The latest list of permits issued by Nepal’s Department of Tourism includes a single unnamed climber willing to tackle the formidable south side of Cho Oyu. This does not mean a solo climber, but a single foreigner. Nepalese nationals don’t need to pay the royalty fees and are not included on such lists. Chinese authorities […]
Another Pole is skiing down two more 8,000m peaks this spring. After doing Manaslu in 2021 and Broad Peak last year, Anna Tybor is now aiming for Dhaulagiri. Then in June, when the season switches from Nepal to Pakistan, she’ll try Nanga Parbat. No woman has ever skied either Dhaulagiri or Nanga Parbat before. Tybor’s […]
Anna Tybor struggles with choices and consequences high on Manaslu, driven by her desire to become the first woman to make a ski descent without supplementary oxygen.
A mountaineer from Zakopane has become the first woman in the world to scale Nepal’s Mt. Manaslu without oxygen – and the first Polish woman to then ski down it.