It's not exactly alpine style up a new route, but Vassiliy Pivtso, 49, and his small team will try to make their Makalu climb ...

He made several of these climbs solo or by new routes, without external support. But Lafaille’s brilliant career ended on 8,485m Makalu in January 2006. During a solo winter attempt, he disappeared.

Join an unforgettable excursion that brings together Nepal’s finest hiking routes and height ascents. Scale Island height, ...

Himalaya Airlines is starting a new flight between Pokhara and Lhasa from 31 March. The weekly flight will be the first ...

This article uncovers the highest mountains in Asia and their breathtaking altitudes, with the Himalayas' peaks dominating ...

Ikramul Hasan Shakil, the first Bangladeshi mountaineer to complete the "Great Himalaya Trail," is now targeting a world ...

PRAN on Sunday became title sponsor of Ikramul Hasan Shakil, who aims to reach the Mount Everest from sea level by covering ...

Unlike Everest, K2 has no commercial climbing routes, making it significantly more ... it remains a formidable peak in its own right. Makalu, the world’s fifth-highest mountain, rises to 8,485 ...

And only three years before, in 1961, Sir Edmund Hilary forbade Irene Miller, an American climber, from setting foot on Makalu in the ... top and didn’t know the route as well as John did.