Mountaineering

Winter 8000’ers: K2 Teams Unite

Alex Txikon’s and Vassily Pivtsov’s teams have joined forces,...
January 10, 2019

Tom Ballard Reaches Camp 1 on Nanga Parbat

Tom Ballard has begun his ascent of Nanga Parbat's...
January 7, 2019

Weekend Warm-Up: Frank and the Tower

"First time I saw Devil's Tower was in a...
January 5, 2019

Antarctica 2018-2019: First? Traverse? Unassisted? The Controversy Continues

More O'Brady, Rudd Reverberations Colin O'Brady and Lou Rudd finished...
January 5, 2019
Lonnie Dupre Minnesota Arctic explorer climber for winter solo Mount Hunter

Lonnie Dupre Tries Again to Solo Alaska’s Mt. Hunter

Polar explorer turned climber Lonnie Dupre is heading back...
January 3, 2019

Winter 8000’ers: The Latest From Manaslu, Nanga Parbat and K2

One team has already started up Nanga Parbat, and...
January 2, 2019

How Mount Everest Got Its Name

Before the 1865 survey that led to rechristening the...
January 1, 2019

Top 10 Expeditions of 2018: #1: Andrzej Bargiel Skis K2

Over the last 12 months, ExplorersWeb has documented incredible...
December 31, 2018
David Lama on the summit of Lunag Ri on October 25, 2018. Photo: Red Bull Content Pool

Top 10 Expeditions of 2018: #2: David Lama Solos Lunag Ri

Over the last 12 months, ExplorersWeb has documented incredible...
December 30, 2018
Latok I team Cesen Livingstone and Strazar

Top 10 Expeditions of 2018: #5: North Ridge of Latok I

Over the last 12 months, ExplorersWeb has documented incredible...
December 27, 2018
Hilaree Nelson and Jim Morrison on Lhotse summit

Top 10 Expeditions of 2018: #6 : Skiing the Dream Line on Lhotse

Over the last 12 months, ExplorersWeb has documented incredible...
December 26, 2018

Top 10 Expeditions of 2018: #8: Hansjorg Auer Solos Lupghar Sar West

Over the last 12 months, ExplorersWeb has documented incredible...
December 24, 2018

Top 10 Expeditions of 2018 #10: By Canoe through Northern Quebec and Labrador

Over the last 12 months, ExplorersWeb has documented incredible...
December 22, 2018

Winter Karakorum: Secrets and Rumours

Winter is coming; that, at least, we know for...
December 20, 2018

Urubko and Barnasse Target New Routes in Patagonia

Patagonian spires have beckoned climbers like a nearly-mythical El...
December 19, 2018
Liv Sansoz Alps

Simple, Light and Fun: the Evolution of Liv Sansoz

BASE jumper, skier and former world champion sport climber...
December 12, 2018

Weekend Warm-up: Pobeda

This is about a winter climb in the land...
December 8, 2018

Antarctica 2018-2019: Week Four

At present, the greatest challenge on the coldest continent...
December 7, 2018
Alex Txikon during presentation of K2 Winter expedition 2019

Txikon, Russians Gear Up for Winter K2

[caption id="attachment_8571" align="alignnone" width="2789"] Alex Txikon announces his upcoming...
December 4, 2018

Weekend Warm-Up: Mirror Wall

Looming 1,200m over the Edward Bailey Glacier in Greenland,...
December 1, 2018

Infinite Line Project – from Patagonia to Pakistan

Damyan Cholpanov and Kristiyan Dimitrov are experienced Bulgarian climbers...
November 29, 2018
BIlli Bierling and Elizabeth Hawley

Summits and Lies: Interview with Billi Bierling, Liz Hawley’s Successor

For years, Liz Hawley’s unmistakable sky-blue VW Beetle was...
November 29, 2018

Weekend Warm-Up: Force: The story of Mikey Schaefer

"So definitely the most f***** up thing I've ever...
November 24, 2018

Everest North Side Goes Green

The thin air on Everest North Side will be...
November 22, 2018

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