Cheering crowds hailed an 18-year-old Nepali mountaineer as a hero as he returned home Monday after breaking the record for ...

Günther Messner really did perish during the descent of the Nanga Parbat Diamir Face, as his brother Reinhold has always sustained. Günther Messner really did descend Nanga Parbat's Diamir Face, just ...

"I think that's great... they are completing their dream, as I am." It took Italian climber Reinhold Messner 16 years from ...

Nima Rinji Sherpa has set a record as the youngest person in the world to summit all of the world's 8,000- meter peaks.

With this feat, Mr Nima Rinji Sherpa has overtaken his uncle, for the world record. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Nepal’s Nima Rinji Sherpa, at just 18, becomes the youngest person ever to conquer all 14 of the world’s 8,000-meter peaks.

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"I think that's great... they are completing their dream, as I am." It took Italian climber Reinhold Messner 16 years from his initial summit to become the first person in the world considered to ...