Mountaineering

Jelle Veyt: Belgium to Denali

Jelle Veyt will shortly continue his mega-project to climb...
November 6, 2020

Nepal’s Highway to Everest: Good or Bad?

"Nepal Building a Highway to Everest". The headline that...
November 6, 2020

Teams Progress on Ama Dablam

Lakpa Dendi Sherpa and Gesman Tamang from Seven Summit...
November 5, 2020

How Rugged is Your Country?

In 2018, an oddly named publication called The Visual...
November 4, 2020

Ama Dablam, Winter K2 Preparations

More climbers are signing on to winter K2, beyond...
November 3, 2020

Explorers’ Diseases

This year, we learned just how quickly a disease...
November 2, 2020

Weekend Warm-Up: Moose’s Tooth

Twenty-four kilometres south of Denali, Moose’s Tooth stands a...
October 31, 2020

The New Alpinism: Sani Pakush

The old days when 8,000m was a reliable yardstick...
October 30, 2020

Rumors Swirl Around Winter K2 Expedition

The expedition to K2 this winter has inspired hope...
October 28, 2020

Banff Book Competition Winners Announced

The winners of nine categories in the prestigious Banff...
October 27, 2020

Update on Winter Broad Peak

Russian-American Alex Goldfarb and Hungarian Zoltan Szlanko entered the...
October 27, 2020

Teams Head to Khumbu Despite Closure Rumors

Teams are currently heading to Ama Dablam and nearby...
October 26, 2020

James Pearson Nails Second Ascent of Hardest Trad Route

By Seiji Ishii On October 21, British climber James Pearson...
October 23, 2020

Five Last Great Alpine Climbs

By the mid-19th century, most of Europe's major alpine...
October 23, 2020

Updated: Sergi Mingote to Co-Lead Winter K2

Like many of us, Sergi Mingote has had a...
October 21, 2020

Kilimanjaro Fire is Out at Last

"The fire has finally been put out," a SummitClimb...
October 21, 2020

A New Route on a 6,000m Peak in Pakistan

Flying under the radar, French climbers Symon Welfringer and...
October 20, 2020

The Everest Lawsuit: Exclusive Interview with Garret Madison

It is not surprising that in a normal season,...
October 19, 2020

Weekend Warm-Up: The Last Ascent

In 2014, Canadian ice climber Will Gadd, 52, made...
October 17, 2020

Kilimanjaro Fire Rages, Climbers Evacuated

"The fire is BIG," Felix Berg of SummitClimb told...
October 16, 2020

Nepalis Summit Baruntse!

It's almost hard to believe during this somber year,...
October 15, 2020

Manaslu Summited

The Bahraini expedition reached the summit of Manaslu at...
October 15, 2020

Kilimanjaro on Fire

A large bush fire has engulfed the slopes of...
October 14, 2020

Nepal Changes Its Mind Again

Just hours after Nepal announced that as of October...
October 14, 2020

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