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The First Winter Solo of the Rebuffat Route on Pic de Belledonne
On Feb. 5, French mountain guide Thibault Sibille (32)...
Watch Sun Return Today to Northernmost Arctic Village
Grise Fiord, the northernmost community in North America, enjoyed...
Watch Part of the Sun Break Off and Swirl Around in a Vortex
These are delicate, stressful times, and I know that...
Weekend Warm-Up: Watch Old-School Climbing Go Wrong in ‘The Last Blue Mountain’
This is neither an endorsement nor a condemnation, but...
Jorge Diaz-Rullo Joins Tiny Cadre of Climbers Who’ve Sent 9b+
It’s a minimal coterie in the 9b+ club.
Since Adam...
Ice Climber Who Fell Into Lake Superior Presumed Dead; Search Suspended
Authorities have presumed that James Bake, of Gaylord, Mich.,...
Another Climber Dies on Aconcagua After Ignoring Guide’s Plea
Again, a foreign climber has died on Aconcagua in...
Where Ski Mountaineering Meets Trad Climbing: Epic Routes in Rio Negro, Argentina
Athlete Colter Hinchliffe combines skimo, trad, and freeriding in...
Cazzanelli and Partners ‘Dream’ Up New Route in Italian Alps
The alpinist’s defining challenge is to confront the impossible....
160Kg Monster Penguin Once Roamed New Zealand
In 2017, a churning tide cracked open 57-million-year-old boulders...
Tom Cruise Seeks Permit to Film Next ‘Mission: Impossible’ in Svalbard
Everybody knows how much Tom Cruise loves to run...
Tomaszewski Starts Greenland Climb; Has Kobusch Retreated Already on Denali?
"We have discovered our own iced-up El Dorado: untouched...
Are There Really Six More 8,000’ers in Nepal?
This week, Nepali media quoted a committee of experts...
At Solar System’s Edge, A Dwarf Planet’s Rings Confound Scientists
In the far reaches of our solar system, scientists...
Would You Climb This if Your Life Depended on it? House’s Chimney on K2
Some mountain features will win beauty contests, and some...
A Little-Known Hoax Around Andree’s Arctic Balloon Expedition
In 1897, mechanical engineer and pioneering Swedish balloonist Salomon...
Interview With Yann Busnel: 50,000km Overland From Cape of Good Hope to Cape Horn
Yann Busnel is attempting to travel "the longest land...
You Butter Believe It: Early Neanderthals Cooked and Ate Crab
How does fresh crab in a scenic Portuguese seaside...
Two Dead, Two Badly Injured on Aconcagua
John Michael Magness, a 58-year-old U.S. Army veteran, died...
New First Ascent on the Grandes Jorasses
It took two attempts, but climbers Giuseppe Vidoni, Richard...
Ghisolfi Claims ‘Excalibur,’ Suggests It’s Now Italy’s Hardest Route
After prolonged anticipation among rock climbing devotees and fanboys,...
