They arrived at Annapurna’s Base Camp on May 18 and began climbing the mountain’s intimidating northern slopes. They climbed late into the season before the monsoon season descended.

Several teams have their sights set on iconic Himalayan peaks including Annapurna, Ama Dablam, Manaslu and Mt. Everest. This fall’s climbing season, now winding down, has witnessed great success ...

Legendary climbers Louis Lachenal and Maurice Herzog became the first climbers to summit an 8,000-meter peak - Lachenal died ...

That he executes unthinkable climbs with disarming simplicity. And that he's fast, supersonic. Just as his recent climb up the South Face of Annapurna. 28 hours from Advanced Base Camp to the summit ...

Inevitably the passage of time leads to greater and greater achievements. Steck's sheer talent, professionalism and punishing training regime have just taken high altitude climbing to a new level.

Terrible news, from the Himalaya: Christian Kuntner from Italy has died on Annapurna after being hit by an avalanche. Kuntner was climbing up from Camp 2 together with Abele Blanc when he was hit by ...

Switzerland’s Ueli Steck talks to swissinfo.ch after his record-breaking solo climb of Annapurna 1, one of the Himalaya´s most dangerous 8,000-metre peaks. The "Swiss Machine" accomplished the ...