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K2 Expedition Hits Winter; Small Teams to Shimshal, Langtang

Angela Benavides

03/12/2020

Himalaya K2 Karakorum

John Snorri and the Sadparas are already experiencing the hardships of the Karakorum cold season. Although they reached Goro 2 camp today, s...

Adventure Photography Gear: What Do the Pros Use?

Ash Routen

02/12/2020

Gear

While some may argue that the best adventure photography gear is whatever is in your pocket or around your neck, you can learn a lot from ex...

Peter van Geit: 5,000km Through the Indian Himalaya

Rebecca McPhee

02/12/2020

Himalaya Long-distance hiking

Peter van Geit spent three months during the initial lockdown creating online trail maps of 2,000 passes, 700 alpine lakes, 50,000km of trai...

Snorri On his Way to K2 BC, More on Manaslu

Angela Benavides

01/12/2020

K2 Manaslu Winter 8000ers

Expectations are growing about the upcoming winter season in the Himalaya, although those involved are carefully doling out the information ...

More Skiers Head Off-Piste to Winter Karakorum

Angela Benavides

30/11/2020

Karakorum Skiing

The mini-boom in winter ski mountaineering in the Karakorum continues. Earlier today, Sophie Lenaerts, Stef Maginelle and Jean-Francois Spel...

Moro and Txikon to Winter Manaslu

Angela Benavides

30/11/2020

Winter 8000ers

This winter won't be just about K2: Simone Moro and Alex Txikon have just announced that they will join forces on winter Manaslu. Txikon con...

The Weird Natural Rock Art of Lake Baikal

Jerry Kobalenko

29/11/2020

Arctic

Poetically known as Baikal Zen, this rare effect happens when a flat rock that has fallen onto the ice catches the spring sun and melts the ...

ExWeb’s Links of The Week

Ash Routen

29/11/2020

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 ...

Weekend Warm-Up: Mountain of Ice

Rebecca McPhee

28/11/2020

Adventure Films Antarctic

In January 2001, Jon Krakauer, Conrad Anker and six others set out to summit the unclimbed east face of the Vinson Massif in Antarctica. Sta...

What if No One Has Actually Summited All the 8,000’ers?

Angela Benavides

27/11/2020

8000ers

Every year, there is controversy about summit claims on 8,000m peaks. In some cases, whiteout conditions or camera problems prevent climbers...

Gift Guide for Polar Explorers

Jerry Kobalenko

26/11/2020

Gear

Over my polar travels, I've spent about six months camping below minus 40°, and another year and a half at temperatures below -20°C. I've le...

Breaking: Nirmal Purja to Attempt Winter K2

Angela Benavides

26/11/2020

Winter 8000ers

Nirmal Purja is heading shortly for winter K2. In his usual grand style, he describes the climb as "one of the last remaining grand prizes i...

Ama Dablam 2020: Climbing in an Empty Khumbu

Angela Benavides

25/11/2020

Himalaya

Surreal. Wonderful. Those are the words chosen by Garrett Madison to describe the peaceful Khumbu Valley, bereft of the usual crowds. "We di...

Neal Moore Interview: 12,000km by Canoe Across The U.S.

Martin Walsh

25/11/2020

Canoeing & Kayaking Rivers

As we reported last week, Neal Moore is now over halfway through his 12,000km odyssey across the United States. He plans to paddle 22 rivers...

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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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