Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Benjamin Vedrines will again attempt to open a route on the north face of Jannu East with Nicolas Jean. The magnitude of the ...

Scaling Mount Jannu’s north face without fixed ropes or oxygen was “the greatest climb ever,” one expert said, far more difficult than reaching the summit of ...

Interview with Valeri Babanov after the alpine style ascent of the West Pillar of Jannu (7710m) together with Sergey Kofanov on 21/10/2007. On 21/10/2007 Valeri Babanov and Sergey Kofanov carried out ...

Benjamin Vedrines has just returned home to France after his recent climb of the monster North Face of Jannu. He's still very tired, beyond happy, and slightly overwhelmed at seeing his name in ...

Now that last weekend's storm has passed, some small teams aiming for new routes in Nepal are about to begin. These include Benjamin Vedrines and Nicolas Jean of France on the 2,300m north face of ...

Guy McCarthy Dec 15, 2023 Dec 15, 2023 Updated Dec 19, 2023 A climber who works and trains part-time in Tuolumne County recently completed one of the greatest feats in the history of alpinism — ...

French alpinists Benjamin Védrines and Nicolas Jean have made the coveted first ascent of Jannu East in Nepal. One of the most formidable and coveted summits, long referred to as “the last great ...

Three years after the 1959 expedition, abandoned 350m from the summit, Lionel Terray leads a new assault on Jannu, one of the most demanding peaks in the Himalayas. At the base camp, equipment and ...