Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Lenin Peak, a towering giant in the Pamirs, has attracted climbers for decades. We examine its first ascents (one from the south ...

In order to improve safety on 7,134m Pik Lenin in the Pamirs, a new project launches this year. The Slava Topol Project aims to set up a mountain rescue and medical program for the Pik Lenin area, ...

MOSCOW — One of the worst tragedies in the history of mountain climbing has claimed the lives of at least 40 members of an international team killed on Friday by an avalanche in the remote Pamir ...

Terrifying video has emerged of climbers being submerged by an avalanche in Kyrgyzstan. In the video, eight climbers are attempting their ascent of Lenin Peak when snow and ice completely submerges ...

A Nepali Sherpa among with his client successfully scaled Lenin peak making the season's first summit of the 7,134-metre mountain in Kyrgyzstan. Pemba Jangbu Sherpa, owner of I Am Trekking and ...

Another Russian climber has died while attempting to surmount Lenin Peak. His French colleague is also injured and in critical condition, reports television channel Vesti. The bodies of the Russian ...

The hikers were engulfed by the giant tidal wave while climbing Kyrgyzstan's dangerous Lenin Peak INCREDIBLE footage shows a team of climbers being buried by a huge avalanche while on a mountain in ...

INCREDIBLE footage shows a team of climbers being buried by a huge avalanche while on a mountain in Kyrgyzstan. And despite being swamped in the tidal wave of snow, all the hikers survived the ...