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May 30, 2019 thehighasia

Fatal debacle on overcrowded Everest continues

American climber died Monday on the descent from the summit of Mount Everest, bringing to nine the number of dead

April 13, 2019 thehighasia

Steps suggested for promotion of tourism in Baltistan

By Farman Baltistani SKARDU: Participants of a conference have stressed the need for coordinated efforts and measures for the promotion

March 9, 2019 thehighasia

Bodies of Italian, British climbers found on Nanga Parbat

The two men went missing on February 24 while ascending the mountain Herald Report Rescuers have found the bodies of the

March 5, 2019May 12, 2020 thehighasia

Hope fades for missing climbers on Nanga Parbat

News Desk Daniele Nardi, earlier on the expedition. Helicopter and drone reconnaissance flights have discovered that massive avalanches have swept

March 5, 2019 thehighasia

Hopes for missing European climbers dim

ISLAMABAD: Hopes dimmed for two European climbers who went missing on Nanga Parbat as helicopters failed to spot signs of the

March 4, 2019 thehighasia

Search for two missing climbers resumes on Nanga Parbat

Search party flown to Nanga Parbat Base Camp to help find missing British climber and his Italian partner Herald

March 2, 2019March 2, 2019 thehighasia

Hopes of finding two missing climbers on Nanga Parbat fading

Herald Report Hopes of tracing two climbers on Nanga Parbat dimming as the rescuers did not find any clue of

February 28, 2019February 28, 2019 thehighasia

Brit whose mum died on K2 goes missing on Nanga Parbat

Tom Ballard, 30, was trying to reach the summit of the ‘killer mountain’ with a friend, Daniele Nardi, 42. HAH

January 30, 2019February 5, 2019 thehighasia

Free Solo nominated for an Oscar

Angela Benavides Free Solo, the acclaimed film about Alex Honnold’s ropeless climb of El Capitan, has been nominated as best documentary

January 30, 2019 thehighasia

Dodging Avalanches, Simone Moro abandons Manaslu

Angela Benavides Simone Moro and Pemba Gelje Sherpa have been evacuated from Manaslu. The massive snowfall of previous days has

January 6, 2019January 6, 2019 thehighasia

Sonia Peak: Our attempt to tire the mountain-I

My father would tell me: don’t tire yourself, tire the mountain with your patience, writes Osman Ehtisham Anwar Mountains are

March 4, 2018December 30, 2018 thehighasia

Nine-year-old Selena, the youngest girl to scale peak in Shimshal

News Desk ISLAMABAD: A nine-year-old girl has become the youngest climber to scale the 5,765-meter (18914 feet) high Quz Sar Peak

Tracking 3 decades of dramatic glacial lake growth

In the largest-ever study of glacial lakes, researchers using a 30-year satellite data record have found that the volume of these lakes worldwide has increased by about 50% since 1990 as glaciers melt and retreat due to climate change. Courtest: NASA/National Geographic