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The First Repeat of one of Scotland’s Hardest Mixed Climbing Routes

The Wailing Wall (Scottish winter grade IX 9, 90m)...

Antarctic Book Collection Up for Sale

If you live near London, England and love stories...
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Something (or Someone) Broke Svalbard’s Internet; Authorities Seek Answers

Believe it or not, Svalbard, Norway has famously reliable...

The Ogre: Much More than the Classic Scott/Bonington Survival Tale

Baintha Brakk I (7,285m), better known as Ogre I,...

Manaslu: Departures, Explanations, and Another Storm

The action -- or inaction -- on winter Manaslu...

World’s Largest Fish Hatchery Found off Antarctica

On the sea floor of Antarctica's Weddell Sea, researchers...

Alice Morrison Completes 675km Jordan Trail

Recovering from the savage dog bite that marred her...

Jost Kobusch Waits Patiently for a Solid Window on Winter Everest

Jost Kobusch continues to be patient with winter Everest....

Ocean Rowing Roundup for January

Since our last update, several expeditions have begun in...

Nanga Parbat Climbers Down, K2 and Cho Oyu Begin Soon

Recent attention has focused on Manaslu, where a group...

Weekend Warm-Up: Why Do I Hike?

The documentary Why Do I Hike? tracks Croatian filmmaker...

ExWeb’s Adventure Links of the Week

When we’re not outdoors, we get our adventure fix...

Winter Manaslu: Belgians Retreat Shortly after Camp 1

The group of climbers that set out from Base...

Manaslu Climbers Advance Above Camp 1

Several Manaslu climbers left Base Camp today as planned...

Science Links of the Week 

A passion for the natural world drives many of...
A slice through the 3-D map of galaxies from the first few months of the DESI. The earth is at the center, with the furthest galaxies over 10 billion light years away. Each point represents one galaxy. This 2D slice of the 3D DESI map shows only about 800,000 of the 7.5 million galaxies currently surveyed, which is itself just a fraction of the 35 million galaxies that will be in the final map. Credit: D. Schlegel/Berkeley Lab using data from DESI

Astrophysicists Create Biggest-Ever Map of the Universe, Hunt Dark Energy

Astrophysicists at the Kitt Peak National Observatory, near Tucson,...

Manaslu: Belgians To Risk Moving Above Camp 1

It's not unusual for different points of view to...

Recent Buried and Sunken Treasure and What Happens to It

“That belongs in a museum!” Harrison Ford’s Indiana Jones...

Natural Wonders: Fogbows

In the rainbow family, the fogbow is an outcast....

Denis Urubko Returns to Winter Climbing

Denis Urubko is on his way to Pakistan for...

Antarctica: Kite-Skiers Make the Pole, But Abe Won’t Finish

Last week, Preet Chandi finished her Hercules Inlet to...

It’s a Go for Winter K2, But is There Enough Time?

Grace Tseng of Taiwan and the Nepali team aiming...

Manaslu Update: Split Strategies

Sophie Lenaerts is pumped up: "Let's f***ing climb this...

Gates of Hell to be Sealed

President Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov of Turkmenistan has delivered some bittersweet...