Karakorum

climber moving up steep snow slope

Pakistan Update: Nanga Parbat, Broad Peak, Istor-O-Nal, Muchu Chhish

Here are the latest updates from some interesting expeditions...
Team members stand in a parking lot with paper flower garlands around their necks.

Pakistan Action Begins With Nanga Parbat and Unclimbed Kharut II

As the first commercial teams head for Nanga Parbat,...
Nameless Tower.

Elite Team Sets New Route on Little Trango

As we reported earlier, Eneko and Iker Pou, Fay...
6,286m Great Trango Tower.

Trango: Morrison’s Team Leaves, Another Group Arrives

As we reported earlier, Jim Morrison, Christina Lusti, and...
Single figure and footprints in the snow on Great Trango Tower

Updated: Second Attempt on Great Trango Tower Falls Short

Jim Morrison, Christina Lusti, and Nick McNutt are back...
Climber with skis on his back ascending a steep snow slope

Jim Morrison to Ski Down Great Trango Tower

Jim Morrison, whose partner Hilaree Nelson perished on Manaslu...
Portrait of Schnell against a snowy peak

Hanns Schell: Unlocking the 7,000’ers

Some mountaineers are real explorers. Austrian Hanns Schell fits...
Mitre Peak seen from Concordia Camp.

Savage Soul: The Lone Ascent of Mitre Peak

A sharp, aesthetic 6,000'er in Pakistan's Karakoram, Mitre Peak...
the last blue mountain mountaineering actor

Weekend Warm-Up: Watch Old-School Climbing Go Wrong in ‘The Last Blue Mountain’

This is neither an endorsement nor a condemnation, but...
"The Crystal Ship" first ascent route on Pumari Chhish East.

Top 10 Expeditions of 2022: #1: First Ascent of Pumari Chhish East

Pumari Chhish East is a difficult secondary peak of...
The two climbers safely back in camp after their summit

Top 10 Expeditions of 2022: #4: Karun Koh

Karun Koh is one of the most daunting near-7,000'ers....
Chogolisa.

Chogolisa: Cornices, Two Summits, and a Doll

Without a doubt, one of the most beautiful mountains...
Ali Sakhi and another climber on their first rotation to Camp 2.

What Really Happened to Ali Akbar Sakhi on K2

This past summer, Afghan climber Ali Akbar Sakhi died...
Price smiles tot he camera, a serac behind him in a bright, sunny day.

James Price on his Solo Attempt to Traverse the Karakoram’s Batura Wall

In August, the most intense rains in over 60...
a maze of vertical rock, ice and snow, with an obvious mixed spur rising up.

Japanese Summit Karun Koh; Plus: Alpine Style on Manaslu’s West Face

Far from the crowds of guided climbers, some teams...
reflection of K2 in a pond, flanked by silhouetted mountains

K2 Fees Up for the First Time in 20 Years, and It’s a Good Idea

For the first time in 20 years, Pakistan has...
Kazuya Hiraide kneels atop snowy Rakaopshi

Kazuya Hiraide Returns to Karun Koh with Kenro Nakajima

Kazuya Hiraide and Kenro Nakajima are leaving shortly for...
Grace Tseng, without O2 but surrounded by her Sherpa team on O2, joins the lines on the upper sections of K2.

Conflict, Garbage, Controversy: Lessons From K2

The industrialization of high-altitude climbing that happened on Everest...
Silhouetted climber against the Gasherbrums

Gasherbrum III: Failure is Part of the Game

Marek Holecek and Radoslav Groh had to turn back...
Great Trango Tower against a deep blue sky

Great Trango Tower: The 1992 Grand Voyage Route

There is little shelter on the huge faces of...
Sanu Sherpa in a barber's chair

Karakoram Season Ends; Mingma G Gambles on Nanga Parbat

Last month, Sanu Sherpa became the first person to...
Holecek and Groh are showing the d¡signs of altitude and exhaustion in a selfie shot in the bivouac tent on Masherbrum's west face.

It’s Over on Masherbrum; Climbers Going Down

Marek Holecek and Radoslav Groh have admitted that they...
Naila Kiani of pakistan poses in the gasherbrums BC, with GII at her back.

An Epic Descent: Two Ailing No-O2 Climbers Helped Down Gasherbrum 1

They wanted the summit badly, they had no supplementary...

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