Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Commercialization is here to stay on Annapurna. While resources are optimized and summit rates maximized, there are also worrying ...

A renowned Northern Irish mountain climber died this week while descending the world’s10th highest peak. Noel Hanna, 56, died overnight at Camp Four after summiting Annapurna, the 26,545-foot peak in ...

Noel Hanna died overnight while descending the treacherous Annapurna mountain range in Nepal Noel Hanna, an accomplished Irish hiker, died Monday while descending a 26,545-foot mountain in central ...

A climber was rescued after falling into a 985-foot crevasse on Annapurna in Nepal. Anurag Maloo, 34, had been trapped for three days and is now being treated in a hospital. It was "sheer luck" he was ...

A Norwegian who just became the fastest female to climb the world's 14 highest mountains is now aiming to become the fastest person to complete the feat by beating the record set by a male climber in ...

A mountaineer from Northern Ireland died while descending from the summit of the world’s tenth highest peak and an Indian climber is missing on the same mountain, climbing officials said on Tuesday.

In May 2005, professional mountain climber Ed Viesturs joined the Mile-High-Plus Club by summiting Nepal’s Annapurna. It was the last of the world’s 14 8,000-meter mounts for Viesturs, and made him ...

LOOK UP: A fore-shortened view of Lhotse's imposing South Face from the summit of Island Peak. Photo: EDWARD MORGAN Last spring, I climbed a couple of easy 6,000ers in Nepal with Howard Lister. When ...

An American doctor died Monday while climbing Mount Everest. The U.S. Embassy in Nepal confirmed the death of Dr. Jonathan Sugarman, a family medicine specialist and University of Washington professor ...

Commercialization is here to stay on Annapurna. While resources are optimized and summit rates maximized, there are also worrying trends. There are too many inexperienced climbers, an alarming number ...