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Lhotse Wingsuit Update: First Try on Unknown Terrain

In an unusual plot twist, Everest-Lhotse's most exciting project...
May 17, 2024
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Researcher Steps on 100 Pit Vipers (For Science!)

The jararaca is one of South America's most venomous...
May 17, 2024
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A Handful of Climbers Prepare to Retry Kangchenjunga

In the waning days of the spring season before...
May 16, 2024
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UK Gardener Makes Rare Archaeology Find While Weeding

The peak of the COVID-19 epidemic is rightly remembered...
May 16, 2024
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The Best Hiking Pants Of 2024

Hiking pants are a critical piece of outdoor gear...
May 15, 2024
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Everest Film Will Star Dafoe, Hiddleston

Electronics giant Apple has secured film rights to the...
May 15, 2024
Sherpa smiling on the summit of Everest with Makalu behind him

Everest: As Bad Weather Continues, Impatience Grows

Some forecasts suggest that the weather window that opened...
May 15, 2024
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Found: Treatment for Spitting Cobra Venom

The Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine announced that a...
May 15, 2024
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Underwater Drones: Coming Soon to an Ocean Near You

If drone warfare or dancing robots aren’t already scary...
May 15, 2024
Andrews descends down an ice ledge on an otherwise vertical section of the Khumbu Icefall

FKT Runners to Attempt Lhotse This Weekend

Ultra-runners Tyler Andrews and Chris Fisher came to the...
May 14, 2024
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The Best Sunscreens of 2024

No matter what activities you enjoy outside, sunscreen should...
May 14, 2024
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The two Mongolian climbers missing on Everest.

Two Mongolian Climbers Missing on Everest

Once again, climbers are going missing above 8,000m on...
May 14, 2024
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Ambitious ‘Transglobal’ Car Expedition Gets Shut Down in Greenland

A dozen explorers intent on driving special amphibious vehicles...
May 13, 2024
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Beyond Everest: Hiking the Himalaya

You might be forgiven for thinking that Everest and...
May 13, 2024
Ziemski climbing on vertical ice with fixed ropes on Makalu, skis on his back

Another Makalu Fatality and a Partial Ski Descent

News of another fatality on Makalu passed unreported for...
May 13, 2024
Artist’s depiction of the FLOAT lunar railway system

NASA is Building Floating Train Tracks to Use on the Moon

It sounds like sci-fi, but NASA hopes to build...
May 13, 2024
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Adventure Links of the Week

When we’re not outdoors, we get our adventure fix...
May 12, 2024
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Mapping Human Migration Across Australia’s Lost ‘Atlantis’

Given Australia's gigantic scale and wild nature, archaeological research...
May 12, 2024
Kami Rita Sherpa.

More Everest Summits, Dhaulagiri Hopes Dashed

Several more climbers have topped out on Everest today,...
May 12, 2024
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One in Three Everest Climbers Suffers Cardiac Arrhythmia

As the Everest summits begin, climbers must be aware...
May 11, 2024
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Weekend Warm-Up: Pakistanis Take to the Slopes in ‘A Journey About Sharing’

Two hundred and thirty million people live in Pakistan,...
May 11, 2024
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First Everest Summits. On Kangchenjunga, Strong Winds Abort Push

Yesterday at 8.15 pm, 10 sherpa rope fixers summited...
May 11, 2024
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Plunge Into a Black Hole in NASA’s State-of-the-Art Simulation

Ever since we’ve known they exist, humans have wondered...
May 10, 2024
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Hiraide And Nakajima to Attempt the West Face of K2

Kazuya Hiraide and Kenro Nakajima will travel to Pakistan...
May 10, 2024