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Weekend Warm-Up: Everest in Virtual Reality

Last year, Jon Griffith of the UK and Sherpa...

Roundup: Spring Arctic Expeditions

Late April-early May is the best time for High...

Weekend Warm-Up: Alex Honnold Kicks Back

In these two short clips, Alex Honnold shows that...

Weekend Warm-Up: Follow Through

In a world where success is regularly measured by...

Weekend Warm-Up: Far Away

"Kat starts grinding into an off-width and then this...

Weekend Warm-Up: Uruca II, Bugaboos Edition

This animated film stresses human -- some would say...

Weekend Warm-up: Twenty

With many sports, you can imagine the emotion that...

Weekend Warm-up: The Denis Urubko Story

"I was eating something from the rubbish, I was...

Crossing the Northwest Passage, in Stages

From his home in Iqaluit, on southern Baffin Island,...
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Weekend Warm-up: Wadi Rum

“Every person brings a different vision to the world....

Gear Review: Using Camp Stoves on Polar Expeditions

Early one spring in Resolute, the gateway to High...

Weekend Warm-Up: Interview with Doug Scott

Doug Scott's legendary resumé began in the fells of...

“Holy S**t!” Free Solo Wins Oscar

Jimmy Chin's unscripted response when Free Solo won the...

Ski Expedition Across Kamchatka Begins

Canadian endurance athlete Ray Zahab and his partner, Italian...
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...

Kilian Jornet completes Epic “Hamster Wheel” Ski Challenge

Kilian Jornet, ultra runner, mountain runner, extreme skier, ski...

Weekend Warm-Up: First Winter Ascent of Gasherbrum II

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

Weekend Warm-Up: No Quarter

"The bush is thick, things are hard" --Andrew McNab If...
Nomination of Chimmy Chin's "Free Solo" film for the Academy Awards 2019 announced on Orcars.com

Free Solo Nominated for an Oscar

Free Solo, the acclaimed film about Alex Honnold’s ropeless climb...

Weekend Warm-Up: Hunting with Falcons

According to Shawn Hayes, falconry is not an art...

Weekend Warm-Up: Zabardast

So why bother with a nearly one hour-long film...

Book Review: The White Darkness

"I think of myself as this atom on an...

Gear Review: Compass Tray

A compass tray is a lightweight harness that holds...

Hits of the 2018 Banff Mountain Film Festival

The Banff Mountain Film Festival, the premier event of...

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