Everest

Romanian mountaineer Gabriel Viorel Țabără died on Monday morning in the Himalayas, according to officials quoted by the publication Everest Chronicle. The 48-year-old climber was found dead by his sherpa, climbing organizer Makalu…

Romanian mountaineer Adrian Ahriţculesei, from Petroşani, conquered the peak of Everest (8,848 m), according to an announcement made on Friday morning by his sports manager, Ştefan Adrian Jurca. "Ahriţculesei Adrian conquered the Roof…

The first man ever who conquered Everest in winter, the legendary Polish climber Krzysztof Wielicki, awarded the Piolet d’Or prize for the entire career after The Last Mountain film, dubbed as the best mountain film of 2019, will come to…

Romanian pianist Horia Colibăşanu is getting ready for the final ascent in Himalaya, where he is trying to open a new route on Everest peak. The climbing is due in 2 weeks. According to a press release sent on Friday, Horia Colibăşanu…

The president of the Romanian Mountaineering and Climbing Federation, Justin Ionescu, has reached the Everest peak (8,848 m) on Tuesday, shortly after another Romanian climber, Horia Colibasanu, managed to climb the highest mountain on the…

Romanian mountain climber Dor Geta Popescu, aged 12, managed to reach on May 18, the Denali Peak, called ‘the giant’ of North America, a press release from the Mountain Sports Club ‘Altitudine’ informs, quoted by digi24.ro. Denali is…

One of the largest and most monumental karst phenomena in Romania, Cetățile Ponorului (Fortress of Ponor) are not actually a built fortress, but a natural lime formation stretching in northern Bihor Mountains, Apuseni Mountains in Padis…

A major earthquake has struck eastern Nepal, two weeks after more than 8,000 people were killed in a devastating quake, the BBC reports. The latest earthquake hit near the town of Namche Bazar, near Mount Everest. The US Geological…

All climbers blocked in camp 1 on Everest after the earthquake of magnitude 7.8 in Nepal which caused several avalanches, have been brought by helicopter to the base camp on Tuesday morning, according to Romanian climber Alex Gavan who…

At least 3,326 people are now known to have died in a massive earthquake which hit Nepal on Saturday, say officials. More than 6,500 people have been injured, according to the National Emergency Operation Centre, the BBC reports.…