Annapurna has played a major part in the advancement of Himalayan climbing: for a start it was the first 8,000m peak to be summited. In 1970 two routes marked the beginning of a new era of Himalayan ...

Annapurna has played a major part in the advancement of Himalayan climbing: for a start it was the first 8,000m peak to be summited. In 1970 two routes marked the beginning of a new era of Himalayan ...

Annapurna, South Face by Tomaz Humar "I climbed a new route in pure alpine style without knowing that a team climbed this wall in 1988 not far from my new route. I climbed the route in just 2 days (up ...

The event ended the hopes of the climbing team trying to make a winter ascent of Annapurna this season ... the six climbers were working on the route and ropes when they escaped the first ...

As the winter climbing season draws to a close in the Himalayas, two avalanches rocketed down the steep slopes of Annapurna over the weekend above Camp 2. The first avalanche missed the only ...

Now, after the 1988 first repeat of the Original British Route at the hands of Soro Dorotei, Benoit Chamoux, Stephen Boyer, Josef Rakoncaj and Nicolos Campredon, a new positive page can be added to ...

Balbanov and Fomin earned a special jury mention at the Piolets d’Or — and our recognition as the best climb of 2021 — for ...