Cho Oyu (from Tibet), and Shisha Pangma, these two teams are small, skilled, and self-sufficient. The Russians are above ...

A team of Sherpas has fixed ropes as far as Camp 2 on Annapurna. On Saturday, they begin work on the treacherous section ...

Denis Urubko, with his recent new route up the SE Face of Cho Oyu, has climbed all fourteen 8000m summits. Cho Oyu and the south-east face. The red line marks the planned line of ascent which ...

Oh, not that Cho Oyu, you say? Sorry ... there are more fixed ropes on the treacherous parts of the most common routes up than fixed tennis matches in low-grade ATP Tour events.