Top 40 Best Mountaineering Info, News and Resources

MOUNTAINEERING, mountain climbing, or alpinism is a set of outdoor activities that involves ascending mountains. Mountaineering-related activities include traditional outdoor climbing, skiing, and traversing via ferratas that have become sports in their own right. Indoor climbing, sport climbing, and bouldering are also considered variants of mountaineering by some, but are part of a wide group of mountain sports.

Unlike most sports, mountaineering lacks widely applied formal rules, regulations, and governance; mountaineers adhere to a large variety of techniques and philosophies (including grading and guidebooks) when climbing mountains. Numerous local alpine clubs support mountaineers by hosting resources and social activities. A federation of alpine clubs, the International Climbing and Mountaineering Federation (UIAA), is the International Olympic Committee-recognized world organization for mountaineering and climbing. The consequences of mountaineering on the natural environment can be seen in terms of individual components of the environment (land relief, soil, vegetation, fauna, and landscape) and the location/zone of mountaineering activity (hiking, trekking, or climbing zone). Mountaineering impacts communities on economic, political, social and cultural levels, often leading to changes in people's worldviews influenced by globalization, specifically foreign cultures and lifestyles.

• 7 climbers dead after Nepal avalanche - "The Kathmandu Post reported that the group were preparing to climb the nearby Dolma Khang peak, which has an elevation of 6,332m (20,774ft). They had planned to climb the 5,630m Yalung Ri as part of their acclimatisation schedule."
• 30 years after ‘Into Thin Air’ disaster, Everest has changed. Now the weather isn’t the only big threat - "After Tenzing Norgay and Edmund Hillary became the first people to summit in 1953, it took until 1989 for there to have been 270 summits of the mountain - known in Nepal as 'Sagarmatha,' or 'Goddess of the Sky.' Last Wednesday, May 20, 274 climbers reached the summit on a single day - a record."
• An Everest guide's miraculous survival raises questions for tourism industry - "Why was a cook leading clients up the world's highest peak? And why was he left to rescue himself? Hillary Dawa was hired as a camp cook - why then was he leading clients up the 8,849m (29,032ft) mountain? Why was a search launched only three days after he disappeared, and would it have begun sooner if he had been a client and not a guide?"
• As Everest costs go up, Nepal just made it free to climb nearly 100 other mountains - "A permit to climb the world’s tallest mountain costs an eye-popping $15,000 - and that’s before you add in the price of airfare, gear and a guide. The government announced it’s opening up 97 peaks in Karnali and Sudurpaschim, two states in far western Nepal, to international climbers for free."
• Can Mount Everest really be climbed in a week? - "A commercial expedition is planning to take clients up the tallest mountain in the world in record time with the help of xenon gas. But some in the climbing and medical world worry whether the strategy is an unnecessary gamble."
• Climbers clear path to Everest summit past giant chunk of ice - "An elite team of Nepali climbers have managed to clear a way to the summit of Mount Everest, as experts warn of overcrowding this climbing season. Hundreds of mountaineers and their guides have been stranded for the past few weeks at the Everest Base Camp in Nepal after a huge chunk of ice blocked their only viable route."
• Drones can deliver supplies on Mount Everest this year & it may change climbing forever - "One challenge is money. Each drone costs $70,000, and that’s before they even begin operating."
• EIGHT-THOUSANDERS - the fourteen independent mountains on Earth that are more than 8,000 metres (26,247 ft) high above sea level.
• Everest hikers battle hypothermia as blizzard rescue continues - "At least one hiker has died and more than 200 are still stranded on Everest's eastern slopes in Tibet, an area popular with climbers and hikers, Chinese state media reported."
• Everest is too crowded - so we’re tackling the unconquered peaks - "Two French climbers are celebrating after making the first successful ascent of Jannu East, a mountain in one of the most remote parts of the Himalayas."
• Everest scandal: poisonings & fraud on the roof of the world - "Investigators have uncovered a criminal network of ‘fake rescues’ - with cases including climbers spiked with baking soda - that have ‘tainted’ Nepal’s image."
• Free solo climber Alex Honnold conquers one of the world’s tallest buildings - "For 92 minutes on a clear Sunday morning in Taipei, thousands of spectators with jittery nerves stared upwards, as famed climber Alex Honnold made a death-defying attempt to scale one of the tallest skyscrapers on Earth."
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• Huge chunk of glacier blocks Everest route in peak climbing season - "A huge, unstable chunk of glacier is blocking the route up Mount Everest from Base Camp in Nepal just as peak climbing season gets under way in the Himalayas."
• Hundreds of Everest hopefuls are waiting at base camp as glacier blocks route to summit - "Anxiety is growing at Everest Base Camp, more than 5,300 meters above sea level. Hundreds of climbers including sherpas have gathered, eager to summit the world’s most famous mountain as the annual spring climbing season kicks off - but there’s one problem. A massive serac, or a block of glacial ice, is hindering the route and keeping alpinists in limbo as they wait for it to gradually collapse and clear the way."
• I broke a world record - then I was accused of leaving a guide to die - "The Norwegian mountaineer Kristin Harila smashed the speed record for the world’s 14 highest peaks. But could she have done more to help another mountaineer in trouble?"
• Jim Whittaker, First American to Reach Everest’s Summit, Dies at 97 - "As an executive with the outdoor-supply retailer REI and an experienced climber, he conquered Mount Everest in 1963, when fewer than 10 people were known to have done so."
