Sirbaz Ali Khan scaled on August 12, 2022, Gasherbrum-I, the 11th highest mountain in the world, and the 12th on the list of his target of scaling all 14 peaks News Desk Internationally acclaimed mountaineer Sirbaz Ali Khan Friday (August 12) put another feather in his cap by scaling Gasharbrum-I the 11th highest mountain in the world. With the summit …

Everest, the world’s highest mountain, is a sought-after prize, though rampant commercialization has significantly changed the climbing experience, writes Owen Clarke in the Outside+ online magazine. Standing at 8,848 meters (29,031 feet) tall on Earth, also known as Chomolungma (Tibetan) and Sagarmāthā (Nepali), Everest is the world’s highest mountain. Located in the Khumbu region of the Mahālangūr Himāl, a sub-range …

Kashif Shehroze aka Broadboy on Aug 8, 2022 became the youngest climber in the world to summit Gasherbrum-II mountain.

When 145 climbers summited K2 in a single record-breaking day last week, it made the second-highest mountain in the world look more like Everest at its crowded worst.

Pakistan's Samina Baig and Naila Kiani, as well as Iranian Afsaneh Hesamifard, Lebanese-Arab Nelly Attar, Bangladesh's Wasifa Nazreen and Stefi Torguet of Andorra stand on the second highest peak on earth. Over a dozen climbers reach the summit. Afghan climber dies of heart attack

AFP Pakistan is enjoying a bumper climbing season with around 1,400 foreign mountaineers bidding to scale its lofty peaks — including hundreds on the 8,611-metre (28,251-feet) K2, the world’s second highest. “It is a record number,” Raja Nasir Ali Khan, Minister for Tourism, Gilgit-Baltistan, told AFP. The country is home to five of the world’s 14 mountains higher than 8,000 …

Tseng Ko-Erh aka Grace Tseng from Taiwanese and Pasang Lhamu Sherpa (Akita) become the first woman in their countries to conquer Nanga Parbat

Iman Karim was part of an expedition along with noted mountaineer Sirbaz Khan and Rana Javed.

News Desk In a wide-ranging conversation last weekend, Denis Urubko gave his take on the current and future state of high-altitude mountaineering — including his doubts that Nirmal Purja summited winter K2 without oxygen. At 49, Urubko bears the confident air of a veteran warrior. At the same time, he recognizes the increasing gulf between his values and those of …

Driven by national pride, 10 elite mountaineers united to make it to the top of K2 in the dead of winter, writes FREDDIE WILKINSON in the Nat GEO Magazine published on Jan 13, 2022 Swallowed by the empty black night, Mingma Gyalje Sherpa tried to focus the shaky orb of his headlamp on his next few steps, but the cold overwhelmed …

Two young climbers also ski down the 6,050m high Mingligh Sar peak Herald Report Parveena Ismail raising Pakistani flag on the summit of the 6050m high Mingligh Sar peak at Shimshal Pamir Pass on December 3, 2021. Photo by Wasim Haidar. In a first, two girls have set a new record perhaps the first in Pakistan’s mountaineering history, to ski …

What went wrong with the climbers and how to avoid such risks? Abdul Joshi, leader of the rescue team and an established climber in an exclusive interview with The High Asia Herald highlights the factors that created problems and suggests steps for putting in place complete rescue arrangements and safety gears.

The rescue operation will resume on Monday; one local and two Czech climbers are stranded at 6900m altitude at Rakaposhi since Thursday High Asia Herald Report Wajidullah Nagri (left) of Pakistan and his two Czech climbing partners, Peter Macek and Jakub Vicek. Photo Twitter The search and rescue operation for the three climbers who are stranded at the Rakaposhi peak …

As the rescue team waits for the helicopter, communication has been re-established with the three climbers stranded at Rakaposhi for the last three days.

Young climbers made their debut climbing of 8000er after getting training from Hushe Welfare Mountaineering and Climbing School