Independent climbers hoping to summit Nepal's 8,000m peaks without supplementary oxygen or Sherpa support can relax. They're ...

Relentless bad weather has caused some climbers to abandon Nanga Parbat, while others, including skiers Anna Tybor and Tom Lafaille, continue to stick it out, hoping for a change. “The forecasts ...

When the rest of the group started hiking around 3 a.m on Friday, they found that the lines had not been done properly. They were fixed very close to the Camp 4 site — where they were not needed ...

Günther Messner really did perish during the descent of the Nanga Parbat Diamir Face, as his brother Reinhold has always sustained. Günther Messner really did descend Nanga Parbat's Diamir Face, just ...

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The Sherpa team has fixed ropes beyond the crux of the route between Camp 2 and Camp 3 and expects to summit on Wednesday. A record number of climbers will follow them. The ropes to Camp 3 at ...

Prime Minister Imran Khan has inaugurated Himalaya and Nanga Parbat National Parks in Gilgit-Baltistan on Wednesday to protect endangered wildlife and promote eco-tourism in the area. This was stated ...