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New Route on Gigantic Face of Alaska’s Mount Dickey
In an expedition worthy of the state they call...
Medieval Astronomers Shed Light on Thousand-Year-Old Volcanic Eruptions
Close observers of the moon in the 12th and...
Sled Dogs and Sunsets: a Year in the Life of Sarah McNair-Landry
Sarah McNair-Landry is a household name in arctic adventure....
Steve McClure Clings, Fights, Scraps for Wild Send on ‘Le Voyage’ (E10 7a)
Steve McClure hunts joy on terrifying climbs.
From GreatNess to...
From Westeros to the Far North: New Study Expands Dire Wolf’s Range
Nerds of all stripes — be they casual Game...
Prized Seb Bouin Line Sees First Repeat by This Quirky Climber
What’s the word for Lucien Martinez’s mental approach to...
Weekend Warm-Up: Handmade Kayaks From ‘A Thousand Hands Ago’
"The inhabitants of the Aleutian Islands lived more or...
The Longest Straight Lines That Don’t Touch Any Roads
...And other hidden adventures found by amateur cartographers.
The term...
Scientists Discover Thousands of Previously Unknown Volcanoes on Venus
Scientists using new methods to analyze decades-old data from...
Eureka! Aussie Rock Hound Finds $160K Nugget With Cheap Metal Detector
An Australian man using a budget-quality metal detector unearthed...
Skiing the Chamonix-Zermatt Haute Route in 24 Hours, Solo
Summer or winter, the Haute Route offers one of...
This Scientist is Living Underwater for 100 Days in Medical Experiment
Thanks to the pandemic, many of us have memories...
Rural Nepalese Municipality Battles Population Exodus with Cash and a Cow
The results of Nepal's 2021 census, released last week,...
Woman Crushed While Saving Belayer From Falling Block of Ice
The Utah climbing community at large today mourns a...
The Universe Isn’t Empty. It’s Filled With ‘Quantum Foam’
One of humankind's greatest intellectual advantages has been the...
Himalayan Avalanche Kills Seven Tourists, ‘Affects’ up to 80
Indian rescue personnel in the state of Sikkim scrambled...
Brains, Bones, and Ponce de Leon: The Strange Story of Florida’s Only Natural Hot Spring
It's worth noting when Florida is in the news...
NASA Picks First Woman, Black Man For Moon Mission
For the first time since space programs began, NASA...
Skier Saves Snowboarder Buried Head-Down on Mt. Baker
Powder is great, especially Mt. Baker's famously deep drifts....
Camera Catches Deepest Fish Ever Off Coast of Japan
A scientific expedition near Japan caught footage that marks...
Horses Transformed Native American Life Earlier Than Thought, Study Says
There's arguably no image of the American West more...
Plants ‘Cry’ When Stressed, New Study Says
Much like babies or hardworking science journalists, plants "cry"...