Keyword: High altitude mountaineering

The Italian alpinists Mattia Sandionigi and Pietro Saggiante (Gruppo Alpinistico Gamma Lecco), together with Sandro Maranetto, were able to open a new route on the Siula Grande (6.344 m) in the Cordillera Huayhuash in the Peruvian Andes.

Polish mountaineer Piotr Krzyżowski now officially holds the Guinness World Record for the fastest ascent of Lhotse and Everest without supplemental oxygen. He completed the climb in 1 day, 23 hours, and 22 minutes, beating the previous record by almost five days.

Peruvian authorities have announced a temporary ban on all mountaineering and high-altitude tours throughout the Cordillera Blanca. The measure will be in effect from December 24, 2025, to March 31, 2026, and affects both commercial operators and individual climbers.

In September, there were two special records on the eighth highest mountain in the world: Nima Chhiring Sherpa (16) and Carlos Soria (86) were the youngest and oldest people, respectively, to reach the summit of the 8.163-meter-high Manaslu.

The German alpinist David Göttler has climbed his seventh eight-thousander, descending from an altitude of 7.700 meters by paragliding.

The two-time Olympic champion from 2018 and seven-time world champion Laura Dahlmeier is still in top form after the end of her career - as a mountaineer in the Himalayas. The report...

Wanda Rutkiewicz, the most famous mountaineer in the world at the time, disappeared in 1992 on Kangchenjunga in Nepal. To this day, rumors persist that she is still alive....

The 8000m winter season is just around the corner and three teams with ambitious goals are in the starting blocks: Alex Txikon is making a second attempt at Annapurna,...