Azerbaijan's Shahdag to host European Championship and World Cup in ski mountaineering
Azerbaijan's Shahdag will host the European Championship and World Cup in ski mountaineering in 2026.
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Body of missing Spanish mountaineer found in Armenia
Armenian search and rescue teams have found the body of the missing Spanish mountaineer, the Rescue Service said in a statement. The body was found at 10:15 local time. Multiple search and rescue teams including a …
Kazakh mountaineer conquers Antarctica's summit
Kazakhstani mountaineer Zhamilya Bashirova conquered the highest peak in Antarctica, Vinson Massif
Kokov congratulates climber from KBR who conquered all eight-thousanders
A native of Kabardino-Balkaria, climber Alina Pekova completed a year and a half long journey to one of the most important achievements in mountaineering
Five Russian climbers die in Nepal
Five Russian mountaineers who appeared to have slipped and fallen on the world’s seventh-highest peak have died, an expedition organizer in Nepal said. The Russians were climbing 8,167-meters high Mount Dhaulagiri during …
Two injured Russian climbers stranded on Pakistan peak rescued
After six days of being stranded on a remote peak in Pakistan’s northeast, two injured Russian climbers were rescued, while another remains missing and is presumed dead, a mountaineering official said. The five-member …
Russian climber missing on Pakistan peak after searching for friend
A Pakistani army helicopter rescued two Russians while one is missing after their team was hit by a pile of ice on a treacherous peak in the country’s north, an official said. Secretary of the Alpine Club of …
Mountaineer's body found after fatal accident in Georgia
Rescuers have recovered the body of Archil Badriashvili, a 34-year-old Georgian alpinist who lost his life in an accident on the Shkhelda peak in Svaneti last week, the Emergency Management Service confirmed. Badriashvili went missing …
Israfil Ashurly and Polad Rzayev conquer Elbrus
Mountaineer Israfil Ashurly and veteran of the 44-day war Polad Rzayev climbed Elbrus. They made it with the support of AzerGold. At the top, they unfurled the flag of Azerbaijan and the flag of the company.
Ashurly rescued climber
Israfil Ashurly successfully descended from an eight-thousander with a climber who had lost his sight
First Azerbaijani woman conqueres Everest
Elmira Aslanova became the first Azerbaijani to reach the summit of Mount Everest on May 19. The woman told about her dream that she has been walking towards for a long time, and which she has repeatedly rejected, considering …
Russian dies in Uzbek mountains
A tourist from Russia died in the mountains of Chimgan near Tashkent, the press service of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of Uzbekistan reports. It is specified that he went to the ski slope, ignoring the avalanche danger …
Turkish woman climbs 81 summits across Türkiye's 81 provinces
As Melek Kıyı Aydın climbed the 2,918-meter Mount Ulgar, the female mountaineer finally completed her five-yearlong challenge of summiting the highest points across Türkiye's all 81 provinces
Azerbaijani conqueror of Mount Broad Peak thanks Heydar Aliyev Foundation's VP Leyla Aliyeva
Azerbaijani mountaineer Israfil Ashurli conquering the world's twelfth-highest mountain Broad Peak, located at 8,051 meters above sea level, expressed gratitude to the Heydar Aliyev Foundation and Vice-President of the Heydar Aliyev …
Israfil Ashurli conquers Broad Peak and rescues dying climber
Azerbaijani climber Israfil Ashurli reached another 8000m peak - he climbed Pakistan's Broad Peak. The climber planned to conquer the peak last year, two attempts were made, he succeeded only at his third attempt. …
Israfil Ashurly conquered another eight-thousander
Today, July 23, Azerbaijani mountaineer Israfil Ashurly conquered the mountain peak of Broad Peak, located at an altitude of 8051 meters above sea level. …
Mount Everest closed for climbers because of coronavirus fears
Nepal has closed all of its Himalayan peaks including Mount Everest this climbing season because of fears of the coronavirus outbreak, Tourism Minister Yogesh Bhattarai said. According to him, expeditions to all peaks in the …
Sherpa team aims for record Everest winter ascent
A team of four Sherpas is setting off on Monday to attempt a record winter ascent of Mount Everest in just five days, which would also be the first winter climb of the peak in more than quarter of a century. The last successful winter …
Missing hikers found at Armenia’s Geghama mountain range
Two people who had gone missing yesterday in the Geghama mountain range of Armenia have been found. At 21:27 local time, the 911 emergency hotline was reported that two people had gone toward Mount Azdahak, but it had become …
Avtandil Tsintsadze conquers Everest
Georgian mountaineer Avtandil Tsintsadze successfully climbed Mount Everest from Nepal among the international group of climbers. The ascent began on April 2 and ended on May 16. Tsintsadze became the 11th Georgian …