Former Gurkha is among team of Nepalese climbers to make history as the first to conquer K2 in winter Ex-Gurkha and Special Boat Service soldier Nirmal ‘Nims’ Purja was among them He and nine others reached the summit of the 28,251ft peak at midday UK time Took last few agonising steps together while singing Nepalese … Read more
Don’t look down! Dizzying 360 camera footage shows two climbers painstakingly making their way across a narrow Alpine ridge at 11,800ft Elin Skyttedal climbed Aiguilles d’Entrèves in the Mont Blanc massif in France Heart-stopping 360 footage shows the climb across the 11,800ft Alpine ridge Ms Skyttedal, from Stockholm, was accompanied by her partner for the … Read more
If you can’t socially distance on Ben Nevis where CAN you? Climbers ignore Covid rules as they press together in queue for selfie at the top of Britain’s highest peak Images from the summit of Ben Nevis show more than 50 people stood together There appears to be little social distancing in place with hikers … Read more
A British seven-year-old has become the youngest person to reach the summit of an 11,000ft-tall mountain unaided after her daredevil family scaled the treacherous peak. Freya Houlding, seven, climbed Piz Badile – on the border of Switzerland and Italy – along with her mother Jessica, 41, and professional climber father Leo Houlding, 40, in just three … Read more