Climbing Everest, Lhotse, and Nuptse in a single season is so rare that only four people have done it. Each peak has its own difficulties, but Nuptse is the least familiar and most technical, even for ...

Mt. Everest is the world's tallest peak. But some mountaineers, like Garrett Madison, say it isn't the hardest to climb. Hundreds of people summit Mt. Everest each year, and you don't need to be an ...

Plans exist to be changed last minute, especially on Everest and Lhotse this season. “Tim Howell has had a cough for a while, but it’s suddenly gotten really bad in the last 24 hours,” Jon Gupta told ...

Madison Mountaineering is an elite mountain guiding company led by Garret Madison. Garrett is among the most accomplished and premiere mountain climbers in the world, have reached the summit of Mt.

Mountaineer Garrett Madison recently summited Mt. Everest, Mt. Lhotse, and Mt. Nuptse this season. This is his second time doing it, earning him another Everest "triple crown" of mountaineering.

On April 30, 2017, the sudden death of 40-year-old climbing superstar Ueli Steck sent shockwaves through the adventure world. He’d suffered a fall while climbing Nuptse as part of his bid to pull off ...

Planetmountain.com is a site about climbing, mountaineering, trekking, via ferrata, freeriding, ski mountaineering, snowboarding, snowshoeing, and ice climbing on all the mountains of the world. It ...

Only those who have experienced summer mountaineering can fully understand its beauty. Getting up before dawn to face a climb on snow and rock, in a hostile environment where you have to think about ...