Climbing season is coming to end as winter approaches the Himalaya. Climbs underway to Ama Dablam, Island Peak and Loboche ...

A top Slovak mountaineer died on a descent of the 7,234-metre Langtang Lirung peak in Nepal after an historic ascent up its east face, Slovakia's climbers association said on Sunday.

"So then we progressed into doing rock climbing and then small bits of mountaineering ... All up, Bianca and her dad will spend about eight weeks in Nepal, with a bit of schoolwork thrown ...

Several teams have just returned from Nepal with first ascents and new ... “Both peaks have steep snow and ice and some fifth-class rock climbing,” said Smithwick. “[We] fixed some sections ...