Mountaineering
Audrey Salkeld obituary
Historian of mountaineering fascinated by Mount Everest and the stories of those who climbed it
Peter Gillman
01, Nov, 2023 @4:09 PM
Artist captures the impact of climate crisis over 150 years on Mont Blanc
Paintings from a climb that retraced an 1800s route on western Europe’s highest mountain reveals the extent of the peak’s melting ice
Joanna Moorhead
02, Sep, 2023 @1:05 PM
Himalayan avalanches are increasing risk for climbers in warming climate
Experts warn that global heating is exacerbating inherent dangers of high altitude mountaineering
Neelima Vallangi
01, Sep, 2023 @9:05 AM
French general in charge of Notre-Dame rebuild dies in mountain fall
Body of former chief of defence staff Jean-Louis Georgelin, 74, found on Mount Valier in Pyrénées
Kim Willsher
19, Aug, 2023 @1:17 PM
How we survive: An avalanche injured me – and killed my friend. Here is how I faced the PTSD, addiction and guilt
After the accident, Joe Yelverton moved to another state, threw himself into work and tried to numb his feelings. But eventually he had to accept he couldn’t outrun his past
Emine Saner
15, Aug, 2023 @4:00 AM
Norwegian mountaineer says her team tried to save porter who died on K2
Kristin Harila rejects allegations of neglect based on drone footage of climbers walking over man during record ascent
Kevin Rawlinson
11, Aug, 2023 @5:39 PM
Record-breaking mountaineer denies climbing over dying porter on K2
Fellow climbers say video footage shows Kristin Harila’s team walking over body of frostbitten man during record ascent
Nadeem Badshah
10, Aug, 2023 @7:28 PM
Bodies of three hillwalkers recovered from ridge in Scottish Highlands
Mountain rescue teams and coastguard helicopters searched for two men and a woman on Aonach Eagach in Glen Coe
Nadeem Badshah
07, Aug, 2023 @5:50 PM
Hiker describes squalid conditions at evacuated Swedish mountain lodge
Airlifts were carried out from STF Kebnekaise in Lapland on Sunday after a stomach bug outbreak
Miranda Bryant Stockholm
07, Aug, 2023 @3:56 PM
Norwegian woman claims record time for climbing world’s 14 highest peaks
Kristin Harila completes ascents of highest mountains amid controversy over modern climbers’ use of helicopters
Peter Beaumont
27, Jul, 2023 @5:17 PM
Who invented the puffer jacket? A 1920s Everest expedition holds the key | Letter
Letter: Contrary to a recent report, we should look to George Finch, who shunned the tweed of fellow climbers, says Lloyd Alter
14, Jul, 2023 @4:33 PM
Everest review – opera strains to scale mountain tragedy
A concert staging of Joby Talbot’s opera by the BBC Symphony, complete with singers climbing blocks on stage, finds greatest drama in the terrible facts of the disaster it portrays
Andrew Clements
25, Jun, 2023 @4:29 PM
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