• Kanchha Sherpa, Last Member of First Team to Conquer Everest, Dies at 92 - "A trip to India to find work led to a career climbing the world’s highest mountain."
• List of climbers & mountaineers - Wikipedia.
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• Mount Everest: China & Nepal agree on new, taller height - "Countries have decided it is 8,848.86m, which is higher than either’s previous measurements."
• Mount Everest to be declared off-limits to inexperienced climbers - The Guardian.
• MOUNT EVEREST: Dead bodies are left behind on Mount Everest - "Why are hundreds of climbers heading into the ‘death zone’ this spring?"
• MOUNT EVEREST: Human foot found on Everest may hold key to one of mountaineering’s greatest mysteries - "A name label still stitched onto the woollen sock read 'A.C. Irvine,' revealing that it probably belonged to British climber Andrew 'Sandy' Irvine. Irvine’s disappearance on Everest in 1924, alongside his compatriot George Mallory, is one of mountaineering’s biggest mysteries - with a solution that has the potential to change history."
• Mount Everest is the highest point above sea level - "Mount Everest is the highest point on Earth measured from sea level. Its official height, agreed by Nepal and China in 2020, is 8,848.86 metres. But because the Earth bulges at the equator, the summit of a volcano in Ecuador sits farther from the centre of the planet, making it the closest piece of land on Earth to outer space."
• Mount Everest: Why the summit can get so crowded - "If you imagine the summit of Mount Everest, you might picture a quiet, snowy peak far from civilisation. Climbers sometimes queue between 20 minutes, and 1.5 hours, in order to reach the summit. Nepal issued 381 permits at $11,000 each for this spring's climbing season."
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• Nepal issues record number of permits to climb Mount Everest - "Nepal has issued permits for a record 463 climbers so far for this spring season’s expeditions to Mount Everest even as experts worry about dangerous overcrowding at the summit. Some 367 male and 96 female climbers from 65 countries have received permission so far to scale the tallest mountain in the world from Nepal’s side, Yubaraj Khatiwada, the director of Nepal’s Tourism Department, told CNN. American and Chinese mountaineers top the list."
• Nepal to restrict Everest permits to climbers who have scaled another 7,000+ meter Nepali mountain - "Nepal, which is heavily reliant on climbing, trekking and tourism for foreign exchange, has faced criticism for permitting too many climbers, including inexperienced ones, to try to ascend the 8,849-meter (29,032 ft) Everest peak."
• Nirmal Purja: How a generation of record-setting guides died in an avalanche on Pakistan's Broad Peak last week - "The avalanche that killed a climbing legend - and a generation of record-setting guides. Among those killed was the decorated British-Nepali climber Nirmal Purja, best known for climbing the world's 14 highest peaks, rising above 8,000m (26,246 ft), in just over six months."
• Peak speed: Sherpas say their traditions are at risk after record Everest ascents - "Use of xenon gas and hypoxic tents before recent expeditions has triggered alarm in Nepal, where guides fear it could encourage inexperienced climbers."
• Polish Skier Climbs Everest & Skis Down Without Extra Oxygen - "Andrzej Bargiel, 37, became the first person to complete the feat. Bargiel, 37, summited the highest peak in the world, standing nearly 30,000 feet above sea level, around 3:15 p.m. on September 22, 2025."
• Sherpa climbs Mount Everest for a record-breaking 31st time - "Famed Sherpa guide Kami Rita reached the summit of Mount Everest for the 31st time Tuesday, breaking his own record for the most climbs to the top of the world’s highest mountain."
• The first men to conquer Everest's 'death zone' - "'This was a mountain that he had to climb': How Hillary and Tenzing survived the 'death zone' to conquer Everest. To reach Everest's summit Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay had to climb sheer rock, while battling treacherous ice and a deadly lack of oxygen on the most dangerous part of the mountain. Having reached Everest's summit for the first time in 1953, Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay shared, with elation and relief, their victory with the BBC."
• The Highest Mountain on Every Continent, ranked - "See the highest mountain peak per continent, led by Mount Everest in Asia and Mount Aconcagua in South America. Mount Everest stands 6,204 feet above South America’s Aconcagua, the largest gap between consecutive peaks in the ranking. Four of the seven continental high points sit below 20,000 feet above sea level. Antarctica’s Vinson Massif and Oceania’s Puncak Jaya are separated by just 26 feet."
• They want to climb Everest in a week using an anesthetic gas. Critics warn it’s dangerous - "This month, the men - a pilot, a politician, a businessman and an entrepreneur - will attempt to summit Everest in seven days: they will fly from the UK to Kathmandu, where they will take a helicopter to base camp, and attempt to summit the mountain in a few days, before returning home in what would be a historic first. This, they hope, will be made possible by inhaling the noble gas xenon 10 days prior."
• Thousands at risk after multi-million dollar Everest flood warning system left to rust - "An early flood warning system designed to save the lives of thousands of people in the Everest region may no longer be working, Nepalese officials have admitted to the BBC, after it was allowed to fall into a state of disrepair."
• What it's really like to be a Sherpa on Everest - "'It's terrifying': The Everest climbs putting Sherpas in danger. Long portrayed as 'superhuman' guides and porters, Sherpas face many dangers in the mountains and are beginning to tell their side of the story. Are there ways to make their work safer?"
• World-renowned mountaineer Nirmal Purja confirmed dead after Pakistan avalanche - "The famed Nepalese climber Nirmal Purja - who made history over the years by trekking some of the world’s highest peaks - has been confirmed dead after an avalanche struck his expedition in Pakistan earlier this week."