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AAC Grantees Promise an Exciting Summer of Elite Alpinism
Recipients of the American Alpine Club's annual Cutting Edge...
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The man Pakistani mountaineers call "master of the masters”...
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Spaniard Grabs First Repeat of UK’s Hardest Route
Eder Lomba has captured the second ascent of the...
Hungarian Summits Lhotse w/o O2; Plus Other News from Everest & Lhotse
Everest and Lhotse had a new wave of O2...
Paul Ramsden’s ‘Ghost Line’ on the Unclimbed Jugal Spire
There is another Himalaya, silent and wild, close and...
Dietz #76 Oil Lamp: A Powerful Little Lighthouse
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Kenton Cool Notches 16th Everest Summit; Plus Sunday News from Everest and Lhotse
British guide Kenton Cool and his client Rebecca Louise...
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Oil lamps might seem like something you'd find in...
“No Summit is Worth this. I Quit!” — Kangchenjunga; Plus Accident on Makalu
No-O2 climbers struggled today, winds on Everest have delayed...
Great Explorers: Alexandra David-Neel –Traveler, Opera Singer, Monk, Free Spirit
Alexandra David-Neel sought freedom from convention, and preferred sleeping...
Today’s Everest Summits: a Ukrainian, an 18-Year-Old, a Double Amputee, Dozens More
Another perfect bluebird day atop Everest, another batch of...