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‘Touching the Void’: Would you cut the rope to survive?
The book by British climber Joe Simpson about his efforts to save Simon Yates on their 1985 descent of Siula Grande raises important questions for the reader
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What should be done with the corpses of climbers in the Himalayas?
The recent discovery of the remains of three mountaineers on K2 has reignited debate over the lack of a protocol for recovering bodies from the world’s highest peaks
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Mountaineering expert Rodolphe Popier: ‘I think Ueli Steck lied’
The French researcher talks to EL PAÍS why he believes the Swiss climber’s ascents of Shishapangma and Annapurna are not all they seem
Spanish climbers pull off miraculous rescue of Italian on Himalayan mountain
Expert guides Alberto Iñurrategi, Juan Vallejo and Mikel Zabalza save life of man who had been stranded for four days
The Spanish doctor with a surgery on Mount Everest
Mónica Piris has been working since 2007 to help climbers injured trying to scale the world’s highest peak
Spanish team finds Inca ruins that may have been site of human sacrifice
A total of 55 buildings and a cemetery have been located in Vilcabamba, Peru
Alpinist Juanjo Garra loses life on descent of Nepal’s Dhaulagiri
Spaniard spent three days and nights at over 8,000m with a broken ankle
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