Three Nepalese climbers recently rescued a fallen climber near Camp 3 on Annapurna, the 10th highest mountain in the world.

Vadim Druelle fell into a crevasse on Annapurna yesterday. Nearby climbers rescued the injured Frenchman, then a helicopter ...

plunged 50 ft. to his death in a crevasse hidden by snow and ice. Dr. George Wichman, an orthopedic surgeon and amateur mountaineer from Anchorage, Alaska, saw him fall. “One minute Jacques was ...

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“He knows I carry that stuff with me.” Hewitt said he grabbed an extra climbing harness, a thermos of warm water and a crevasse rescue kit that included pulleys, ropes and other climbing gear ...

Summit bids have begun in earnest on Annapurna. Annapurna I is the 10th highest mountain in the world, standing at 8,091 meters (26,545 feet) in the Himalayas o ...

While the lack of snow reduces avalanche risk, it marginalizes the climbing faces to sheer ice. This makes setting a route around huge crevasses and imposing seracs difficult, and requires more ...

Thame is a beautiful Himalayan hamlet located to the farther southwest of Everest, right below the sacred Khumbi-Yuhla.

While the lack of snow improves the risk of avalanche, it reduces the climbing faces to sheer ice. This makes setting a route around huge crevasses and imposing seracs difficult and requires ...