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Dhaulagiri records season's first summit
18 April 2026Pioneer Adventures has recorded the first summit of the season on Mt. Dhaulagiri (8,167m) this morning, with a 17-member team of international climbers and Nepali guides reaching the top of the world's seventh highest peak.
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ClimbingMore climbers from SST scale Annapurna
18 April 2026Seven Summit Treks (SST) has recorded a successful summit on Annapurna (8,091m) on April 18, with a five-member international team and seven Nepali guides reaching the top under favourable weather conditions, adding to the growing list of Spring 2026 ascents on the peak.
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ClimbingAnnapurna becomes Spring 2026's first 8,000-metre summit
18 April 202614 Peaks Expedition has opened the Spring 2026 Himalayan season with a successful summit of Annapurna (8,091m) on the morning of April 18, making it the first eight-thousander to be climbed this season.
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ClimbingFura Diki Sherpa eyes women's speed record on Lhotse, plans three-peak sprint in under 24 hours
18 April 2026Fura Diki Sherpa, the Solukhumbu mountaineer who made history in 2019 as part of the first widow pair to summit Everest, is preparing for one of her most ambitious challenges yet — a women's speed record attempt on Mt. Lhotse (8,516m) this spring, preceded by a plan to summit three peaks in under 24 hours.
