Mountaineering

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

Himalayan Update: Manaslu and Nepal’s 6,000’ers

The Bahraini team are back in Manaslu Base Camp,...
October 13, 2020

Updated: Success on K6 Ends Fall Season in Pakistan

This week, climbers squeezed in the season's last moves...
October 9, 2020

New Line on Mt. Robson’s Prized Emperor Face

American climber Ethan Berman has teamed up with Uisdean...
October 7, 2020

K6 Summit Tomorrow, Bahrainis in Manaslu Base Camp

Although Colin Haley abandoned the K6 expedition last week,...
October 7, 2020

Fakin’ It: Exploration Hoaxes, Part I

In exploration, hoaxes are acts of deception for personal...
October 6, 2020

First Summit of 2020 in Nepal, Death and Rescue in Pakistan

Bahrain's Royal Prince Sheik Nasser bin Hamad Al Khalifa...
October 5, 2020

Weekend Warm-Up: UFO Life

This documentary has it all: Messner, Scott, UFOs, broken...
October 3, 2020

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