Following a series of persistently adverse weather conditions that thwarted their initial objective of achieving the first ascent of Kurdophin Sar, Tyrolean alpinist Lukas Wörle and Slovenian elite climber Aleš Česen devised an audacious alternative plan, as reported by Der
Masood´s Presentation on Holy Mountains and the importance of indigenous practices in the age of climate change at Afro-Asiatic Institute in Salzburg Austria. Photo: Afro-Asiatic Institute Salzburg Indigenous communities in the Hindukush-Karakoram-Himalaya (HKH) region hold profound spiritual connections with their
“Then l thought we humans are often on the mercy of the forces of nature and we can only beg to be allowed to creep up the slopes of these heavenly places to merely spend few moments up there. It
K2 8611m, also called savage mountain, South Face view from Concordia On the 17th anniversary of the 2008 K2 Tragedy, we pay tribute to the legacy of two brave Pakistani mountaineers whose lives were lost on the world’s most perilous
German biathlete Laura Dahlmeier, 31, who had won two Olympic gold medals, died tragically in a mountaineering accident on Pakistan’s Karakoram mountain range’s Laila Peak. She was ascending at about 5,700 meters on July 28, 2025, when she got hit
“Climbing in the Karakoram is Challenging” – Climate Change Influences Mountain Hazards A tragic event has once again impacted the mountaineering community as Laura Dahlmeier, a former Olympic biathlon champion from Germany, has sustained critical injuries on Laila Peak (6,069
“Yes, I have a dream… the West Face of K2.” — Kazuya Hiraide, 2023 It’s been a year since we lost Japanese climbers Kazuya Hiraide and Kenro Nakajima on K2’s less-climbed West Face while they were tackling a bold new
The majestic Himalayas, long celebrated for their grandeur and enigmatic allure, now have a definitive rock climbing guidebook that truly covers the climbing landscape in the entire Karakoram-Himalaya. Himalayan Rocks, the latest work by esteemed German alpinist and geographer
Photo: Shah Doulat at Camp 3 G-I, source his instagram profile Hunza, July 20, 2025 — Shah Doulat, a high-altitude mountaineer from the remote village of Shimshal in Hunza, successfully summited Gasherbrum I (8,080 m) at 11:00 AM today, according
Elevation: ~4500m | Region: Misgar, Hunza, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan Trek to Where Three Empires Meet Hidden at the edge of the Karakoram and the Pamirs, the trek to Kilik and Mintika Passes is not just a physical journey, but a historical