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Weekend Warm-Up: Link Sar. Plus, an Interview with Graham Zimmerman

In June 2019, alpinist and filmmaker Graham Zimmerman set...

The Best Ultralight Backpacks of 2021-2022

Ultralight backpacks help speed-focused or weight-conscious explorers cover longer...

Best Winter Parkas of 2021-22 According to Polar Explorers

Compared to sleeping bags or tents, picking a down...

Weekend Warm-Up: The Last Honey Hunter

Mauli Dhan Rai harvested honey from cliff faces in...

Weekend Warm-Up: Danny MacAskill Retrospective

In 2009, Danny MacAskill posted a video on YouTube...

Small Box, Big Watts: EcoFlow DELTA Max Offers Portable Power With Fast Charge Times

The EcoFlow DELTA Max is a portable power station...

Weekend Warm-Up: Rainspotting — Bikepacking Scotland

In November 2019, a six-person team took their bikes...

Weekend Warm-Up: Viking Crossing

In 2018, four-time world champion stand-up paddleboarder Casper Steinfath...

Smithwick and Kuo Will Try to Ski Dhaulagiri

Dhaulagiri is not just one more ski line to...

Weekend Warm-Up: The Fifty

Skier Cody Townsend never liked to ask the why...

Weekend (Not So) Warm-Up: Exit the North Pole

In 2019, two arctic explorers battled across the arctic...

Weekend Warm-Up: Wolfpack

When you hit rock bottom, they say you find...

Weekend Warm-Up: Shelter

Shelter is a basic human need. It keeps you...

Weekend Warm-Up: Stone Locals

Have you ever watched a child on a climbing...
A bike lying on a bare ice road

Weekend Warm-Up: The Northernmost Road

I’ve decided that Albert Einstein was incorrect when he...
Two mountaineers on an airy, snowy ridge

18 Peaks Over 4,000m in 14 Hours

Last summer, when competition-starved endurance athletes were setting Fastest...

Weekend Warm-Up: Life in General

For snowboarder and surfer Bryan Fox, life in general...
Best satellite phone

The Best Satellite Phones of 2021

Satellite phones provide voice-to-voice communication in the most remote...

Weekend Warm-Up: Discovery

Despite faking a 1926 flight to the North Pole,...

Weekend Warm-Up: Hura — Wafaa Amer

This might be an overwhelming assumption, but I suspect...

Weekend Warm-Up: Davide’s Way

Some athletes, such as Davide Magnini, used the pandemic...

First Ski Descent of the SW Face of the Bietschhorn

Paul Bonhomme, Vivian Bruchez, and Giles Sierro have made...
A climber on a limestone cliff in Polynesia

Weekend Warm-Up: Makatea

Erwan Le Lann has sailed to the remotest corners...

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