After pausing expeditions on Mount Dhaulagiri for nearly a week, many climbers who returned to the mountain have already reached above Camp I in an attempt to scale the world’s seventh-highest peak.
Nepali mountaineer and outdoor education expert Jagan Nath Timilsina has been awarded the 2026 NOLS Alaska Merit Award. NOLS Alaska Program Manager Caio Poletti Romano presented him with the honor.
The rope-fixing team on Mount Dhaulagiri has reached about 400 metres above Camp II as autumn expedition teams prepare for higher-altitude rotations and summit attempts.
A six-member Russian climbing team has begun an expedition to 7,710-metre Kumbhakarna (Jannu) Himal in Taplejung district, departing Kathmandu on Tuesday for the autumn climbing season.
All climbers have abandoned their attempts to climb Mt Dhaulagiri after they found unstable snow conditions and encountered high winds above Camp III, expedition organizers said.
Red Bull athlete Andrzej Bargiel is still preparing his gear at Camp 2 on Mt Dhaulagiri and plans to launch a solo summit attempt of the world’s seventh-highest mountain tonight if weather allows, sources have confirmed.
Polish ski mountaineer Andrzej Bargiel has abandoned his planned solo summit attempt and ski descent of Mt Dhaulagiri after waiting at Camp 2, where high winds and extreme mountain conditions prevented him from proceeding.
Lakpa Rita Sherpa, a renowned climber who has summited Mount Everest more than 17 times, has donated NPR 2,082,850 to the Prime Minister’s Disaster Relief Fund to support victims of recent natural disasters.
Seven Summit Treks has officially called off its autumn expedition on Mt Dhaulagiri after strong winds and extremely low temperatures made conditions on the upper slopes unsafe for its rope-fixing team.