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Watch Adam Ondra Scream His Way Up the Second-Hardest Climb of His Life
I’d think I would have gotten tired of watching...
Do Trees Really Network Via a ‘Wood-Wide Web’?
The idea that trees communicate and share resources via...
Asteroid Flares Out in Spectacular Light Show Over Northern Europe
Observers in northern Europe got quite a treat early...
Watch Part of the Sun Break Off and Swirl Around in a Vortex
These are delicate, stressful times, and I know that...
Weekend Warm-Up: Watch Old-School Climbing Go Wrong in ‘The Last Blue Mountain’
This is neither an endorsement nor a condemnation, but...
Jorge Diaz-Rullo Joins Tiny Cadre of Climbers Who’ve Sent 9b+
It’s a minimal coterie in the 9b+ club.
Since Adam...
Ice Climber Who Fell Into Lake Superior Presumed Dead; Search Suspended
Authorities have presumed that James Bake, of Gaylord, Mich.,...
Where Ski Mountaineering Meets Trad Climbing: Epic Routes in Rio Negro, Argentina
Athlete Colter Hinchliffe combines skimo, trad, and freeriding in...
Cazzanelli and Partners ‘Dream’ Up New Route in Italian Alps
The alpinist’s defining challenge is to confront the impossible....
160Kg Monster Penguin Once Roamed New Zealand
In 2017, a churning tide cracked open 57-million-year-old boulders...
Tom Cruise Seeks Permit to Film Next ‘Mission: Impossible’ in Svalbard
Everybody knows how much Tom Cruise loves to run...
At Solar System’s Edge, A Dwarf Planet’s Rings Confound Scientists
In the far reaches of our solar system, scientists...
Would You Climb This if Your Life Depended on it? House’s Chimney on K2
Some mountain features will win beauty contests, and some...
You Butter Believe It: Early Neanderthals Cooked and Ate Crab
How does fresh crab in a scenic Portuguese seaside...
New First Ascent on the Grandes Jorasses
It took two attempts, but climbers Giuseppe Vidoni, Richard...
Ghisolfi Claims ‘Excalibur,’ Suggests It’s Now Italy’s Hardest Route
After prolonged anticipation among rock climbing devotees and fanboys,...
Jupiter Retakes Lead as Planet With the Most Known Moons
Well, it appears that Jupiter has once again outpaced...
Scientists Find World’s Oldest, Best-Preserved Vertebrate Brain
Inside the marble-sized skull of 319 million-year-old fish, scientists...
Alex Honnold Wraps Up Antarctica With What He Calls ‘Actual Rock Climbing’
Warning: The following photos may infect you with an...
Neanderthals Hunted Giant Elephants, Lived in Large Groups
When Neanderthals were first discovered in Germany in 1856,...
Dog-and-Pony Show: Vikings Brought Domesticated Animals Along on British Conquests
Picture the effort and inconvenience of traveling with a...