On July 30, 2026, Broad Peak witnessed one of the darkest days in its climbing history when an avalanche swept through a group of climbers between Camp 2 and Camp 3 at around 6,600 metres, taking the lives of 10…
Savage Mountain is a new feature documentary about Norwegian climber Kristin Harila. It is directed by Even Sigstad, who also wrote the screenplay, and produced by Filip Christensen of Field Productions, in co-production with Full Story Films, Sky News’ long-form…
A team of local volunteers from Shigar, searching the area on their own, found a body on Broad Peak this yesterda and it has now been confirmed as Sohail Sakhi, one of ten climbers killed in the avalanche of July…
Nepali singer and mountaineer Raju Lama reached the top of Mount Kilimanjaro on August 11 and dedicated the climb to the ten climbers who died in the Broad Peak avalanche on July 30. Lama, known for his music with the…
The Alpine Club of Pakistan has confirmed that the body of Sohail Sakhi, the Pakistani climber and guide who was lost in the Broad Peak avalanche, has been recovered. A team of local volunteers from Shigar, who had been searching…
There is a photograph of her that people across Oman and beyond kept sharing after she was lost. She is standing in snow, in hijab, against a wall of ice, smiling the way she always smiled. Nobody who knew her…
Dear Kilu Brother, We wish we were writing about your return. We wish we were waiting to write about the moment you walked through the gates of Tribhuvan International Airport, back home in Nepal, after standing on the summit of…
Ten years ago, on the way down from the summit of Cho Oyu, Yang Xianfeng passed a climber he barely recognized. The man’s clothes were grey with a week of dust. His face was unshaven, his eyes fixed somewhere past…
On the summit push of Island Peak in 2023, Sohail Sakhi was the strongest climber on the mountain, and everyone around him knew it. But that day he wasn’t out front. He was in the back, moving at the pace…
Nima Sherpa spent barely five years climbing above 8,000 metres, and in that short time he had already summited five of the world’s highest peaks, built a reputation as one of Elite Expeditions’ most respected climbers, and put his remote…
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