The installation of the world’s highest automatic weather station had made headlines globally in 2022, but it turned out to be rubbish in just four years.
Legendary Nepali mountaineer Sanu Sherpa has added another chapter to his extraordinary record, reaching the summit of Mount Dhaulagiri (8,167m) as part of Pioneer Adventures' 17-member team on April 18 — bringing him to 12 of the 14 eight-thousanders climbed three times.
A nine-member team from Imagine Nepal reached the summit of Mount Dhaulagiri (8,167m) on April 17, completing a gruelling ascent that saw the expedition battered by severe storms and ten days of blizzards that destroyed fixed ropes and supplies on the mountain.
A five-member team from AltiPro Adventures reached the summit of Annapurna I (8,091m) on Saturday, April 18, adding to what is shaping up to be an active spring season on one of the world's most challenging eight-thousanders.