In an unusual plot twist, Everest-Lhotse’s most exciting project of the season is not mainly about climbing. Tim Howell is attempting to make the highest wingsuit jump ever from the ridge near the ...

Tim Howell and guide Jon Gupta of the UK arrived in Everest Base Camp yesterday to join the hundreds about to climb Lhotse or Everest. But their plan is dramatically different. Howell wants to make ...

Andrzej Bargiel's sponsor, Red Bull, has posted a 31-minute video of the Polish mountaineer's ski descent of Everest some weeks ago. The new footage details every section, including the last slow ...

This benchmark mountaineering shell has possibly won more LFTO awards over the years than any other single bit of kit. So, ...

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In Spring 2001, as I fought my way up the Lhotse Face, traversed the Geneva Spur, hauled myself up the Hillary Step and finally, after two-and-a-half months, struggled onto the summit of Everest, it ...

At the end of December a Japanese expedition led by Osamu Tanabe managed to climb the south Fasce of Lhotse (8516m) in winter, but turned back 40m short of the summit. Many expeditions are in the ...

MOUNT EVEREST, NEPAL 29,029ft – Boulder resident Matt Moniz stood on top of the world on May 19. Moniz climbed with close friend and professional mountain guide Willie Benegas of Salt Lake City.

Often called the "Valley of Silence," the Western Cwm is a broad, flat, gently undulating glacial valley basin terminating at the foot of the Lhotse Face. The central section is cut by massive lateral ...

"We're paying the price for climbing to Camp III and then not descending to Camp II for the night....Pete had an altitude headache last night and my vision is blurred this morning." David Breashears ...

Astounding triple in the Himalaya for Kenton Cool and Dorje Gylgen Sherpa: between 18 - 20 May they climbed Nuptse, Everest and Lhotse in rapid succession. After a terrible start to the season, ...

I just got back to Everest Base Camp after spending 5 nights up on the mountain. On April 20, we climbed up through the Khumbu Icefall to Camp I. We departed our base camp at 4 a.m. and arrived at ...