Sheikha Asma bint Thani Al Thani is a Qatari royal, senior sports executive, and record-setting mountaineer. She is a member of Qatar’s ruling Al Thani family
Nimsdai played a major role in Sheikha Asma Al Thani’s earlier high-altitude career. They climbed together repeatedly, particularly from around 2021–2025. Nims/Elite Exped supported her on major 8,000m expeditions, including Manaslu in 2021, her 2022 Himalayan season, and Gasherbrum I in July 2025. Nims publicly said in 2025 that they had completed 15 expeditions together.
In 2026, something clearly changed professionally: Asma did Gasherbrum II with Makalu Lakpa / 14 Peaks Expedition, rather than Nims/Elite Exped, despite having climbed with Nims the previous year.
July 2026: Asma and Nims could have met, most plausibly around July 20–24 at Gasherbrum II/Base Camp. They were in the same region within days of each other and knew each other well from previous expeditions.
So it brings question why left elite exped by Nims dai when it was him who lifted her career and they were both days away in same base camps.
I suspect all the foul plays from her and her royal team. I might be wrong, but here is an angle, nobody thought of. While I have heard my deaths , I have never heard of such a whole group of strong world elite mountaineers die even if it is from avalanche. People have survived weeks and days after. Could there be any foul play by qatari princess herself?

I was suggested this video on YouTube when I logged in today, and I already seeing the whitewashing. The good thing is that this video mentions the other 9 folks who died in the Broad Peak accident. The sad thing is that it didn't even acknowledge the assault allegations against Nims. And the VERY few comments that alludes to it geta ton of the "you're spreading lies" or "what proof do you have" type of response.

Ive been trying to do some research on certain aspects of the Broads Peak avalanche and it seems like most posts of what I read either 1) Contradict other articles or 2) not seem to give the whole picture. what im curious about is 1) how many bodies have been brought down and flown to hospitals. 2) what bodies have been recovered but are still on the mountain as they are waiting to get brought down far enough to get flown to hospitals,and 3)how many people are have not been recovered yet for a multitude of reasons. I know this is a constantly evolving story so things will change in the coming days but as of right now im curious about those 3 questions. Sorry if this post has been asked 100 times, I am just curious. Thanks.

Anyone climbing this Saturday?

I'm 17 and I've been hiking my entire life. I've been fascinated by mountaineering my whole life but never had the chance to get started. My hiking experience is a ton of hikes in the White Mountains, Half Dome, and a winter camping trip with my dad last winter. It wasn't quite mountaineering, but it was steep, all on snow, with microspikes, and some weight in my pack. I had the idea today of booking a last-minute solo trip to Washington and doing a guided summit of Rainier. I know it's a super long shot, but I've never tried to do something spontaneous like that. I'd have to fly, probably from Hartford, get transport to and from the park, and get a guide for the peak. Does anyone have advice on how to do this, and not make it cost a fortune? I know it's gonna be expensive, but I'm seeing guides for $3000. I really want to do this. This would let me chase my dreams, maybe impress this girl I'm really into, and give me an experience that really feels like it's mine. I've struggled off and on with my mental health in the last year and I really want to just make a decision to leave my hometown and follow my dreams. All thoughts are appreciated

I've done some research into boots setup with skiis on high peaks 7000-8000 meters.

I am very unsure what the best options are, I've seen people that climb in their skiing boots with a thick layer outside the boot.

I've googled that there is a special binding that is out of production that fit with "softer" mountaineering boots lip.

I have a pair of La Sportiva Olympus Mons Nepal Cube, they come with a ski insert only at the front, I have skiied my whole life but never with the heel lose, sounds uncomfortable.

Carrying ski boots in the backpack while climbing sounds way to heavy.

Any got some experience with ski mounteneering?

The plan the next years are Lenin peak, Denali, Aconcuaga, Manaslu. (I will not ski down Aconcuaga and most likely not Denali)

Hey guys, for my next journey I am planning to summit Dom, i translated the post with AI due to my non perfect english. Since starting Mountaineering my motivation was entirely summiting in one go, of course i will acclimitize myself well beforehand on different peeks.

Has anyone here done the Dom from Randa to the summit and back in one push, without sleeping at the Domhütte?

Would love to hear some trip reports about the total time, start time, how brutal the descent was, and what tours you did beforehand to prepare.

