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Annapurna Update: Premature Notice but Ultimate Success

Angela Benavides

16/04/2021

8000ers Annapurna

After some confusion, expedition managers have published a list of summiters. The first summit news, announced by Viridiana Alvarez, was ...

Summits on Annapurna

Angela Benavides

16/04/2021

8000ers Annapurna

After yesterday's failed attempt due to insufficient rope to fix the route above 7,400m, climbers on Annapurna have finally reached the summ...

Dhaulagiri: Still Wild and Lonely with just Eight Climbers

Angela Benavides

15/04/2021

8000ers Dhaulagiri

Compared to the recent events on Annapurna, involving loads of ropes and O2 canisters dropped from helicopters, hesitant climbers, and delay...

Annapurna Update: More Rope Helo’d to 7,000m

Angela Benavides

15/04/2021

8000ers Annapurna

After a snafu in which summit climbers ran out of rope above Camp 4, a helicopter has dropped another 800m high on the mountain to support a...

Problems on Annapurna, Summit Push Aborted

Angela Benavides

15/04/2021

8000ers Annapurna

There was so much blue ice above Camp 4 that the fixing team ran out of rope at 7,400m. Now at least 35 climbers are stuck precariously in C...

Great Survival Stories: Eric LeMarque

Alex Myall

15/04/2021

Survival

The pro hockey player and snowboarder had it all, including arrogance and a drug habit. Then he made a series of mistakes that cost him his ...

Skiers Bargiel and Smithwick Return to Karakorum

Angela Benavides

14/04/2021

High altitude skiing Karakorum

Andrzej Bargiel stunned the adventure world by skiing down K2. Now he's back to the Karakorum for more triple black diamond skiing. Sprin...

Annapurna: Summit Push Tonight

Angela Benavides

14/04/2021

8000ers Annapurna

Annapurna climbers are at Camp 4, preparing to set off for the summit tonight. Sherpas established the camp yesterday at 7,000m. Pakistani c...

Natural Wonders: Poland’s Crooked Forest

Kristine De Abreu

14/04/2021

Natural History

What force twisted dozens of these pine trees into identical J-shapes? Aliens? Gravitation hijinks? Or something much, much simpler? Near...

How Should We Classify River and Ocean Expeditions?

Martin Walsh

13/04/2021

Canoeing & Kayaking Oceans Rivers Rowing/canoeing

High-altitude mountaineers argue about what is a summit, polar explorers about what is unsupported. But river and ocean expeditions may be t...

Annapurna: Summit Push Tonight, Tomorrow, or Both?

Angela Benavides

13/04/2021

8000ers Annapurna

Lack of news from Annapurna is adding suspense of the first summit push of the season. Some climbers who reached Camp 3 (6,500m) yesterday h...

Trio Fatbike 600Km Across Iceland

Kristine De Abreu

13/04/2021

Arctic Endurance

They rode 95 percent of the time, but as usual, the five percent made the best stories. Endurance athlete Rebecca Rusch, photographer Chr...

Annapurna: Crux Passed, All in Camp 3

Angela Benavides

12/04/2021

8000ers Annapurna

All the climbers on Annapurna have now passed the most dangerous section of the mountain, the avalanche-prone route between Camps 2 and 3. ...

Change of Plans on Dhaulagiri

Angela Benavides

12/04/2021

8000ers Dhaulagiri

For two ambitious Ecuadorian climbers, the unexpected withdrawal of their third member was "a low blow". Esteban Topo Mena and Carla Pére...

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A Brief Climbing History of Nepal’s Highest Peaks

Apar Datta

09/06/2020

8000ers Everest Himalaya

Nepal is home to one of the world's dangerous mountain systems known as the famous Himalayas. Ranging from 2,000 meters to the top of the wo...

Lake Baikal 2020 Crossing: Short Talk with Adventurers

Roland

31/03/2020

Adventure Travel Arctic

Lake Baikal (Siberia, Russia) is the world’s largest lake by volume and every winter, it freezes over. Its sheer size (636km long) offers an...

Return of the Freeride. Freeride World Qualifier in Russia

Mountain Planet

23/02/2020

Reviews Skiing

Do or do not. There is no try. Master Yoda Now freeride Jedi get together in Russia, to take part in Freeride World Qualifier 2*...

Marcel Korkuś sets New World Record in Altitude Diving

eversub

26/01/2020

Mountain

On December 13, 2019, the Polish diver Marcel Korkuś dived at an altitude of 6,395 m above sea level, setting an absolute world record in al...

Paragliding from the two summits of ELBRUS – Elbrus East 5621m & Elbrus West 5642m

THOMAS LAEMMLE

08/12/2019

Adventure Films Adventure Travel Alpine style Climbing Mountain

Paragliding from both tops of Mt Elbrus (5621m & 5642m) in summer 2019 In June 2019 I got the chance to visit the remote North ...

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