Alpine style

The Outsiders: Bonatti, Kurtyka, and Twight

Every year, hundreds of people climb on fixed ropes...

Messner and Sieberer Complete Matterhorn’s Classic Bonatti Route in a Day

Simon Messner called it a "dream come true". Indeed,...

Interview with Charles Duvouloz: A New Route On Chamlang

Charles Dubouloz spoke to ExplorersWeb about the new route...

Top Slovenian Alpinists Aim for Chobutse in Nepal’s Rolwaling Valley

Slovenian alpinists Luka Strazar, Nejc Marcic, Marko Prezelj, and...
Mount Robson in the Canadian Rockies

Piolets d’Or Winners Announced

Each year, the Piolets d'Or awards, mountaineering's highest honor,...

Villanueva and Team Report 5 New Big Walls in East Greenland

Between a notable first ascent by an Italian-Swiss-French team...

Chamlang, Manaslu, and Dhaulagiri; First Ascents in Pakistan

A French team will attempt to open a new...

Tackling the Six Great North Faces of the Alps, Totally Human-Powered

Simon Gietl and Roger Schaeli have set out to...

Shimshal: Poles Climb Virgin 6,000’er

Already in their first week, Janusz Golab, Adam Bielecki,...

Rakaposhi, Day 4 : Climbers Overnight at 6,200m

After dark in Pakistan, the situation of the climbers...

Rakaposhi: Sajid Sadpara Joins Rescue Effort

Another day has dawned on the slopes of Rakaposhi...

Rakaposhi: Georgian Climbers Willing to Help

They're experienced, they're strong, they're just back from a...

Rakaposhi: Rescue Attempts Fail — Climbers Must Descend Themselves

Wind has thwarted all rescue attempts on 7,788m Rakaposhi....
eiger north face

Weekend Warm-Up: Eiger: Wall of Death

Unless you're a bleeding-edge alpinist, there’s not a whole...

Dani Arnold Shatters Speed Record on Petit Dru

He did it on August 15, but the news...

Breaking: Georgians Summit Saraghrar NW

The Georgian team led by Archil Badriashvili has made...

The Wabi-Sabi of Latok IV

The first ascent of Latok IV is a tale...

Bielecki, Golab, and “the Kids” Target New Karakorum Peaks

Ace Polish climbers Adam Bielecki and Janusz Golab have...

Messner, Marin Stymied: No Luck for Last Climbers in the Karakorum

Extreme weather at both ends of the spectrum thwarted...
Cerro Pinuer winter ski descent line

First Winter Climb and First Ski Descent of Patagonia’s Cerro Pinuer

The first documented ski descent of Patagonia's Cerro Pinuer...

Eyewitness Account: Mehri Jafari’s Fatal Fall on Pobeda

In previous articles, we reported on the fatal fall...

Flash Expeditions: Speed and Loathing in the Mountains

In his acclaimed 1999 book, Extreme Alpinism: Climbing Light,...
1967 photo of David Roberts on Harvard Mountaineering expedition in Alaska. c. Matt Hale

Revered Adventure Writer David Roberts Dead at 78

With a prolific body of work that spanned almost...
knights and days on hualcan

Two More New Routes in Peru’s Cordillera Blanca

Reports are just surfacing of two new first ascents...

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