Exactly a year ago Denis Urubko stood on the summit of Cho Oyu, the sixth highest mountain in the world. This peak marked the coronation of his "Crown of the Himalayas", of having climbed the fourteen ...

One of the most important figures in the history of the 8,000m peaks is returning to the Greater Ranges in grand style. Denis Urubko will climb a new route on Nanga Parbat in June, then attempt what ...

Denis Urubko of Russia has confirmed he and his wife Maria Cardell will attempt Nanga Parbat (8,126m) via a new route in the next few weeks. Yesterday, we wrote about how the improving situation in ...

The news is just in: at 14.00 (local time) Simone Moro and Denis Urubko reached the 8462m high summit of Makalu, carrying out the historic first winter ascent of the 5th highest mountain in the world.

Denis Urubko is one of the strongest Himalayan climbers of all time: he has climbed all 8000 meter peaks without supplemental oxygen, establishing new alpine style routes on Broad Peak, Manaslu, Cho ...

A Polish climber has abandoned his attempt to climb the K2 mountain alone – after ditching his team in dramatic fashion over the weekend. The rest of this article is behind a paywall. Please sign in ...

A Polish-Russian mountaineer, who was attempting to become the first person to climb K2 by himself in the winter, aborted his mission on Sunday over safety concerns. Denis Urubko had hopes of ...

Watch Anson Fogel's award-winning documentary short about the first winter ascent of the 8,000-meter peak Gasherbrum II Video loading... A rare winter sunrise warms Denis Urubko and Simone Moro ...

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A Polish expedition hoping to complete the first winter ascent of the world's second-highest mountain, K2, says one of its climbers appears to have launched an unauthorised solo attempt. Russo-Polish ...