Mountaineering

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...

Everest: Purja Reaches Camp 3

After studying the weather, Nirmal Purja decided to bring...

Everest: Purja Assumes Leadership at Camp 2. What Will He Do?

Conditions on Everest after days of heavy snowfall are...

Baruntse: Climbers Going Down

Finally, after nine days and a full-on cyclone that...

Baruntse: Night #8 in Frozen Hell

Marek Holecek and Raroslav Groh still have to draw...

Everest: Avalanche Pulverizes Camp 3

"Camp 3 was pulverized by an avalanche sweeping the...

Baruntse: Still Trapped, Still Alive

"The situation is unchanged, we are trapped at 7,000m,...

Drama in Nepal: Escape From Everest and Baruntse

Nepal's Home Ministry has called for expedition agencies and...

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