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Drones Help Scottish Rescuers Search for Victims Lost in Tough Terrain
The next time you hear the high-pitched whine of...
Tomaszewski and Bielecki Open New Route on the Karakoram’s Frigid Uli Biaho
The last we heard, Marcin Tomaszewski and Damian Bielecki...
Winter Himalayan Teams Reach Base Camps. Plus: Sherpas to Antarctica
Winter officially begins in one week, and some teams...
Gelje Sherpa’s Big Gamble: A New Route on Winter Cho Oyu, From Nepal
Gelje Sherpa is trying to become the youngest 14x8000er...
Winter Climbers Prepare in Pakistan and Nepal
Kazuya Hiraide is busy with last-minute preparations in Hunza,...
Trango Towers: Shipton Spire Team Loses One Member
Marcin Tomaszewski has arrived in Pakistan, ready to tackle...
Changing Times: Three Prominent Female IFMGA Mountain Guides
Women make up less than 2% of all mountain...
50 Years Ago: The Worst Mountain Disaster in British History
Fifty years ago this week, the UK experienced the...
The Hermit of Treig: Man Lives 40 Years Without Electricity or Running Water…in Scotland
Metaphorically and literally, Ken Smith is a man who...
Long-Lost Skier’s Body Found After 38 Years
On February 13, 1983, 27-year-old ski mountaineer Rudi Moder...
Three Dead, Others Missing, Injured on Chimborazo
An avalanche on Ecuador's highest peak, Chimborazo (6,263m), collided...
Poles Aim for a Winter First in the Karakorum: Shipton Spire
While the Polish National Team still considers whether or...
Great Survival Stories: 25 Days Adrift in an Icebox
In 2009, two men drifted helplessly inside an icebox...
Great Survival Stories: Shipwreck, Sharks, and Deborah Kiley
Deborah Kiley's gruesome, five-day ordeal in 1982 began as...
Off-Grid: Time Forces New Zealand’s Wild Couple to Adapt
For more than 10 years, Miriam Lancewood and Peter...
Chinese Shepherd Saved Six Ultra-marathoners
He sheltered the hypothermic competitors in a cave and...
Cold Kills 21 Runners at Ultra-Marathon in China
Twenty-one runners died yesterday during an ultra-marathon in northwest...
