A joint rope-fixing team from 14 Peaks Expedition and Seven Summit Treks successfully opened the autumn climbing route on Mt. Dhaulagiri (8,167 m) early Friday morning.
Russian climber Artem Gurshtein has completed one of the fastest known ascents of Mt. Manaslu, reaching the 8,163-metre summit and returning to base camp in under 44 hours, according to 14 Peaks Expedition, which managed the climb’s logistics.
In a landmark achievement for high-altitude mountaineering, 37-year-old Polish alpinist Andrzej Bargiel has successfully completed a ski descent directly from the summit of Mount Everest without supplemental oxygen, marking the first such feat in the autumn season.