An unsupported attempt on Makalu and an 83-year-old on I are two of the more unusual Himalayan expeditions this spring.

The Nilgiri Himal in the Annapurna massif includes 7,061m Nilgiri North, 6,940m Nilgiri Central, and 6,839m Nilgiri South.

He was lucky that a team member spotted him and was able to guide him to safety. Steck and the Annapurna massif had something of a chequered history | Credit: Richard I'Anson The next year ...

French climbers Louis Lachenal and Maurice Herzog were the first mountaineers in the world to summit an 8,000-meter peak - Annapurna I in 1950, three years before Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing ...

It is also the deadliest, based on its remoteness and high avalanche risk. The Annapurna massif is beautiful and remote, and the trek offers the opportunity to immerse yourself in the culture of ...

A series of violent blizzards and avalanches have killed at least 24 people in Nepal, many of whom were trekking along the Annapurna circuit. The violent cyclone Hudhud that hit the east coast of ...