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Earlier this year, the Curiosity Rover accidentally rolled over...
Missing Climbers on Mt. Cook Believed Dead
The police searching for the three climbers missing on...
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All the winter 8,000m teams have chosen the Khumbu...
Man Leaps Onto Polar Bear to Defend Wife From Attack
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The Very Best Images From the James Webb Telescope in 2024
The James Webb Telescope — the super-sensitive, tennis-court-sized, space-based...
Weekend Warm-Up: Bikepacking Across Iceland
It seems like most adventures these days have charity...
Weekend Warm-Up: Jirishanca
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The cost of human life is a thread that...
Here Are the 2024 Banff Mountain Film Festival Winners
The Banff Mountain Film Festival is the crème de...
Weekend Warm-Up: Revisiting the 1996 Everest Disaster
It's been almost 30 years since the 1996 storm...
Shackleton’s Shipwreck Seen in Extraordinary 3D Detail
In 2022, Ernest Shackleton’s ship, the Endurance, was discovered...
Weekend Warm-Up: Watch in Awe as Nouria Newman Kayaks Patagonia
If big water, three accomplished kayakers, and one of...
Weekend Warm-Up: Fay Manners and Michelle Dvorak Tackle Denali’s ‘Cassin Ridge’
What do you do when a good friend and...
Weekend Warm-Up: Grit and Grins on ‘Ground Up’
Amity Warme is tough. It’s no surprise she’s willing...
New FKT: 58 Colorado Peaks in 12-Plus Days
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On July 15, Andrea Sansone and Andrew...
Brit Who First Ran Length of Africa in 1998 Calls Current Controversy ‘A Storm in a Teacup’
Nicholas Bourne, a British runner who ran the length...
Updated: Ultrarunner Completes Length of Africa — But Was He the First?
Today, Russ Cook finished his south-north run along the...
The Great Himal Race: 1,700 km From Tibet to India
The Great Himalayan Trail is a monster trek, the...
560 Miles in 6 Days: Camille Herron Sets New Women’s World Record Run
American ultrarunner Camille Herron has set another world record.
This...
French Cyclist Completes 1,400Km Midwinter Ride Across Lapland
Joffrey Maluski of France has cycled 1,436km across Lapland...
Chinese Organizers Jailed Over 2021 Ultramarathon That Killed 21 Runners
An infamous 2021 ultra-marathon that tragically killed 21 people...
Novice Kayaker Shatters 30-Year-Old Record on Australia’s Longest River
Dave Alley doesn't consider himself a kayaker. Yet the...
Weekend Warm-Up: Kilian Jornet is ‘Nnormal,’ and Also Isn’t
Kilian Jornet has been designing gear since he was...
Long-Distance Legend: Meet the Man Who Skateboarded Across the U.S. 5 Times
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Unsteady, vibrating skateboard...
Bonhomme’s Injury Forces Him to Abort Trans-Alps Run
As we reported earlier this week, Paul Bonhomme set...
Women Win All-Around Best Climb at the Russian Piolets d’Or
In a surprise, the best climb done by Russians...
Goettler and Hojac Climb North Face of Ganchenpo
David Goettler of Germany and Nicolas Hojak of Switzerland...
Brits ‘Thread the Needle’ to Bag Two New Routes in Nepal’s Rolwaling
Nathan White, Jack Morris, Connor Holdsworth, and Dave Sharpe...
Adventure and Alpinism in the Hindu Raj: A New Japanese Route on Thui II
One of the most remarkable climbs of the year...
Swiss Fail on India’s Shivling But Open New Route on Its Neighbor
Stefan Siegrist and Jonas Schild of Switzerland returned to...
Mixed Results for Strong Italian Team on Kimshung
A seven-man Italian team is heading home from Kimshung...
Exclusive: Ukrainians On Their New Route Up Ama Dablam
On Friday, Mykyta Balabanov and Mykhailo Fomin of Ukraine...
A Rare Repetition of the American Direct Route on the West Face of Ama Dablam
Alexandr Moroz and Mark Ablovacky wanted to climb Ama...
One More Day of ‘Hell’ on Langtang Lirung
Marek Holecek and Ondro Huserka hoped to summit Langtang...
One Drops Out, But Holecek and Remaining Partner Attempt Langtang Lirung Again Tonight
After waiting for two days in a damp tent...
Japanese Bag First Ascent of Sanctuary Peak
A team from Japan's Himalaya Camp project has summited...
How Did Ancient Humans Find Their Way Deep into a French Cave?
The Saint-Marcel cave is one of France's largest and...
Two Rescues: On an Austrian Mountain and in a Slovenian Cave
Five days ago, there was a difficult, 15-hour rescue...
Trapped Caver Mark Dickey Survives ‘Hell’ of an Ordeal
Mark Dickey has emerged from the Turkish cave that...
Elaborate Rescue Continues for Caver Trapped 1,000m Down
Deep in the chambers of a renowned Turkish cave,...
‘I Didn’t Want to Leave’: Woman Spends 500 Days Alone In Cave
Beatriz Flamini might be the Michael Jordan of living...
A Trauma Doctor Analyzes the Thai Cave Rescue: ‘Nothing Short of Miraculous’
You probably already know the story.
In 2018, 12 juvenile...
World’s Most Prolific Cave Explorer Dies at 80
Marion Smith, a caver with 8,291 separate explorations to...
Tourist Ignores Warnings, Dies From Falling Ice in Ushuaia Cave
A mass of ice fell from the ceiling of...
Nearly 300 Volunteers Rescue Stranded UK Caver
In the early afternoon of November 6, 2021, 38-year-old...
U.S., Canadian Climbers Missing On New Zealand’s Mount Cook
Three climbers -- two Americans and one Canadian --...
Polish Trio Open New Alpine-Style Route in Khumbu Valley
Maciej Kimel, Michal Krol, and Mariusz Madej of Poland...
A Tiger Till The End: A Tribute to Park Young-seok
Renowned South Korean mountaineer Park Young-Seok would have turned...
Climbs of Tirich Mir, Jannu, and Flat Top Win Piolets d’Or
The Piolets d'Or committee has revealed the winners of...
Piolet d’Or Release Not-So-Short List of Candidates
Instead of announcing a short group of nominees, the...
Shortlist for Boardman Tasker Award Released
The shortlist for this year's Boardman Tasker Award for...
Climbing Accident Postpones Ogre Expedition
Russian climbers Ratmir Mukhametzyanov, Alexander Parfenov, and Alexey Sukarev...
Climbing History of the Peaks of the 2024 Cutting Edge Grants. Part 1: Shivling
Every spring for over a century, the American Alpine...
