Mountaineering

Manaslu: It’s Harder Than Ever Now

In late 2019, ExplorersWeb revealed an uncomfortable truth about...

Broad Peak: A Climber’s Guide

Billi Bierling of the Himalayan Database describes the normal...

Newcomers’ Guide: How to Climb the Seven Summits

Want to give the Seven Summits a try? What...

Pakistan: Uncertain Flights, Secret Plans, and Stomach Bugs

For the increasing number of climbers aiming to double...

Horia Colibasanu on “The Toughest Climb of My Life”

Horia Colibasanu spoke to ExplorersWeb this week about his...

Pakistan: Roundup of Summer Expeditions

After the disappointing season in Nepal, teams currently heading...

Time for Pakistan: Local Guides to Lead K2 Teams for the First Time

Some weeks ago, Mingma Gyalge Sherpa of Imagine Nepal...

K2 West Ridge: Interview with Ian Welsted

The Savage Mountain was been tamed with O2 and...

Himalayan Season Wrapup

The spring Himalayan season had ended, with decidedly mixed...

The Baruntse Experience, in 2 Minutes, 30 Seconds

Marek Holecek and Radoslav Groh spent nine days climbing...

Weekend Warm-Up: New Life

Climber and North Face athlete Caroline Ciavaldini is used...
K2 photo, transmitted over the new communications tower

K2 Goes Online

Karakorum climbers will no longer have to text over...
Qatar jet takes off from Kathmandu

After Everest, How Do Climbers Get Home From Nepal?

For climbers and the few remaining trekkers, fleeing Nepal...

Holecek and Groh’s New Line on Baruntse’s…West Face

Still in Kathmandu, Marek Holecek has shared the first...

Newcomers’ Guide: The Seven Summits

The Seven Summits has become part of the adventure...
Two men in front of a Czech pub in Kathmandu

Marek Holecek: “I am Used to Being Trapped in Bad Weather”

Holecek and Groh's line has been the highlight of...

David Goettler and Kilian Jornet Turn Back on Everest

No-O2 climbers David Goettler and Kilian Jornet have turned...
rock, snow, and ice on the Everest summit pyramid.

Updated: More Summits on Everest; No Go on Lhotse

More climbers summited Everest today, including several teams outfitted...
Climber on rock wall

James McHaffie Completes All 180 Extreme Climbs in the UK

You don’t just find Ken Wilson’s classic UK semi-guidebook,...
Two super-skinny climbers show their bones and muscles

Holecek and Groh: “Kathmandu is Worse than Baruntse”

Marek Holecek and Radoslav Groh have reappeared in Kathmandu,...

More Everest Summits; Purja to Lead Lhotse Climb Tomorrow

Nirmal Purja and his team left Camp 4 last...
Huge line of climbers in shadow on Everest

Everest: Avalanche in Camp 2

It seems that the inside stories of this Everest...
Climber on rock face

ExWeb’s Adventure Links of the Week

Here at ExWeb, when we’re not outdoors, we get...

Holecek, Groh Out of Danger on Baruntse!

With the good weather, things have happened with lightning...

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