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Return of the Freeride. Freeride World Qualifier in Russia

Do or do not. There is no try. Master Yoda Now...
February 23, 2020

Weekend Warm-Up: Searching for Christmas Tree

In this story about idealism, a university teacher and...
February 22, 2020

Weekend Warm-Up: Iceland Divide

Iceland has a subpolar oceanic climate; that is, cold...
February 15, 2020

Weekend Warm-Up: Runner vs Basejumper

Every one of us can recall a time when...
February 8, 2020

Luke Smithwick on Skiing 500 Lines in the Himalaya

Luke Smithwick completed his 71st Himalayan expedition in 2019,...
February 4, 2020

Weekend Warm-Up: Druschba

Druschba -- more commonly spelt Druzhba - is the...
February 1, 2020

Arctic Travel Tips

The sun returns to Grise Fiord, Canada's northernmost village,...
January 31, 2020

Weekend Warmup: The Last Darkness

There are three kinds of runners. The Urban Runner...
January 25, 2020

Weekend Warm-Up: Tramontana

Tramontana is probably best known as an exclusive Spanish...
January 18, 2020

Antarctica Week Nine: The Season Winds Down

Many expeditions to the Pole have wrapped up, but...
January 17, 2020

Richard Parks Pops Up in Antarctica

Keeping his plans to himself for almost a month,...
January 13, 2020

Weekend Warm-Up: Lost Dogs & Englishmen

The journey of Robbie Britton and Dan Lawson, two...
January 11, 2020

Antarctica Week Eight: It Gets Busy at the Pole

A number of expeditions have wrapped up, and a...
January 10, 2020

ExWeb Dispatches | Series 1: Elbrus

ExWeb Dispatches is a new multimedia series from ExplorersWeb that...
January 9, 2020

Geoff Wilson Completes His Longest Journey

Despite a route change to skip the South Pole,...
January 7, 2020

Updated: Antarctic Speed Record Remains Unbeaten

Wendy Searle and Jenny Davis set off separately in...
January 6, 2020

Weekend Warm-Up: Janhukot

“Bloody hard work” sums up the expedition that Malcolm...
January 4, 2020

Updated: Antarctica Week Seven: The Home Stretch

This week, most expeditions are on the home stretch,...
January 2, 2020

Polar Sleeping Pads

Reader John O'Bright asked recently: Could you please share your...
December 17, 2019

Weekend Warm-Up: Land of Maybe

It’s a land with fewer than 50,000 people. Governed...
December 15, 2019

Paragliding from the two summits of ELBRUS – Elbrus East 5621m & Elbrus West 5642m

[embed]https://youtu.be/Oecy0xsqQu0[/embed] Paragliding from both tops of Mt Elbrus (5621m &...
December 8, 2019

Weekend Warm-Up: Lhotse

Hilaree Nelson and Jim Morrison are professional ski mountaineers...
December 7, 2019

Antarctica Week Three: The Race is On

The final expeditions have set off from Hercules Inlet...
December 6, 2019

Weekend Warm Up: Hors Piste

Sometimes it’s best to have a good laugh when...
November 30, 2019

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