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 ...

On Makalu, the route between Camp 1 and Camp 2 was particularly hard because of strong, cold winds. “I’ve never experienced such cold temperatures,” Kiani said. “And the terrain was all ...

Pierre Beghin survived two avalanches on Makalu but died three years later on ... Photo: Wikipedia During their descent, Beghin fell approximately 1,500m into the void when a rappel anchor failed.

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 ...

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 ...