To take advantage of a brief spell of good weather, the commercial team attempting 8,462m Makalu in winter will launch its summit push tonight.

The recovery team launches a second attempt to retrieve the body of Phurba Ongel and find Abofazl Gozali of Iran in what ...

Search and recovery operations on Mt Makalu have been officially called off after extreme weather conditions and treacherous ...

Sherpa rescuers are not expected to help solely out of the goodness of their hearts. They are professionals and are usually ...

Search and rescue teams are scouring Mount Makalu's upper slopes for an Iranian mountaineer who vanished during descent, ...

Four people reportedly reached the summit of Makalu on January 15 between 8:30 am and 10:30 am: expedition leader Sanu Sherpa, his younger brother Phurba Ongel Sherpa, Lakpa Rinji Sherpa, and client ...

Sanu Sherpa of Nepal and Abofazl Gozali of Iran reached the summit of Makalu today. Two more Sherpas topped out a little ...

On Sunday, May 4, American climber Alex Pancoe died on the slopes of Nepal’s 27,838-foot Makalu, the world’s fifth-highest mountain. Pancoe was completing an acclimatization hike in preparation for a ...

Bad weather forced Nepali rescuers to suspend the search Monday for an Iranian climber missing for four days after an ...

Thrill seekers regularly head to the Himalayas to climb and trek through some of the toughest and most beautiful terrain in the world. Most of the time, everything goes smoothly, but occasionally ...

The Everest range, including Lhotse (far left), Makalu (centre) and Ama Dablam (R) - Copyright AFP PRAKASH MATHEMA The Everest range, including Lhotse (far left ...