Climbing alpine style, the 46-year-old Russian-Polish mountaineer Denis Urubko has forged a new route up the 8032m G-II Herald Report Russian-Polish climber Denis Urubko, 46, has confirmed his reputation as one of the all-time greats of Himalayan mountaineering with his first ascent, solo and without supplementary oxygen, of a new route up Gasherbrum-II. “I’m happy with gorgeous new line I’ve called Honey …

He plans to climb remaining three peaks of above 8,000 meters in next four months to break previous world record for climbing all 14 peaks in eight years Herald Report     Islamabad: Nepali mountaineer Nirma Purja has set a new record by climbing all five of Pakistan’s highest mountain peaks above 8,000 metres — – K2 (the second highest mountain …

In all 24 climbers put their foot on the top of the savage mountain this season.   Herald Report Islamabad:  All K2 climbers have now safely returned to Base Camp, writes Angela Benavides, a sport journalist, in the XplorersWeb, an online news portal of mountaineering. Szilard Suhajda and David Klein from Hungary, climbing independently without supplementary O2 or high altitude porters, …

Patience pays off for K2 climbers. In all 24 climbers make it to the summit of the savage mountain. This season’s success rate remains 100%   Herald Report Islamabad, July 26:  Patience paid off for the K2 climbers who remained on the mountain after the first summit attempt failed last week because of dangerous conditions. A total of 19 people …

Around 120 climbers are currently making their way up K2, in 10 separate teams   Herald Report Islamabad: Five Nepalis among seven climbers who reached on top of the 8,611 metres (28,251 feet) K2, the world’s second-highest peak on Wednesday, media reports said. Nirmal Purja and four others became the first climbers to stand atop the savage mountain at 7:50am Pakistan time …

Selena Khawaja scales a 7,000-metre Spantik peak in Nagar Valley of Gilgit-Baltistan Herald Report Islamabad, July 20: Selena Khawaja set yet another world record on Saturday by scaling a mountain peak in Gilgit-Baltistan. Ten-year-old Selena, known as Pakistan’s ‘Mountain Princess’ became the youngest person to climb atop the 7,027-meter Spantik peak also known as the Golden Peak situated in Nagar District …

Madeeha Syed It’s only just the start of the summer mountaineering season in the Himalayas and the Karakoram and already our Pakistani climbers have made us proud. On May 14, Sirbaz Khan became the first Pakistani to ever summit Lhotse in Nepal. At 8,516m it’s the fourth highest mountain in the world. This 32-year-old budding mountaineer from Aliabad, Hunza in …

HOSSAM EL-HAMALAWY Counterrevolution has taken hold across much of the region, but uprisings in Sudan and elsewhere show the potential for the tide to turn, writes Egyptian journalist and socialist activist Hossam el-Hamalawy, in an article published at Al Araby. Eight years after the explosion of the 2011 Arab Spring revolutions, the situation in the region looks bleak in the eyes of …