Nima Rinji Sherpa made headlines around the world last week when he became the youngest 14×8,000m summiter at just 18 years old. For his next project, he will join Simone Moro of Italy to attempt ...

Simone will not be alone on this historic attempt. While a full team has not been announced, Mora has tapped Nima Rinji Sherpa to join him. Nima Rinji Sherpa made history last week when, at 18-years ...

When telling the climbing history of a mountain, it's tempting to focus on the firsts, but this can overshadow other incredible feats. Noboru Yamada and Yasuhira Saito's second winter ascent of 8,163m ...

Picked up by radio in Katmandu, the brief message was rushed to Nepal’s new King, Mahendra. While the invading Japanese still struggled toward his Himalayan capital down the dangerous, snow-covered ...

The Manaslu winter expedition 2021/2022 led by Simone Moro and Alex Txikon has been called off due to bad weather and high avalanche risk Planetmountain.com is a site about climbing, mountaineering, ...

Interview with the mountaineers Hervé Barmasse and David Göttler, currently attempting to climb Dhaulagiri (8167 m) in winter and in alpine style. Alex Txikon, with Pasang Nurbu Sherpa, Gelu Sherpa, ...

Teams from around the world have returned to the Himalayas for fall climbing. The ‘second’ climbing season in the Himalayas has begun. The ‘first’ climbing season, which began in March and ended in ...

While crowds queue on the fixed ropes of Manaslu's normal route, Andrey Vasiliev, Sergey Kondrashkin, Vitaly Shipilov, and Kirill Eiseman will head to the peak's lonely Southwest Face to attempt a new ...