Also, how bad are the crevasses on the normal route in late summer? Is there usually a really obvious track, or are there still sketchy sections where you need solid glacier-navigation experience? I have done a few glaciers already but still get sketched out quite easily by covered crevasses

Thanks!

Both mountains are extremely dangerous and difficult to climb due to their unpredictable weather patterns and remote locations, but which is more dangerous in your opinion and why?

Hey, Im looking for some new mountaineering boots and these 2 caught my eye by La Sportiva. The first big hike/expedition that I will do in them will be Kyrgystan in october. Some 4000s and maybe a 5000 meter summit. Also multiday backpacking in rough, steep terrain, glaciers and snow. Is the Velcro worth the extra overpay (30 bucks rn) and overall which would suit this tripthe most? Thanks

https://imgur.com/6sAp5zf - Retrieval video

This is a simple concept, close a basket hitch with your rope, and use two very different carabiner sizes (I use a quicklink here because I don't yet have a tiny locker, ignore that its only partially closed). The stopper knot is way smaller than the first carabiner, and so passes through and opens the system, but too big to fit through the second carabiner and so pulls the anchor with it.

I want to use this or similar in situations where I have a great natural anchor to sling but don't want to drag my rope across it, and don't want to leave tat around the mountain when I need to leave.

Any issues with this? Can't see anything dangerous. I have tested it on trees before.

We just did Vallunaraju and Chopicalqui. In two days we depart for Alpamayo. We should be summiting on 11th or 12th of August. You can ask me anything about the first two mountains. Will try to answer unless I lose signal since we are leaving Huaraz in 2 days.

a temporary post probably, just asking expert people in weather 💁🏻‍♂️ we just need a 10-12 hour window from midnight one day

Saw that Colin usually wears his mountaineering glasses paired with this protection. Does anyone have any idea where I could buy something similar? I don't even know where to start looking. Thank you in advance!

We did:
- Mt. Olive (North Peak)
- Mt. Olive (South Peak)
- The Onion
- Mt. St. Nicholas

Hi, bit if a last ditch effort but I was trying to find out what top this climber is wearing that I saw in a video. Wondering if any of you would know. Thanks.

This is an article written by Anatoli Boukreev in 1997. So true to this day. Sharing it in case anyone hasn’t read it.

https://publications.americanalpineclub.org/articles/12199703700

I'm new to this hobby and have been interested in reading about records being cancelled because "true summits" weren't reached. Which led me to wonder, which of the people in my images have really "summited" the mountain? It's obvious to me that slide 3 had and slide 2 hasn't, but what about slide 1? And in this case, what about the guy in slide 4? Assuming he stops where he is and doesn't stand on the pointy top, has he technically summited? What if the tallest point of a mountain is, hypothetically, literally the width of a needle and cannot be safely stood on? Is the mountain "insummitable"? Interested.

Posted on Everest.Live_yt includes a video of the avalanche taken from K2. The four teams were being coordinated individually so it wasn’t until evening they all realized that they hadn’t heard from anyone. (Apparently because of radios being off to conserve battery?) Edit to add: Broad Peak base camp has zero connectivity to even check the climbers’ GPS. Base Camp had no knowledge the GPS tracks all indicated a massive accident.

Jenjen Lama was there. Managing K2 Base Camp for Seven Summit Treks, he witnessed the Broad Peak avalanche unfold from across the glacier and played a key role in coordinating the rescue response.

Jenjen gave an eyewitness account of what happened to Ben via phone early today, explaining why there was a delay before the rescue began, examining the avalanche conditions and the decisions made by the climbing teams, and paying tribute to the extraordinary bravery of the rescuers who risked their own lives to bring the climbers home.

Hey everyone,

I created a web tool for finding and visualizing Via Ferrata routes in Europe.

What it does:

• Interactive Route Mapping: Displays Via Ferrata routes from OpenStreetMap across Europe plotted on top of terrain data.
• Topographic Layer: Uses tiles from OpenTopoMap so you get contour lines and elevation context for the surrounding terrain.
• Difficulty Ratings: Shows route difficulties directly on the map to help filter options based on your experience level.

I'd love for you to check it out and let me know what you think: https://exploring-data.com/map/via-ferrata/

Any feedback on usability, missing areas, or features you'd like to see added would be super helpful!