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.
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.
Expedition operators have mobilised additional climbers and route-opening and rope-fixing teams to ensure the trekking route from Koto to Himlung Himal Base Camp is safe and accessible following an avalanche that left one person missing.