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Canada North to South Set to Begin

Guillaume Moreau and Nicolas Roulx are ready to begin...
March 14, 2021

ExWeb’s Links of The Week

Here at ExWeb, when we’re not outdoors, we get...
March 14, 2021

Russia’s First Surf School

The equipment's not great and the water turns you...
March 14, 2021

New Svalbard Regulations Restrict Spring Travel

To protect wildlife and curtail a growing number of...
March 13, 2021

Weekend Warm-Up: Goshen

A group of indigenous long-distance runners in Mexico rarely...
March 13, 2021

China Closed to Climbers but Open to Railways

A growing closeness between China and Nepal will culminate...
March 13, 2021
Forked lightning strikes a lake at night

Natural Wonders: Catatumbo Lightning

A lake in Venezuela gets 250 lightning strikes per...
March 12, 2021

First Ski Descent of Mount Nelson

As children, Christina "Lusty" Lustenberger and Ian McIntosh learned...
March 12, 2021

A Third Try at Dhaulagiri’s NW Ridge

Peter Hamor of Slovakia and Horia Colibasanu and Marius...
March 12, 2021

Russian Women Set Two Ice-Water Records

Two Russian women have set Guinness World Records under...
March 12, 2021

Patagonia: Sean Villanueva O’Driscoll Tames Monster Offwidth

There he goes again: Shortly after stunning the big...
March 11, 2021

Man, 62, First to Complete New Zealand’s 100 Peak Challenge

Don French's nearest rival has climbed only 11 peaks Last...
March 11, 2021

Nepal’s Perplexing New Everest Rules

Nepal's Department of Tourism has issued a set of...
March 10, 2021

Floating Ships: Mirages and How They Work

Within days of each other, two images of floating...
March 10, 2021

Five Cutting Edge Climbs for 2021

With their $25,000 Cutting Edge grant program, the American...
March 10, 2021

Son of Paris Mayor to Swim the Entire Seine

The youngest son of Anne Hidalgo, the mayor of...
March 10, 2021

All-Pakistani Team Heads for Annapurna

In a year when the Nepalis showed their skill...
March 9, 2021

Woman Completes 1,900km Winter Hike in Northern U.S.

Emily Ford made history earlier this week, as the...
March 9, 2021

A Ladies’ Tale: The First Women up Mont Blanc

Today, women around the world hold hands and flash...
March 8, 2021
A kitefin shark, glowing and not glowing

Glow-in-the-Dark Sharks Discovered off New Zealand

It's the largest bioluminescent creature ever found Researchers working off...
March 8, 2021

Noel Hanna on K2: “Camp 3 was not that bad”

A guide on Everest (he has topped out nine...
March 8, 2021

Finally, a Way to Classify Polar Expeditions

When Colin O'Brady tried to claim the first unsupported...
March 7, 2021

ExWeb’s Links of the Week

Here at ExWeb, when we’re not outdoors, we get...
March 7, 2021

The Stories That Arctic Cairns Tell

Nowadays, hikers build cairns as an "I was here"...
March 7, 2021