Andrzej Bargiel Has Turned Back Before. This Time It Was Dhaulagiri.
The Polish ski mountaineer gave up his solo, no-oxygen summit push and ski descent after heavy snow, strong wind and rising avalanche danger.
The Polish ski mountaineer gave up his solo, no-oxygen summit push and ski descent after heavy snow, strong wind and rising avalanche danger.
Tiphaine Dupérier made the first ski descent from the summit of Nanga Parbat. She still works as a guide and ski patroller, and she keeps out of the spotlight. It is 3:30 p.m. on 24 June 2025. Three climbers stand…
I finished The Last First: Winter K2 with admiration and an uncomfortable feeling. The footage is remarkable. The story is serious and sad. But something sat wrong with me, and it took a while to say what it was. What…
They went up early to get the camp ready for the climbers. They did not come home. Before any climber arrived at Himlung Himal Base Camp, sixteen Nepali workers were already there. They had come early to prepare the camp.…
Nimsdai Foundation and The Juniper Fund told Sherpa Legend how donations are reaching the families. Neither process is finished.
Editorial The mountain does not know how many followers you have. It does not know your nationality, your wealth, your title, your sponsors or whether the world knows your name. But we humans do. On September 27, an avalanche buried…
Fifteen high-altitude workers have been recovered from the Himlung Himal base camp. One is still missing. Questions now turn to the weather, the workers' choices and where the camp stood.
She grew up on flat farm fields, became the first person to ski all Seven Summits, then turned to protecting a wild place.
Rescuers spent a second day searching Himlung Base Camp in Manang district and recovered the bodies of two more workers. That brings the number of bodies recovered to four. Rescue leader Mingma G. Sherpa said the recoveries make it clear…
It happened at night, without warning. A slab avalanche came down on Himlung Base Camp in Narpa Bhumi Rural Municipality, Manang, in the early hours of Sunday, burying tents where expedition support staff were sleeping. “It came very quietly, without…
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