Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. One of the most important figures in the history of the 8,000m peaks is returning to the Greater Ranges in grand style. Denis ...
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 ...
Denis Urubko, with his recent new route up the SE Face of Cho Oyu, has climbed all fourteen 8000m summits. Denis Urubko has done it! On 11 May the Kazakh mountaineer reached the summit of Cho Oyu ...
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 Russian-Polish mountaineer has launched the first solo attempt to summit Pakistans K2 -- the worlds second-highest park -- during winter, in what fellow climbers described as a reckless decision.
SIMONE MORO stepped to the top of Paki­stan's 26,360-foot Gasherbrum II, held his hands aloft, then finally collapsed, placing the point of his ice ax into the summit and ­resting his forehead on the ...
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — A prominent member of Polish Himalaya climbers’ team, Denis Urubko, who recently rescued a French climber, has split up with the team and left its base camp in Pakistan, the head ...
Mountaineering legend Denis Urubko shares his thoughts on what mountaineering is (or isn't). "It's important to get up from the table before you're full at mealtime. Sometimes people try to enjoy life ...
Climbers Simone Moro and Denis Urubko on Tuesday halted their attempt to make the first winter ascent of Nanga Parbat after being pinned down in base camp by 80 mile-per-hour winds and heavy snow. In ...