Mountaineering

ExWeb’s Adventure Links of The Week

Here at ExWeb, when we’re not outdoors, we get...
Cover of The Airport Wall FA documentary

Weekend Warm-Up: The Airport Wall

Climbing films don't always transmit the unglamorous side of...
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Updated: Solo Alpinist Still Missing on Peak Pobeda in Kyrgyzstan

An urgent search and rescue mission is underway on...

Niels Jespers on his No-O2 Climbs of K2 and Broad Peak

Niels Jespers of Belgium can't really say how different...

Legends Series: Nellie Bly

Nellie Bly was such a dedicated journalist that she...

A Blind Date with Adam Bielecki in Peru’s Cordillera Blanca

After retreating barely 50m below the summit of Peru's...

Exploration Mysteries: Skeleton Lake

Nestled in a valley between the three peaks of...

Trekking Out Through a Flooded Karakorum

It was the end of the climb but not...

Mount Vinson: A Climber’s Guide

Australian mountaineer and Antarctic veteran Damien Gildea describes the...

K2 Climbing Ends, Mystery-Solving Begins

Bad weather has settled into the Karakorum, with snow...

12-Year-Old Girl Left to Climb Broad Peak on her Own

Young Selena Khawaja made waves when she showed up...

Ignacio Lucero on his Broad Peak Ascent: Conditions Did Change

Ignacio Lucero of Argentina raised concern when he set...

Last Man on Broad Peak Back In Base Camp

There was some uncertainty about the whereabouts of Argentinian...

Karakorum: The Summiters, the Fallen, and the Survivors

The 8,000m season in the Karakorum has almost ended....

Rick Allen: An Understated Legend

British climber Rick Allen died last week in an...

Alaska Update: Denali Wraps Up

A busy and occasionally dramatic climbing season has concluded...

K2: Missions Accomplished

Today's summiters are back in their tents, mainly in...

Gasherbrum I Summits Confirmed

Akhbar Syed has shared details of the recent summit...

Last Man on Broad Peak on a Risky Summit Push

It's like a teen horror movie from the '90s,...

K2: No-O2 Double-Header and Sajid’s Second Summit

"Niels and Hugo have made it," their friends announced...

K2 Priorities: Summits and the Missing Climbers

Yesterday, just before the summit wave on K2 began,...
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82 Peaks, 80 Days: Two Italians Climb All the 4,000’ers in the Alps

On May 4, 2021, 26-year-old Nicola Castagna and 37-year-old...

Broad Peak: Exclusive Report from Camp 3

Dangerous conditions forced back a handful of climbers attempting...

K2 Summits, One Without Oxygen

The first climbers summited K2 last night, including a...

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