Climbing

Mount Jannu: Why is it So Hard?

"A beauty, bizarre and proud, ridges ... forming stately...
March 19, 2019

Gone but Not Forgotten: Daniele Nardi and Tom Ballard

"It was the most extraordinary human and alpinist experience...
March 12, 2019

Weekend Warm-Up: The Road from Karakol

"Real adventure is not polished. It's not the result...
February 23, 2019
Winter Nanga Parbat rescue team in 2018

The Oscars of Climbing

This year's American Alpine Club's awards contain a mix...
February 22, 2019
Alex Honnold talks about his free solo climb on El Capitan in Yosemite NP. https://www.ted.com

Weekend Warm-up: Alex Honnold on Free Soloing El Cap

Free soloing a 1,000-metre wall - and not just...
February 16, 2019

Weekend Warm-Up: First Winter Ascent of Gasherbrum II

Normal people, smart people, wouldn't even go outside in...
February 9, 2019

Tom Ballard Reports from Nanga Parbat

Like K2, Nanga Parbat has also become known as...
January 30, 2019
Latok I team Cesen Livingstone and Strazar

Top 10 Expeditions of 2018: #5: North Ridge of Latok I

Over the last 12 months, ExplorersWeb has documented incredible...
December 27, 2018

Top 10 Expeditions of 2018: #8: Hansjorg Auer Solos Lupghar Sar West

Over the last 12 months, ExplorersWeb has documented incredible...
December 24, 2018

Urubko and Barnasse Target New Routes in Patagonia

Patagonian spires have beckoned climbers like a nearly-mythical El...
December 19, 2018
Liv Sansoz Alps

Simple, Light and Fun: the Evolution of Liv Sansoz

BASE jumper, skier and former world champion sport climber...
December 12, 2018

Weekend Warm-Up: Mirror Wall

Looming 1,200m over the Edward Bailey Glacier in Greenland,...
December 1, 2018

Infinite Line Project – from Patagonia to Pakistan

Damyan Cholpanov and Kristiyan Dimitrov are experienced Bulgarian climbers...
November 29, 2018

Weekend Warm-Up: Force: The story of Mikey Schaefer

"So definitely the most f***** up thing I've ever...
November 24, 2018

Pumori Followup: Interview with Teofil Vlad

Last week, we reported on a new line climbed...
November 8, 2018

Weekend Warm-Up: Operation Moffat

"I don’t think I’ve ever been frightened" -- Gwen...
November 3, 2018

David Lama Solos Lunag Ri

Austrian climber David Lama has soloed Lunag Ri (6,907m), a...
October 28, 2018

Denis Urubko: I’m going back to K2

By: Laszlo Pinter There is no doubt that Russian Denis...
October 10, 2018

The Greatest Goal: Teams Prep for Winter K2

In the times of overcrowding, massive use of bottled...
October 8, 2018

Adventure Psychology: In Conversation with Dr Nathan Smith

In a recent interview, Italian mountaineer Reinhold Messner said...
September 30, 2018

Hellmuth and Baranov to ski Dhaulagiri

Herbert Hellmuth of Germany and Sergey Baranov of Russia...
September 24, 2018

Avalanche Hits Sherpas on Dhaulagiri

An avalanche on Dhaulagiri has hit a team of...
September 20, 2018

Russians to Ski Annapurna

This year's flurry of ski descents of big peaks...
September 17, 2018

Sergi Mingote Targets his Second 8,000m Double-Header

[caption id="attachment_6926" align="aligncenter" width="960"] Testing the saturation of oxygen....
September 13, 2018

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