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Weekend Warm-Up: Handmade Kayaks From ‘A Thousand Hands Ago’
"The inhabitants of the Aleutian Islands lived more or...
The Longest Straight Lines That Don’t Touch Any Roads
...And other hidden adventures found by amateur cartographers.
The term...
Scientists Discover Thousands of Previously Unknown Volcanoes on Venus
Scientists using new methods to analyze decades-old data from...
Annapurna Delayed Another Week, Bad News for Serial Summiters
Harsh conditions on Annapurna continue to mess with the...
Eureka! Aussie Rock Hound Finds $160K Nugget With Cheap Metal Detector
An Australian man using a budget-quality metal detector unearthed...
Climber Disappears in the Alps Two Days Before Heading to Kangchenjunga
Hungarian mountaineer and extreme skier Akos Gyorffy is missing...
Skiing the Chamonix-Zermatt Haute Route in 24 Hours, Solo
Summer or winter, the Haute Route offers one of...
This Scientist is Living Underwater for 100 Days in Medical Experiment
Thanks to the pandemic, many of us have memories...
Two Russians Aim to Climb and Ski Everest No-O2
Russian climbers and extreme skiers Vitaly Lazo and Anton...
Rural Nepalese Municipality Battles Population Exodus with Cash and a Cow
The results of Nepal's 2021 census, released last week,...
Woman Crushed While Saving Belayer From Falling Block of Ice
The Utah climbing community at large today mourns a...
Pair to Ski 400Km From Cambridge Bay to Gjoa Haven
In an otherwise quiet year in the Arctic, where...
Nepal’s Ban on Independent Trekkers Remains Disorganized, Uncertain
April 1 came and went, and the situation around...
The Universe Isn’t Empty. It’s Filled With ‘Quantum Foam’
One of humankind's greatest intellectual advantages has been the...
Himalayan Avalanche Kills Seven Tourists, ‘Affects’ up to 80
Indian rescue personnel in the state of Sikkim scrambled...
First Ascent Teams — and One Skier — Arrive in Nepal
Some of the season's most interesting expeditions have begun...
Why The New Era of Space Exploration Is More Important Than Ever
As Apollo 17 commander Gene Cernan left the surface...
Brains, Bones, and Ponce de Leon: The Strange Story of Florida’s Only Natural Hot Spring
It's worth noting when Florida is in the news...
NASA Picks First Woman, Black Man For Moon Mission
For the first time since space programs began, NASA...
Skier Saves Snowboarder Buried Head-Down on Mt. Baker
Powder is great, especially Mt. Baker's famously deep drifts....
A Tibet Permit in the Works? Plus: Annapurna Summit Schedule
Teams are in a rush to launch summit pushes,...
Camera Catches Deepest Fish Ever Off Coast of Japan
A scientific expedition near Japan caught footage that marks...
Exploration Mysteries: Rongorongo, the Hieroglyphics of Easter Island
Because of Easter Island's remote location at the edge...
