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New Find Prompts Controversy Over Whether Pre-Humans Used Fire
Paleoanthropologist and National Geographic Explorer Lee Berger announced on...
Climbers Meet Accidentally When Two Big New Routes Link Up in Dolomites
One elegant new route on Torre Trieste — a...
‘The Worst Journey in the World’ Becomes Graphic Novel
Exactly 100 years after its original publication, the greatest...
Weekend Warm-Up: Climbers Brave Scary 8b+, Vertical Grass, and Vomiting Birds
So you think you want to climb a sea...
Possible 10a Sport Climb: Adam Ondra and Jakob Schubert Try ‘Project Big’
A few days ago, Adam Ondra suggested 'Project Big'...
A Three-Week Traverse of the Northern Patagonia Icecap
Climbers Isidora Llarena, Rebeca Caceres, and Nadine Lehner recently...
Ancient ‘Zombie’ Viruses Revived From Siberian Permafrost
If you're tired of scientists stoking fear about deadly...
Italians Bag First Ascent of Sato Pyramide
When Stefano Ragazzo and Silvia Loreggian first discovered the...
Spanish Adventurer to Row to Antarctica. And That’s Just the Beginning
Lots of explorers embark on Antarctic expeditions, but few...
Kristin Harila Named European Adventurer of the Year
Norway's Kristin Harila barely missed her chance to set...
Danny MacAskill Delivers Mind-Blowing Bike Tricks in San Francisco
Danny MacAskill’s got style and grace so controlled, it...
ExWeb Editor Honored For Exploration, Arctic Work
ExplorersWeb editor Jerry Kobalenko is no stranger to plaudits....
Woman Aborts Solo African Cycling Trip After Two Days
Tegan Phillips, the first solo female cyclist to attempt...
The Woman Who Climbed England’s Highest Peak in the Early 1800s
These days it's not unusual for all sorts of...
The Remotest Point on Planet Earth is a Spacecraft Graveyard
No one on the planet lives within 2,688 kilometres...
Third Ascent of One of the World’s Hardest Trad Routes
First ascents remain the ultimate achievement for many climbers:...
4th Climber To Conquer The Alps: 82 Peaks In 78 Days
While many alpinists have climbed all of the Alps'...
Retracing the Buffalo Soldiers’ Legendary Cycle Across America
Erick Cedeno — known to Instagram as the Bicycle...
A 19-Year-Old Gym Climber is the Sixth Woman To Send 9a+
If you follow the international competition climbing circuit, you...
Indigenous Groups Restoring Bison to North America
Few stories define the history of the American West...
Volcano in Kamchatka Erupts After Killing 9 Last Summer
The highest active volcano in Eurasia erupted on Nov....