Mountaineering

Winter K2: From Savage to Crowded?

While the prospect of a winter K2 expedition was...
November 17, 2020

Back From the Dead on Mount Rainier

After 45 minutes of CPR, and being placed on...
November 17, 2020

Interview with Reinhold Messner

As I dial the number, I draw a sharp...
November 16, 2020

Training for Winter K2 at 25ºC

How can you possibly prepare for high winds, deep...
November 16, 2020

New Routes in Patagonia

Two new routes recently opened by local climbers on...
November 13, 2020

More Ama Dablam Summits

Again, summits are piling up, as climbers head up...
November 13, 2020

Skiing Nepal and Pakistan: A New Winter Trend?

At least two expeditions are preparing to carve new...
November 12, 2020

Summit Day on Ama Dablam

For the few who have been lucky enough to...
November 11, 2020

The Quest to Measure Everest’s New Altitude

This year, an unusually lonely Everest has been climbed...
November 10, 2020

Pandemic Helps Ladakh’s Snow Leopards

  In the last few years, Ladakh has been in...
November 9, 2020

Winter K2 News, Ama Dablam Summit Push

It's another 40 days before the ever-growing Winter K2...
November 9, 2020

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

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