Their fellow guides say their deaths in Pakistan dealt a devastating blow to Nepal's mountaineering community.

Mountaineering star’s bid to become the first person to climb all 14 of the world’s eight-thousanders twice without ...

Local knowledge, improved evacuation preparedness and resilient mobile phone-based communication channels can enhance Early ...

Mountaineering photographs sell a fantasy: a lone climber making their way to the top of the mountain, raising their hands towards the sky as they tower over the world. But what those images leave out ...

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Social media was also awash with tributes to Purja, with many saying that Nepal was in mourning and that the country had lost ...

Nims Dai’s passing on Broad Peak is a reminder that while his extraordinary feats reshaped global perceptions of Nepali ...

Mountaineering icon Nirmal Purja was killed in an avalanche on Pakistan's Broad Peak. His death adds to a long history of fatal avalanche disasters that continue to challenge even the world's most ...

Sarah Mallory Geis, a Texan mountaineer, sold her Pilates studio to chase her climbing dream before the fatal Broad Peak avalanche with Nims Purja.

Rescue efforts are underway to find a group of missing climbers including world-renowned mountaineer Nirmal Purja following an avalanche on a mountain in Pakistan, the Alpine Club of Pakistan said.

Riverside Fire District and Mountain Bay Metro Police are conducting joint “Rescue Task Force” training this week at D.C.