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“Rescue on the Killer Mountain” – in Outside

"When two climbers were stranded near the summit of...

Base Camp Alpha

Field Report They arrived on a hot and sunny morning,...

Preparations for 2018 Barneo North Pole Ice Camp are in full swing

Ice camp Barneo doesn’t have an address: the GPS...

Simone Moro and Tamara Lunger Climb the “Coldest Mountain”

Simone Moro and Tamara Lunger summit the 3,003m Gora...

Will Steger to cross the Barren Lands solo at 73

For 50 years, Will Steger has travelled by dogsled,...

Interview: Maximo Kausch on the Underexplored Andes

Aiming to scale every 6,000m+ peak in the Andes,...

Denis Urubko is leaving K2

Denis Urubko, who on Saturday, February 24, without the...

Winter K2: Urubko Breaks from Team, Ascends Alone

The K2 winter expedition continues to be beset by...

Interview: Denis Urubko describes the current conditions on K2

Denis Urubko gives a quick interview, describing the current...

Prominence or Dominance: What Makes a Mountain?

Argentinian mountaineer Maximo Kausch is on a mission. Max...

Winter K2: Urubko scouts the eastern face, sets up Camp 2

Denis Urubko of the winter K2 expedition reports back...

A Journey to the Sistine Chapel of the Amazon Jungle – Part 1

Maciek Tarasin organized three expeditions to Chiribiquete, one of...

Winter K2: Bielecki Hit by Rock; Urubko back in action

Adam Bielecki suffers facial wounds from falling rock -...

Nanga Parbat happy and unhappy end

We made it! We arrived safely to the base....

Elisabeth Revol Describes Nanga Parbat Rescue

On January 28th French climber Elisabeth Revol was dramatically...

Elizabeth Hawley: The Sherlock Holmes of the Mountaineering World

The formidable chronicler of the Himalayas passes away at...

Tasmania Winter Trek

Attempt to traverse Tasmania unresupplied in the winter. My...

Tomek “Czapkins” Mackiewicz: A Life Unconquered

Tomek Mackiewicz’s life was characterised by feats of mental...

The end of the rescue operation at Nanga Parbat. Joy and sadness, success and loss.

Elisabeth Revol has been found! Adam (Bielecki) and Denis...

K2 to help Nanga Parbat – dramatic waiting

Four or five climbers, participants of the winter expedition...

Drama on Nanga Parbat: Mackiewicz and Revol fighting to survive

Mackiewicz and Revol stranded on Nanga Parbat. Rescue to...

Winter K2: Denis Urubko Reports

Currently engaged in a dramatic rescue mission on Nanga...

Antarctica 2017: Spectre and the Ice Maidens Wrap Up

The remaining two expeditions wrap up their journeys, enduring...

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