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 ...

Last year, Tim Howell of the UK climbed Lhotse in the hope of doing the highest wingsuit flight ever. Unfortunately, the weather did not cooperate. He sat by the summit ridge for an hour ...

Tshiring Jangbu Sherpa, who led the body retrieval expedition ... Nepal's mountain clean-up campaign on Everest and adjoining peaks Lhotse and Nuptse retrieved the doomed adventurers - including ...

Interview with British mountaineer Jon Griffith on expedition in Nepal where Sherpa Tenji will attempt the famous Everest - Lhotse traverse without supplementary oxygen. Griffith is coordinating the ...