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mountaineering

New Guinness World Record: Lhotse and Everest climbed without oxygen in under 48 hours

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Polish mountaineer Piotr Krzyżowski now officially holds the Guinness World Record for the fastest ascent of Lhotse and Everest without supplemental oxygen. He completed the climb in 1 day, 23 hours, and 22 minutes, beating the previous record by almost five days.
mountaineering

Benjamin Vedrines – »K2 Chasing Shadows«

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The film "K2 Chasing Shadows" is now available on YouTube after its festival tour at Mountains on Stage. The film follows French alpinist Benjamin Védrines as he sets a new record time on the world's second-highest peak and then becomes the first person to paraglide from K2.
mountaineering

New route | Russian team conquers the southwest face of Manaslu

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A five-member expedition team from Russia has climbed Manaslu (8.163 m) via a new route on its southwest face. No new route had been established on this side since the tragic Tyrolean expedition of 1972.
bouldering

Bernd Zangerl publishes a guide to bouldering in the Himalayas: »Rakchham«

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When people think of the Himalayas, they probably primarily associate them with peaks over 8.000 meters high. But mountaineering isn't the only mountain sport you can practice there: After many years of work, Tyrolean professional climber Bernd Zangerl has now published a guide to bouldering in the region.
mountaineering

»Everest Superdirect«: first ski descent of the Hornbein Couloir

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Jim Morrison completed the first ski descent of the "Everest Superdirect" on the north face of Everest. This includes the extremely steep and dangerous Hornbein Couloir.
mountaineering

First ascent of Anidesh Chuli (6.808m) – Acclimatization for Védrines and Jean

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On October 2, 2025, the two French alpinists Benjamin Védrines and Nicolas Jean made the first documented ascent of the remote Anidesh Chuli, a previously unexplored 6808m high mountain in the Eastern Himalayas.
mountaineering

Age records: 16-year-old and 86-year-old climb Manaslu

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In September, there were two special records on the eighth highest mountain in the world: Nima Chhiring Sherpa (16) and Carlos Soria (86) were the youngest and oldest people, respectively, to reach the summit of the 8.163-meter-high Manaslu.
mountaineering

Bartek Ziemski succeeds in seventh eight-thousander descent on skis

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Polish alpinist Bartek Ziemski has once again attempted an eight-thousander descent on skis. He had previously reached the summit of Manaslu without bottled oxygen.
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