mountaineering

Five Russian climbers die in Nepal

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 …

Mountaineer's body found after fatal accident in Georgia

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

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

Ashurly rescued climber

Israfil Ashurly successfully descended from an eight-thousander with a climber who had lost his sight

First Azerbaijani woman conqueres Everest

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

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 …

Mount Everest closed for climbers because of coronavirus fears

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

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

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

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 …

Bodies of Kuban mountaineers can not be lowered due to rockfalls

Bodies of Kuban mountaineers can not be lowered due to rockfalls

For the second day in raw, the rescuerers can not lower the bodies of three mountaineers from the Krasnodar Territory who died in the mountains of the Iraf district of North Ossetia due to the incessant rockfalls, the EMERCOM reported today. …

Climbers died on Everest in Nepal

Climbers died on Everest in Nepal

Two foreign climbers attempting to scale Mount Everest have died on the world's highest peak, a Nepal mountaineering official said. Members of their expedition teams reported a Japanese climber died Monday and a Macedonian died on …