The news is just in: at 14.00 (local time) Simone Moro and Denis Urubko reached the 8462m high summit of Makalu, carrying out the historic first winter ascent of the 5th highest mountain in the world.

Makalu Climbing Team Retreats Shy of Summit With the retreat of the climbing team attempting a winter ascent on Makalu, the ...

Vincent Anderson and Marko Prezelj have carried out the first ascent of the unclimbed West Face of Makalu II (7678 m). On Friday 17 October Vincent Anderson from America and Marko Prezelj from ...

As Nepal celebrated the third anniversary of the first winter ascent of K2, Manaslu and Annapurna climbers are going home.

made the first winter ascent of Nanga Parbat with Simone Moro of Italy in 2016. Txikon also summited Manaslu in January, 2023. Beyond the retreat on Makalu, the attempts on the following three ...

Two avalanches cascaded down Annapurna hitting an Italian mountaineer and five Sherpas, which ended their winter expedition.