Commercialization is here to stay on Annapurna. While resources are optimized and summit rates maximized, there are also worrying trends. There are too many inexperienced climbers, an alarming number ...

French climber Vadium Druelle was rescued after falling into a crevasse on Annapurna in the Himalayas. He was transported via helicopter to Kathmandu.

Of the 514 people who summited Annapurna I by the end of 2024, only six did so in winter. Twenty-three expeditions have tried to ascend Annapurna I in the coldest season, including 19 without bottled ...

As the winter climbing season draws to a close in the Himalayas, two avalanches rocketed down the steep slopes of Annapurna over the weekend above Camp 2. The first avalanche missed the only climbing ...

Expeditions to the Himalayas have begun as spring welcomes more accommodating weather to climb the world’s highest peaks. The weather window has just opened as the jet stream makes its annual northern ...

Annapurna is a dangerous and difficult climb, and the avalanche-prone Himalayan peak has a higher death rate than Everest - Copyright AFP/File PRAKASH MATHEMA ...

KATHMANDU (Reuters) - A rescue helicopter plucked a Malaysian climber from Mount Annapurna in west Nepal on Friday, where he was stranded for two days after climbing the world’s tenth highest mountain ...