (ITA) and Norbert Joos (SUI) reached the summit of Lhotse without the use of supplementary oxygen. This is the 13th annd 1th 800m peak respectively. On 19/05 Daniele Nardi ...

they reached the summit of Lhotse - the 4th highest mountain in the world - during the night. The descent proved more difficult than expected and they therefore stopped at Camp 2. They returned to ...

Jordi Corominas of Spain has received the Walter Bonatti Lifetime Achievement Award from the Piolet d’Or committee. Well ...

Adriana Brownlee is second in Britain and one of just 64 people worldwide to have climbed all 14 peaks over 8,000m ...

The findings address two anomalies in the Himalayas: the unusual heights of Everest, Lhotse and Makalu compared ... in the west — to rise about 0.2 to 0.4 inches (5 to 10 millimeters) per ...

The Piolets d'Or - The Golden Ice Ave The Piolets d’Or, known as the ‘Golden Ice Axe’, represents mountaineering’s highest ...

The expected growth is around 1 millimeter per year, but GPS data show recent uplift is around 2 millimeters per year ... Other Himalayan peaks, such as Lhotse and Makalu, are also affected.

The loss of this landmass is causing the mountain to spring upwards by as much as 2 millimetres a year and ... Kangchenjunga and Lhotse -- all only differ by about 120 metres from each other.

For the closer peaks—giants like Lhotse, Nuptse, and Makalu—you now ... Photos: (1) Liesl Clark; (2) courtesy David Breashears; (3) courtesy Sumiyo Tsuzuki; (4) courtesy Ed Viesturs.

He summited Everest and Lhotse, standing at 8,516 meters ... When temperatures fall below minus 16 degrees Celsius (3.2 ...