Mountaineering
Summit Pushes on K2 and Cho Oyu In Dire Conditions
Gelje Sherpa's team on Cho Oyu and Grace Tseng's...
Alina Kosovska Completes First Winter Traverse of 400Km Transcarpathian Route, Alone
On February 14, Alina Kosovska completed the first winter...
Exclusive Interview: Denis Urubko on Nims, O2, and the Rules of Winter
In a wide-ranging conversation last weekend, Denis Urubko gave...
Shedding Light on the Two Nepali Routes on Cho Oyu
The two Nepali teams currently attempting to open a...
Jonatan Garcia and Topo Mena Head for Gangapurna
Jonatan Garcia of Spain and Topo Mena of Ecuador...
Divers to Explore Possible Crater of Siberia’s Famous Tunguska Meteor
A quartet of geophysicists and hydrobiologists has obtained a...
This Week in Patagonia: New Adventure Routes and a Big Enchainment
The wire from Patagonia is crackling with climbing news...
Sherpas Reach Camp 1 on Cho Oyu; Weather Thwarts Kobusch Again
On K2, Grace Tseng is expected to reach Camp...
Everest’s Highest Glacier Loses 2,000 Years of Ice in 25 Years
Climate scientists have published a groundbreaking study on the...
Masherbrum: One of the Great Remaining Challenges
Only four expeditions, 15 people in all, have climbed...
Through the Unknown to the Impossible: Lhotse Middle
At 8,516m, Lhotse is the fourth highest mountain on...
Koshar Gang Was Not Easy, Says Urubko; Also, Buried Tents on Manaslu; Some K2 Action
High winds and persistent snow continue to foil progress...
Canadian Ticks Rare Solo of Patagonia’s Torre Egger
The sun keeps shining this season in Patagonia, so...
Urubko Returns with a New Route on Pakistan’s Koshar Gang
Denis Urubko has returned to high-altitude mountaineering in grand...
60 Years on, Bhutan Will Reopen 430km ‘Footpath of Warrior Monks’
In March of 2022, Bhutan will restart its historic...