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Winter Everest Ends with Close Calls, No Summits

Angela Benavides

28/02/2020

8000ers Winter 8000ers

Josh Kobush returned to Everest Base Camp today, after reaching approximately 7,300m on the West Ridge. Unwinding with some of Alex Txikon's...

Arctic 2020: The Roundup So Far

Rebecca McPhee

27/02/2020

Arctic

While it's early for Canadian Arctic expeditions -- the sun still hangs low in the sky, giving light but no heat -- in more temperate Siberi...

Txikon: Life at Camp 1 on Everest

Angela Benavides

26/02/2020

Everest Himalaya Winter 8000ers

“We’re already in the sleeping bag, trying to fit as well as we can," said Alex Txikon earlier today, from the two-sardine-can Camp 1 on Eve...

Everest : Push Begins, Kobusch Passes 7,000m

Angela Benavides

24/02/2020

Everest Winter 8000ers

In spring, a massive summit push on Everest conjures up images of hundreds of climbers in line above 8,000m. In winter, however, the push th...

A 1,000km Ski Across Lapland

Rebecca McPhee

24/02/2020

Adventure Travel Arctic Endurance Skiing

Today, Switzerland's Rachel Bandieri begins a solo, unsupported 1,000km ski through Finnish Lapland. She based her route on a now-defunct ra...

Everest: New Sherpa Team Makes Surprise Entrance

Angela Benavides

23/02/2020

Everest Himalaya Winter 8000ers

Nearly a month after reaching Base Camp and with the South Col route fixed up to 7,000 meters, Alex Txikon has received the surprising news ...

ExWeb’s Links of the Week

Ash Routen

23/02/2020

Adventure Travel

Here at ExWeb, when we’re not outdoors, we get our adventure fix by exploring social media and the wider interweb. Sometimes we’re a little ...

Last Chance for Winter Everest: Kobusch Moves, Txikon Readies

Angela Benavides

22/02/2020

Everest Winter 8000ers Winter Himalaya

After two days without a signal, Jost Kobusch is back on grid, gaining metre after metre up the West Shoulder. If his indicated position is ...

Weekend Warm-Up: Searching for Christmas Tree

Kristine De Abreu

22/02/2020

Reviews

In this story about idealism, a university teacher and ice climber escapes the chaotic, smog-ridden and claustrophobic metropolis of Beijing...

The Diehards on Everest and Batura Sar

Angela Benavides

21/02/2020

Everest Karakorum

So it's over for this winter on the Karakorum 8,000'ers -- but not on the slightly lower yet highly challenging Batura Sar, where the Polish...

Urubko: What Happened on Broad Peak, and Why He’s Retiring

Angela Benavides

20/02/2020

Karakorum Winter 8000ers Winter Himalaya

The current winter season in the Karakorum has ended with no summits. A crevasse fall put an end to Simone Moro and Tamara Luger's attempt o...

Legends Series: Dervla Murphy

Alex Myall

19/02/2020

Adventure Travel

People like Dervla Murphy are rare as hen’s teeth. Rarer: Hens have, in fact, been known to possess teeth when they belong to a mutant varie...

Exclusive: Borge Ousland on Crossing the Arctic Ocean in Winter

Ash Routen

18/02/2020

Arctic Poles

Just over two months ago Borge Ousland and Mike Horn appeared out of the darkness on the southern reaches of the frozen Arctic Ocean. Their ...

Update: Urubko Survives, Txikon Regroups After One Man Down

Angela Benavides

17/02/2020

Everest Winter 8000ers

Denis Urubko didn't summit Broad Peak. His expedition is over, but at least he is safely back in Base Camp. Everything else is slightly conf...

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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 ...

Nanga Parbat “Death Zone”: First Private Screening in Italy

Mountain Planet

18/10/2019

8000ers Adventure Films Adventure Travel Annapurna Climbing High altitude skiing Manaslu Skiing

Hey, Italy! Mountain Planet is proud to present the 3rd part of «Freeride in the Death Zone» in Milano. We invite journalists, bloggers,...

Sea-to-Summit Slovenia: Two Londoners Organise The Country’s Hardest Ever Triathlon

Ross Murray-Jones

29/09/2019

Adventure Travel Climbing Endurance Long-distance hiking Mountain Oceans

Laying here with blisters on eight of my toes and my (c)ankle wrapped in ice, it’s starting to sink in how much this Sea-to-Summit Slovenia ...

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