A Pakistani mountaineer has died after being struck by an avalanche on K2 (8,611 m), the world’s second-highest mountain, during an ascent from Base Camp to Camp I. The deceased has been identified as Muhammad Iftikhar Hussain, a resident of Sadpara near Skardu, a village known for producing some of…

Efforts to reach injured Polish mountaineer Waldemar Kowalewski on Broad Peak were halted today due to worsening weather and severe avalanche conditions, according to fellow climber Lukasz Supergan, who remains at base camp. “The weather stopped the team that was supposed to go to Waldemar today,” Supergan wrote on his…

Top Russian Climber Denis Urubko, together with his wife Maria Cardell, successfully opened a new route via Diamir Face on Nanga Parbat (8126 m) yesterday, on 10 July 2025, 11:30 PKT, according to the Russian mountain blog mountain.ru. Attempting the fast and light alpine style climb, both scaled the mountain…

Renowned Polish mountaineer Waldemar Kowalewski was injured on Broad Peak after an avalanche struck the mountain this morning. Initial reports indicate that three climbers were seen high on the mountain, with one above the slide area while two others appeared to pull themselves out of avalanche. The avalanche was observed…

Renowned Romanian climber Horia Colibășanu has successfully scaled Nanga Parbat (8126 m) this morning, 04 July 2025, 07:00 PKT. Colibășanu (48), who had already climbed ten of the world’s 8,000-meter peaks without using supplementary oxygen, added Nanga Parbat as the eleventh eight-thousander to his mountaineering résumé. In a Facebook post…

Renowned Czech mountaineer Klára Kolouchová, who was one of the first Czech women to climb the world’s three highest mountains, Mount Everest, K2, and Kanchenjunga, died on Nanga Parbat, according to the sources at Base Camp. Preliminary information indicates she slipped and fell in the fatal incident. The incident is…

German climber David Goettler, together with his French companions Boris Langenstein and Tiphaine Duperier summited Nanga Parbat (8,126 m) via the Schell route of Rupal Face two days ago on 26 June 2025, becoming one of the few climbers to scale the world’s ninth-highest peak by its most challenging side. They…