Gaping Crevasses and Sheet Ice Stall Progress on Annapurna
Annapurna, the 10th highest peak in the world, is popular to climb in early spring but has proven difficult because of gaping ...
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Injured Climber Rescued From Crevasse on Annapurna
Vadim Druelle fell into a crevasse on Annapurna yesterday. Nearby climbers rescued the injured Frenchman, then a helicopter ...
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Summit Push Aborted on Annapurna
The many open crevasses on Annapurna have forced the lead Sherpa team to use so much rope to secure the route that they've ...
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Imagine Nepal team eyes season's first 8000er summit on Annapurna this week
A team of rope-fixing climbers from Imagine Nepal Treks is all set to make the season’s first summit of the mountain above ...
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The Spring Climbing Season Begins in the Himalayas on Annapurna
French climbers Louis Lachenal and Maurice Herzog were the first mountaineers in the world to summit an 8,000-meter peak - Annapurna I in 1950, three years before Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing ...
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There are other Annapurnas in the lives of Wo(men): A legacy climb of the overlooked Annapurnas
On June 03, 2025, it will be 75 years since the first successful ascent of Annapurna – the first 8000er ever to be summited by Maurice Herzog and Louis Lachenal. Herzog describes the moment he ...