Eighty-Two, and Still Climbing the Same Rock Today Reinhold Messner turns 82. He is not celebrating at home in South Tyrol. He is in Pakistan, in Gilgit-Baltistan, in the shadow of the mountain that has shaped and cost more of…
In July 2013, three young climbers from Tehran's Arash Mountaineering Club finished a route on Broad Peak that Iranian climbers had dreamed of for over a decade. They reached the summit. They never came down.
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…
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…
Gyaljen “Gyalu” Sherpa (1978–2026) — Sherpa Legend Tribute It was May 2025, high on Kanchenjunga, and Gyalu Sherpa was doing what he had always done — working. While the mountaineering world would later marvel at what he was accomplishing, Gyalu…
Recovery operations on Pakistan’s Broad Peak, the world’s 12th-highest mountain at 8,051 metres, entered their sixth day on Tuesday. Rescue teams are preparing for another attempt to bring down the climbers still stranded high on the mountain after last week’s…
Broad Peak Recovery Enters Fourth Day as Families Continue to Wait It has now been four days since recovery teams began the difficult mission to bring home the climbers lost in the Broad Peak avalanche. Despite extraordinary efforts by Pakistani…
It is now heartbreakingly clear that all ten climbers caught in the Broad Peak avalanche on July 30 are no longer with us. The final official declaration will come only after all recovered remains have been identified and formally handed…
The news from Broad Peak has left the entire mountain-loving community stunned. Every ascent in the high mountains is built on courage and on respect for forces far bigger than any of us, and days like this one remind us…
Broad Peak Rescue Update: Search Operation Resumes Today as Nepali Team Arrives in Skardu The search and recovery operation on Broad Peak (8,047 m) is expected to resume today after being suspended yesterday because of severe weather. According to yesterday’s…
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