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The 8,000m Season Is Only 10 Days Away. First Up: Annapurna
Once known as the most dangerous mountain in the...
Stefano Ragazzo Rope Solos Patagonia’s ‘Riders on the Storm’
Two years after the first free climb of the...
The North Magnetic Pole: the Hardest Place in the World to Reach
While the Geographic North Pole is one of the...
Why Writers Shouldn’t Try to Be Farmers: A Brief History of Failed Utopias
As soon as we started leaving the farm for...
Three Major Alpine Winter Solos in the Same Three Days
Three high-difficulty winter solos took place last week in...
Riddle of the Source of Central Asia’s Greatest River Solved
Building on the work of a 2007 expedition, an...
Patagonia: New American Route on Torre Central del Paine
After two years and 70 total nights on one...
A 400Km Traverse of Iceland’s Three Major Ice Caps
Swiss adventurer Stephane Weissbaum has completed a 20-day sled...
A 36-Year-Old Mountain Photo Contest Picks Its Winners
The winners of the 36th Memorial Maria Luisa International...
The Search for Cibola, the Seven Cities of Gold
"All is a fantasy, dream of that great desert..."...
Here Are Some Familiar Faces Returning to Everest
Love it or hate it, Everest keeps attracting the...
Arctic Round-Up: Sled Journeys Across Greenland, Svalbard, Alaska, Siberia
As light returns to the northern latitudes, the Arctic...
Johan Bjorling, the 21-Year-Old Who Disappeared in the Arctic in 1892
By October 12, 1892, the situation was desperate for...
Interview with Connor Herson About the World’s Hardest Trad Climb
BY ANDREW MCLEMORE
For those who know climbing history, the...
An Attempt to Solo Nepal’s Unclimbed Kangri Shar
Near the huge and already bustling Everest Base Camp,...
How to Get a Permit to Solo Climb Peaks in Restricted Areas of Nepal
A question from a reader planning a trip to...
With Pyrenees Solo, Charles Dubouloz Completes His Trilogy
Even if it didn't go exactly as planned, Charles...
Strange Bedfellows: Human Women Seemed to Like Neanderthal Men
We’ve known for decades that Homo sapiens and Neanderthals...
