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K2 Quest Ends: Txikon Back in Base Camp

Angela Benavides

17/03/2019

8000ers K2 Winter 8000ers Winter Himalaya

As it often does, the wind ultimately decided success or failure in the mountains. Today, Alex Txikon, Pansang and Chappal Sherpa waited...

K2: One More Day to the Bottleneck, Two to the Summit

Angela Benavides

16/03/2019

8000ers K2 Winter 8000ers

Alex Txikon, Pasang Sherpa and Cheppal Sherpa have climbed up the Black Pyramid and currently huddle in a tent at 7,050m, about 200 mete...

Winter K2: A Two-Day Window for Climbers

Angela Benavides

15/03/2019

8000ers Winter 8000ers

"Camp 2 here, Camp 2 here, already in the tents at 6,600 metres," reported Alex Txikon earlier today on the radio. Seizing a break in the wi...

Kamchatka Ski Expedition Aborted

Jerry Kobalenko

15/03/2019

Adventure Travel Endurance

Endurance athletes Ray Zahab and Stefano Gregoretti have ended their 500km ski expedition across Russia's Kamchatka peninsula. The pair quit...

Breaking News: Winter K2 Summit Push is ON

Angela Benavides

14/03/2019

8000ers K2 Winter 8000ers

Hoping to beat both the conditions and the approaching equinox, Alex Txikon has started a desperate last push up K2. Nepali climbers Cheppal...

Atlantic Rowing Records Fall

Peter Winsor

14/03/2019

Oceans

Lee Spencer British amputee, Lee Spencer, has arrived in Cayenne, French Guiana, to complete the fastest solo Atlantic crossing from con...

Txikon’s Last Chance for Winter K2

Angela Benavides

13/03/2019

8000ers K2

After an emotional week leading the searching operations on Nanga Parbat, Alex Txikon is back to what he calls "home" -- not the green hills...

Gone but Not Forgotten: Daniele Nardi and Tom Ballard

Ash Routen

12/03/2019

8000ers Climbing Winter 8000ers

"It was the most extraordinary human and alpinist experience I’ve ever had... because it spared my life, it let me taste its violence and it...

British Adventurers Trek the Length of the Gambia River

Martin Walsh

11/03/2019

Adventure Travel Rivers

British adventurers Chaz Powell and Tim Roberts have finished their expedition along the Gambia River. Starting from the river's source in t...

Weekend Warm-up: Wadi Rum

Alex Myall

10/03/2019

Reviews

“Every person brings a different vision to the world. And I think the way for people to connect those visions - to understand other people’s...

Bodies Found, Nanga Parbat Search Ends

Jerry Kobalenko

09/03/2019

8000ers

Daniele Nardi's team has posted a final message on the climber's Facebook page, stating that the search for Nardi and his partner, Tom Balla...

Gear Review: Using Camp Stoves on Polar Expeditions

Jerry Kobalenko

09/03/2019

Antarctic Arctic Reviews

Early one spring in Resolute, the gateway to High Arctic adventure in Canada, two Swedes in their fifties checked into the little hotel wher...

Winter K2 Wins Again: It’s Over for Pivtsov’s Team

Angela Benavides

08/03/2019

8000ers K2

They climbed in the toughest conditions, endured hurricanes and freezing cold and launched one push after another as soon as conditions ...

Investigation of Two Shapes on Nanga Parbat Delayed

Angela Benavides

07/03/2019

8000ers K2

Just when it seemed that we might learn something of the fates of Daniele Nardi and Tom Ballard, missing for 12 days and all but written off...

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Unsupported Solo Death Valley Crossing – Trip Report

Roland

07/01/2019

Adventure Travel Desert Long-distance hiking

In late 2015, when I (Roland Banas) read on the Adventure Blog that Louis-Philippe Loncke had claimed the first solo unsupported crossing of...

On foot through Bangladesh

ian@encircleafrica.org

04/01/2019

Adventure Travel Long-distance hiking

After a short delay of a month I’m now all set to begin my next adventure, walking the length of Bangladesh. I’ve completed some wee...

Project NWP

René Ritter

05/12/2018

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Presented below is a solo expedition starting April 10, 2019 in Kugluktuk, Nunavut and concluding around April 30 in Cambrid...

Unsupported Solo Death Valley Crossing to Support Homeless Children

Roland

05/12/2018

Adventure Travel Desert Long-distance hiking

Starting December 14, 2018, Roland Banas will walk across Death Valley, from the southernmost to the northernmost point, about 145 miles awa...

Infinite Line Project – from Patagonia to Pakistan

Lucy Stamenova

29/11/2018

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Damyan Cholpanov and Kristiyan Dimitrov are experienced Bulgarian climbers with an astonishing goal ahead. They plan five challenging expedi...

Himalayan Spring Roundup: Everest, Annapurna, Jannu

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