In May Nirmal Purja reached the top of Mount Everest. Photo credit: Bermont Possible Project, AFP Nepali man shatters speed record for scaling the world’s tallest mountains ‘to show human capacity’   Herald Report Islamabad: A Nepali climber has become the fastest climber after smashing the speed record and completing the journey to the top of the world’s 14 peaks …

Fida Hussain was killed while descending Mir Shikar peak in Miacher valley of Nagar district Herald Report GILGIT: A rescue team recovered the body of a young climber and rescued his three friends in Nagar District of Gilgit-Baltistan, local sources told The High Asia Herald on Friday. An army rescue helicopter plucked the body of team leader Fida Hussain and …

Permit will depend on climbers having ascended at least one 6,500-metre Nepalese peak Also see: https://news.yahoo.com/nepal-may-implement-safety-measures-172348951.html  All climbers seeking a permit for Everest must have prior high altitude mountaineering experience and demonstrable training, a high-level commission for the Nepalese government has ruled. The recommendation was issued by the body charged with looking at the issue of high-altitude safety after one …

Herald Report ISLAMABAD: Hungarian climber Szilárd Suhajda achieved a remarkable feat reaching the top of K2, the world’s second-highest mountain, without an oxygen tank and any assistance from high altitude porters on July 25. Describing his feeling when he reached on the top of the ‘savage mountain’, Mr Szilard said it was amazing, the sky was clear, I saw everything, …

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 …