Mt. Pharilapcha to be ascended for first time Post Report KATHMANDU, April 15 : A team of three Nepali dubbed by the Nepal Mountaineering Association as the ‘National Team for the Golden Jubilee Celebrations’ is to attempt the first ever ascent of Mt. Pharilapcha (6017m), starting April 28. Consisting of three Nepali climbers and Marcelo […]

Climbing in the Himalayas became increasingly popular during the 1970\’s.  People began to think the unthinkable about climbing these, the greatest rock-faces in the world.  These pictures show an example, the south face of Lhotse, the fourth highest mountain in the world.  British climbers successfully met a similar hallenge, the south face of Annapurna. In […]