No one is under any illusions that climbing mountains is a risk-free activity. The unpredictability of the environment and ...

Nanga Parbat has earned a reputation as one of the deadliest mountains on Earth. Its danger does not come from a single feature, but from a combination of terrain, weather, and isolation. Many ...

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In the high, bleak Karakoram, mightiest of the Himalayan ranges, China, Russia, India. Tibet. Afghanistan and Pakistan merge in a tumult of mountains. Dominating the peaks, in the northernmost corner ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. At 8,125m, Nanga Parbat in Pakistan’s Gilgit-Baltistan is the world's ninth-highest mountain, and it is dangerous. It earned its ...

According to her outfitter, Klara Koluchova fell on a rocky section above Camp 2. The lower part of Nanga Parbat has been unusually bare this warm summer.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Yesterday, some climbers reached the summit of Nanga Parbat while Klara Kolouchova of the Czech Republic lost her life in a fall.

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Mountaineers have tried to rationalize their obsession with scaling peaks for centuries. “What is above knows what is below but what is below does not know what is above,” wrote Rene Daumal. Anatoli ...

Nima Rinji Sherpa’s ears are still tinged black from wind chill, an occupational hazard of climbing to heights where humans struggle to breathe and where the weather can turn deadly in an ...

On September 19, 34-year-old American mountain runner Tyler Andrews ascended Nepal’s 26,781-foot Manaslu in a mind-bending 9 hours and 52 minutes. The time shaved more than two hours off the previous ...