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The Battle Over Asia’s Tallest Volcano: Damavand Versus Kunlun

Damavand lies in the Alborz range, near the southern...
climber in oxygen mask

How Tom Hornbein Revolutionized Oxygen Masks on Everest

This week marks two years since the death and...
Climbers with heavy backpacks and walking poles, with spiky peaks behind them.

Holecek and Groh Start Southeast Face of Cho Oyu

Czechs Marek Holecek and Radoslav Groh are preparing to...
a man in a cave observing a massive spiderweb

World’s Largest Spiderweb, With 110,000 Spiders, Discovered Deep Underground

Everyone loves spiders. The only thing everyone loves more...
Cholatse.

Avalanche on Cholatse; Babanov and Team Abandon Climb

A major avalanche struck the approach to 6,440m Cholatse...
A helicopter lands on snow, a climber marks the spot.

Yalung Ri Avalanche Leads to Accusations That Red Tape Delayed Rescues

The massive avalanche that took seven lives on Yalung...
The White Bird.

L’Oiseau Blanc: A Coveted Prize, a Transatlantic Flight, Two Missing Aviators

When you Google L’Oiseau Blanc (The White Bird), the...
The first ascent's route on Chunik Kangri (in red), and the descent's line (in blue).

New Details on the First Ascent of Chumik Kangri, in a Long-Closed Corner of Pakistan

As we reported earlier this fall, a three-man Polish-Slovak...
Amelia Earhart in a cockpit

Search for Amelia Earhart’s Plane Delayed

A team of scientists who want to search for...
overhead view of orcas hutning great white sharks

How Orcas Hunt Great White Sharks By Targeting the Sharks’ Secret Weakness

Over the last few years, orcas have been making...
One of the three climbers on the summit of Chumik Kangri.

Piolets d’Or-Winning Americans Add Two New Routes in Pakistan

Dane Steadman and Cody Winckler, who will receive a...
Four rescuers on a snowy surface where they have dug avalanche victims and covered them with a red blanket.

Nine Lives Lost in Two Separate Avalanches in the Himalaya

There is confirmation of terrible news from Nepal, where...
black hole in the ground

Mel’s Hole: The Mysterious, Bottomless Pit in Washington State

In the 1990s, Art Bell’s Coast to Coast AM...
Two side by side images of the spider from the mainland and from the Canary Islands showing their physical similarities.

How a Tiny Spider Cut Its DNA in Half But Became More Diverse Than Ever

When small red devil spiders colonized the Canary Islands...

A Cyclist’s Journey Across Tibet and Central Asia

At age 39, Spanish software developer Javier Carrasco decided...
Four people in front of a helicopter.

Nepal Cyclone Aftermath: Missing Climbers, Rescues, While Trails Reopen

The sun has mostly returned to Nepal after last...
dinosaur scene illustration

‘Mini T. Rex’ Was Actually a New Species

For over four decades, paleontologists have been arguing about...
Climbers on a snowy peak, walking to the left to avoid a gib serac barrier towards a col.

Seven Dead, Four Injured in Nepal Avalanche

A massive avalanche has hit the base camp of...
A Pelikan 3 helicopter was seaching for the two people who remained missing last night.

Avalanche Kills Five Tourists in Italian Alps

On Saturday, a big avalanche hit a group of...
Connor Herson on 'Triple Direct' (5.14a).

Adventure Links of the Week

When we’re not outdoors, we get our adventure fix...
Peter Aufschnaiter.

Remembering Peter Aufschnaiter

Peter Aufschnaiter was an Austrian climber who lived an...
Frame of a video? Fay Manners solo climbing the Asha Traverse.

Fay Manners Completes Two Solo Traverses in Garhwal Himalaya

Fay Manners of the UK salvaged an October expedition...
A river valley ringed with mountains

Weekend Warm-Up: Arctic Alchemy

Arctic Alchemy, a short film from directors Colin Arisman...
Image of a king cobra with its hood expanded and showing its fangs.

New Antivenom Works on 17 Deadly Snakes

Scientists found a single antivenom effective against 17 venomous...