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ExWeb’s Adventure Links of The Week

When we’re not outdoors, we get our adventure fix...
Three rowers on shore. Two of them needed rescue this week

Rowers Rescued After Storm Damages Boat

Jakup Jacobsen and Edmund Berg have been rescued off...
Grace Tseng, without O2 but surrounded by her Sherpa team on O2, joins the lines on the upper sections of K2.

Conflict, Garbage, Controversy: Lessons From K2

The industrialization of high-altitude climbing that happened on Everest...
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Science Links of the Week

 A passion for the natural world drives many of...
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Weekend Warm-Up: Climbers Tackle Mega-Hard Alps Route ‘WoGü’ With Aplomb

There's nothing quite like watching elite climbers wax poetic...
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Using GPS Marker, Cyclists ‘Draw’ Giant Bicycle Across Europe

When your ambition is to draw a picture of...
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Arctic Cowboys Abort Northwest Passage Kayak Expedition

West Hansen and Jeff Wueste, already down a team...
Hiker taking a selfie at Uhuru point, Kilimanjaro summit. Photo: Shutterstock

Africa’s Tallest Mountain Will Soon Have Full Cell Coverage

Mountain influencers of the world, rejoice: In a few...
Silhouetted climber against the Gasherbrums

Gasherbrum III: Failure is Part of the Game

Marek Holecek and Radoslav Groh had to turn back...
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Drought Exposes Ancient Italian Treasures

Europe’s summer-long heat and drought have had one positive...
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Great Trango Tower: The 1992 Grand Voyage Route

There is little shelter on the huge faces of...
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Two Guys Got Famous For Getting Drunk On TikTok. Then They Went Hiking

Two best friends have become TikTok sensations for drinking...
The Goûter refuge from above, in snow.

Mont Blanc Refuges to Reopen on Saturday

The Tête Rousse and Goûter refuges, essential stopovers on...
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Climb Higher with the New Casio PRO TREK PRG-340

The newest addition to the PRO TREK family is...
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Big Fines Given for Illicit Firearms on Board Svalbard Ships

If you’re going to carry a gun on Svalbard,...
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Killer Whales Attacking Boats off the Coast of Portugal: What’s Going On?

An increase in killer whale attacks on small boats...
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Another Unusual First: He Climbed the Six Great North Faces in the Alps, Then BASE Jumped Off Them

Former Royal Marine Tim Howell reported on Sunday that...
Sanu Sherpa in a barber's chair

Karakoram Season Ends; Mingma G Gambles on Nanga Parbat

Last month, Sanu Sherpa became the first person to...

Great Explorers: Francis Younghusband

Dubbed the last great imperial adventurer, Sir Francis Younghusband...

Billionaires’ Club Undertakes Treasure Hunt for Greenland Minerals

While adventurers have long coveted Greenland for its virgin...
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8C+? Will Bosi Thinks So With First Ascent of ‘Honey Badger’

The seemingly unstoppable Will Bosi just climbed his "hardest...
Holecek and Groh are showing the d¡signs of altitude and exhaustion in a selfie shot in the bivouac tent on Masherbrum's west face.

It’s Over on Masherbrum; Climbers Going Down

Marek Holecek and Radoslav Groh have admitted that they...
Naila Kiani of pakistan poses in the gasherbrums BC, with GII at her back.

An Epic Descent: Two Ailing No-O2 Climbers Helped Down Gasherbrum 1

They wanted the summit badly, they had no supplementary...

Tragedy in the Andes: 3 Dead, 12 Injured

On Saturday at 9:30 am, 15 climbers fell 60m...