When we’re not outdoors, we get our adventure fix by exploring social media and the web. Here are some of the best adventure links we’ve discovered this week.
The RCMP Station at the Top Of the World: In 1953, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police built a station at Alexandra Fiord on Ellesmere Island. Once the world’s northernmost police station, it was originally meant to be part of Canada’s High Arctic relocations. It was operational for a decade before they abandoned it.
From the 1980s to 2023, the building acted as an impromptu research base for tundra ecologist Greg Henry. Now, it is a federal heritage building, a reminder of the complex history between Inuit communities, arctic exploration, and Canadian authorities.
Scientists Work to Understand Why Mont Blanc is Becoming More Dangerous: With an average of 10 climbing deaths each year, Mont Blanc has a higher average death toll than Everest.
Geomorphologist and climber Ludovic Ravanel is working to understand why. According to Ravanel, ice is the glue that holds the mountain together. As it disappears, so does the mountain’s stability.
No glissading
Bum-Sliding Incidents on Popular Vancouver Mountain: Within two days, Vancouver’s North Shore Rescue team received two near identical calls. Two hikers injured themselves and were stuck on Hollyburn Mountain whilst trying to bum-slide down.
One hiker had an ankle injury, the other a leg fracture. Officially known as glissading, it can be dangerous on an icy slope, and authorities are warning people against sliding down that way.
Balin Miller’s One Week Soloing Spree: Over seven days, Balin Miller has soloed Reality Bath and Virtual Reality (WI 6) in the Canadian Rockies and Californiana (5.10c, 700m) in Patagonia.
Reality Bath is one of the most difficult ice climbs in Canada. Miller is the first person to successfully send it since the first ascent 37 years ago.
Dream-like bouldering
How Much of This is Real?: Hamish McArthur reflects on his journey from the pressures of the Olympic Games to climbing in North America. During the Olympics, he found solace by envisioning himself in Squamish, a popular British Columbia climbing area near Vancouver. He had modest expectations, but on his first attempt at the first boulder, he achieved a V12. For the next month, he lived in a dream-like state that only seemed to help his climbing.
‘Eternal Flauta’ added to El Mochito in Patagonia: At the end of 2024, Matias Korten and Ignacio Mulero freed a new route on El Mochito, a granite wall in Patagonia. Eternal Flauta is Korten’s second new route on the mountain.
Korten first attempted Eternal Flauta in 2020. Every year, he has returned and finished more pitches. By the end of 2024, Korten and Mulero had free-climbed all the pitches on the 220m route.
Kim Collison wins the 2025 Montane Winter Spine Race. Photo: Montane Spine/Will Roberts
Montane Winter Spine
Kim Collison Wins Montane Winter Spine Race: After three DNFs on the Montane Winter Spine Race, Kim Collison’s fortunes turned this year.
The 431km trail race winds through the Lake District in the UK. Collison won the race in 82 hours and 46 minutes, the third fastest time ever recorded.
Exploring Zanskar: Over the last decade, Matic Jost made four exploratory expeditions to Zanskar in southwest Ladakh, India. The relatively easy logistics and many unexplored areas keep drawing him back. In 2024, Jost and his team made four first ascents.
