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Weekend Warm-Up: Loved by All – The Story of Apa Sherpa

One of the greatest living mountaineers, Apa Sherpa reached...
ladies of thin air

Updated: The Women of Thin Air

Luo Jing Update, October 25 A day after Luo Jing...

Weekend Warm-Up: Freeride the Death Zone, 8000m+

To ski an 8,000'er requires more than the skill...

James Forrest: Two Months, 273 Irish Mountains

After 10 years in a dead-end job, James Forrest...

An Interview with Hanifa Yousoufi: First Afghan Woman to Climb Mt. Noshaq

In August, Hanifa Yousoufi became the first Afghan woman to summit...

Avalanche Kills Nine in Nepal

Four Nepali Sherpas and five Korean climbers have died...

Weekend Warm-Up: Lunag Ri

It's a well-trodden path: The battle-hardened older master takes...

Erden Eruç: ExWeb’s Newest Ambassador

In July 2007, Erden Eruç set out from California's...

Denis Urubko: I’m going back to K2

By: Laszlo Pinter There is no doubt that Russian Denis...

Poles Abandon Manaslu

Eight Polish climbers have abandoned their climb of a...

Austrians Notch Unclimbed Himalayan peak

Four veteran Austrian alpinists have made the first ascent...

The Greatest Goal: Teams Prep for Winter K2

In the times of overcrowding, massive use of bottled...

Weekend Warm-Up: Skiing Noshaq

Almost 50 years ago, members of the Innsbruck Academic...

Luo Jing Becomes First Chinese Woman to Climb all 14×8000’ers

Update: October 5, 2018, Spanish news website Desnivel reports...

Sergi Mingote Claims His Third 8,000’er

[caption id="attachment_7052" align="alignnone" width="278"] Camp 2 on Manaslu. Photo:...

Carlos Soria Abandons Dhaulagiri

“It’s over - the mountain is impossible to deal...

Lhotse Update: Morrison and Nelson Ski the Dream Line

Everest guide Adrian Ballinger has confirmed on social media...

Adventure Psychology: In Conversation with Dr Nathan Smith

In a recent interview, Italian mountaineer Reinhold Messner said...

Huber Abandons North Face of Latok I

Thomas Huber, along with fellow German Rainer Treppte, Italian...

Hellmuth and Baranov to ski Dhaulagiri

Herbert Hellmuth of Germany and Sergey Baranov of Russia...

Weekend Warm-Up: 500 Miles to Nowhere

The premise of bivy-paragliding is simple, even if the...

Avalanche Hits Sherpas on Dhaulagiri

An avalanche on Dhaulagiri has hit a team of...

Russians to Ski Annapurna

This year's flurry of ski descents of big peaks...

Will the Dream Line Finally be Skied?

American ski mountaineers Hilaree Nelson and Jim Morrison are...

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