I am tormented with an everlasting itch for things remote
- Herman Melville
French alpinists Ben Guigonnet, Fred Degoulet and Hélias Millerioux call themselves Le Gang des Moustaches.
United by their facial hair, they have climbed all over the world together, and this past October completed their most notable ascent yet: a new route up Nuptse's ominous South Face. (more…)
The world’s fourth highest unclimbed peak has just been climbed by German wunderkind Jost Kobusch.
Light and fast was the name of the game in the Himalayas this season.
Now we’re in the thick of it.
The world’s highest mountain is once again open for business.
Ueli Steck, who died in Nepal on April 30, was probably this generation’s greatest alpinist.