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Weekend Warm-Up: The Porter

To climb Mt Everest, not only do climbers need...

Weekend Warm-Up: The Last Ascent

In 2014, Canadian ice climber Will Gadd, 52, made...

Dianne Whelan: 500 Days in the Wild

In 2015, Canadian filmmaker Dianne Whelan set off on...

Weekend Warm-Up: Minus 73 Degrees Fahrenheit

During Stalin’s reign in the former Soviet Union, millions...

Weekend Warm-Up: UFO Life

This documentary has it all: Messner, Scott, UFOs, broken...

Banff Festival Virtual Tickets Now on Sale

For the first time, you can attend the Banff...

Jet Packs: From Science Fiction to Search and Rescue

In 1965, in the James Bond film Thunderball, Sean...

Weekend Warm-Up: Hooks

Stephen Pern is probably best known either for his...

Weekend Warm-Up: It is the People

Do you remember what it was like to fall...

Book Review: Winter 8000

It's difficult to describe what is like to climb...

Weekend Warm-Up: Alpinists at Large

Latok 1, a 7,145m giant in Pakistan's Karakoram, had...

Weekend Warm-Up: Lost

At the peak of physical exertion and fatigue, the...

Weekend Warm-Up: On The Verge

Logging and rock climbing are unexpected partners. One involves...

Weekend Warm-Up: Matterhorn

[caption id="attachment_18175" align="alignnone" width="1800"] The Matterhorn. Photo by Zermatt-Matterhorn[/caption]   The...

Film of Andrzej Bargiel’s Descent of K2 Released Today

Today, Red Bull released the 65-minute feature film of...

Weekend Warm-Up: Nanga Parbat, First Georgian Ascent

On July 3, 1953, a lonely climber reached the...

Weekend Warm-Up: Aconcagua Speed Ascent

Stepping off the plane in Argentina after 16 hours...

Weekend Warm-Up: Coppermine River Expedition 2012

How would you spend a getaway with the boys?...

Weekend Warm-Up: Search for Paradise

It is 1957, and the world is a very...

Weekend Warm-Up: Choosing to Live

Ryan Correy was, by all accounts, an inspirational adventure...

Where to Stream the Best Mountain Festival Films Of All Time

In recent weeks, we've offered a list of 500...

Weekend Warm-Up: Take Me to Pitcairn

What comes to mind when you think of Pitcairn...

Weekend Warm-Up: A Desert Life

What makes a person interesting? Whatever it is, Alf...

Weekend Warm-Up: The River Twice

What is it about human nature that causes us...

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