After an unusually dry winter, Annapurna is a diamond-hard surface of rock and sheer ice, with almost no snow. For climbers, that's not necessarily bad. The eight-man Sherpa team fixing ropes on ...

French climber Vadium Druelle was rescued after falling into a crevasse on Annapurna in the Himalayas. He was transported via ...

Of the 514 people who summited Annapurna I by the end of 2024, only six did so in winter. Twenty-three expeditions have tried to ascend Annapurna I in the coldest season, including 19 without bottled ...

Tragedy struck Annapurna yesterday when an avalanche stormed down its icy slopes between Camp 2 and Camp 3. Annapurna, the 10th highest mountain in the world at 26,545 feet, is located in the ...

Annapurna, the tenth-highest mountain on Earth, holds a grim record — the highest fatality rate of any major peak. Only about 395 people have ever reached its summit, while more than 70 have died ...

In a bid to become the first American to reach the summit of all the planet's 26,250-foot peaks, Bainbridge Island climber Ed Viesturs yesterday began his attempt to reach the top of Annapurna in ...