Weekend Warm-Up: The Last Honey Hunter Alex Myall 23/10/2021 Adventure Films Mauli Dhan Rai harvested honey from cliff faces in northeastern Nepal. To do it, he dangled more than 200m from the valley floor using a han...
Natural Wonders: Nazaré Waves Kristine De Abreu 22/10/2021 Natural History Oceans The unassuming seaside town of Nazaré in Portugal is home to the world’s biggest and most aggressive waves. The once sleepy village/resort o...
Heavy Rains Cause Trekking Accidents Across the Himalaya Angela Benavides 22/10/2021 Climate change Himalaya As we reported yesterday about Mera Peak, heavy rains are causing floods and landslides in the Himalayan valleys and large amounts of snow a...
Poles Aim for a Winter First in the Karakorum: Shipton Spire Angela Benavides 22/10/2021 Big Wall climbing Karakorum Winter Himalaya While the Polish National Team still considers whether or not to attempt Winter K2, at least one top expedition from Poland will in the Kara...
The Norse Lived in North America by 1021 AD Jilli Cluff 22/10/2021 Archaeology History Just this week, Danish researchers discovered evidence that supports a decades-long theory that the Norse established the first European set...
The Seven All-Time Hardest Australian Expeditions Alex Myall 21/10/2021 Adventure Travel Desert Oceans Australia is the sixth-largest country in the world by area and features every type of landscape from dense rainforest to bone-dry desert. T...
One Dead, One Missing on Mera Peak Angela Benavides 21/10/2021 Himalaya Nepal A porter has died of altitude sickness and a storm trapped more than 10 tourists for two days high on 6,476m Mera Peak. Heavy snow and a whi...
Orionids Meteor Shower Peaks Tonight Jilli Cluff 20/10/2021 Space For the northern hemisphere, the annual Orionids meteor shower will peak in the late hours of Wednesday, October 20, and into the morning of...
Hey, It’s International Sloth Day Jilli Cluff 20/10/2021 Amazon Natural History October 20 marks International Sloth Day. Yes, for real. It's a time to elevate public awareness and rally around conservation efforts focus...
Messner and Sieberer Complete Matterhorn’s Classic Bonatti Route in a Day Angela Benavides 20/10/2021 Alpine style Climbing Simon Messner called it a "dream come true". Indeed, climbing the near-mythical North Face of the Matterhorn, following in the footprints of...
Natural Wonders: The Tunguska Event Kristine De Abreu 20/10/2021 Natural History Space Die-hard fans of The X- Files will remember the name “Tunguska”. FBI Agent Fox Mulder traveled to Siberia to investigate a supposed fragment...
Interview with Charles Duvouloz: A New Route On Chamlang Angela Benavides 19/10/2021 Alpine style Himalaya Charles Dubouloz spoke to ExplorersWeb about the new route that he and Benjamin Vedrines put up, called 'In the Shadow of Lies'. It is an ed...
Exploration Mysteries: The Mary Celeste Kristine De Abreu 19/10/2021 Exploration mysteries History Oceans On December 4, 1872, a crew sailing for Gibraltar found an unassuming merchant vessel adrift off the coast of the Azores. It was devoid of l...
Famed Alpinist Barry Blanchard Overcomes Brain Injury to Climb Again Sam Anderson 19/10/2021 Climbing On August 8, famed Canadian alpinist and climbing guide Barry Blanchard took what would be the worst fall of his long career — down a flight...
