It's not exactly alpine style up a new route, but Vassiliy Pivtso, 49, and his small team will try to make their Makalu climb as retro as possible in this commercial age. The Kazakh climber once ...

They plan to arrive at Base Camp on 26 May and their return to Italy should be in mid-July. Makalu (8475m) The Aquile di San Martino returned to Kathmandu on 20 May after 45 days of hard work on the ...

The good weather spell that started last week seems to be holding out enabling many mountaineers to reach the various summits including Everest and Makalu. Jean-Christophe Lafaille and Inurrategi ...