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Unrest In Skardu, Elsewhere in Pakistan Puts Climbing Season At Risk

Once again, geopolitics is affecting the upcoming Asian climbing...
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UFOs: The Government Takes Them Seriously, But Academics Who Study Them Risk Their Reputations

BY DARRELL EVANS President Donald Trump directed the Pentagon and...
Climbers on a ridge in a foggy day.

Tim Howell Will Again Try to Wingsuit from Lhotse

Tim Howell of the UK is preparing for his...
Fair Isle lighthouse

Scotland Looking For Someone to Take Over House on Remote Island

Sitting in the North Sea between Orkney and Shetland...
A climber on a difficult traverse at a vertical granite wall on Fitz Roy, Patagonia.

Patagonia: First Free Climb of Fitz Roy’s East Pillar

Sean Villanueva O'Driscoll of Belgium and Tasio Martin of...
Swiss cyclist caked in dust standing in front of a sign in the Republic of Guinea

Cyclist’s 17,000Km Africa North-to-South Journey Delayed by Military Detention

Swiss cyclist Adrien Liechti is attempting to cycle nearly...
Researchers set up a field camp in Antarctica.

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Weekend Warm-Up: Alone Across Gola

Alone Across Gola documents Jude Kriwald's bicycle journey across West...

Chasing the World’s Seven Poles of Inaccessibility

At a dinner party at Everest Base Camp in...
Two climbers on a mixed granite route on Grossglockner.

A New Mixed Route on Grossglockner

Radoslav Groh is best known for his many Himalayan...
Ama Dablam.

Ama Dablam: 65 Years Since Its First Ascent

Today marks the 65th anniversary of the first ascent...
Annapurna Base camp, with some tents and a chorten in front og the impressive mountain.

The 8,000m Season Is Only 10 Days Away. First Up: Annapurna

Once known as the most dangerous mountain in the...
A climber looks up from a half-destroyed portaledge on a Patagonian face.

Stefano Ragazzo Rope Solos Patagonia’s ‘Riders on the Storm’

Two years after the first free climb of the...
hamlet of Resolute Bay in snowy season

The North Magnetic Pole: the Hardest Place in the World to Reach

While the Geographic North Pole is one of the...
Map marking Digha on the bay of Bengal and Mt. Everest location.

A New Everest Trend: Sea to Summit

This spring, two climbers will approach Everest the (very)...

Why Writers Shouldn’t Try to Be Farmers: A Brief History of Failed Utopias

As soon as we started leaving the farm for...
winter Matterhorn

Three Major Alpine Winter Solos in the Same Three Days

Three high-difficulty winter solos took place last week in...
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Riddle of the Source of Central Asia’s Greatest River Solved

Building on the work of a 2007 expedition, an...
American climbing team on the summit of Torres del Paine after opening a new route.

Patagonia: New American Route on Torre Central del Paine

After two years and 70 total nights on one...
Stephane Weissbaum pulling a sled on the Vatnajokull Ice Cap

A 400Km Traverse of Iceland’s Three Major Ice Caps

Swiss adventurer Stephane Weissbaum has completed a 20-day sled...
Colin Haley soloing Cerro Torre,

A 36-Year-Old Mountain Photo Contest Picks Its Winners

The winners of the 36th Memorial Maria Luisa International...
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The Search for Cibola, the Seven Cities of Gold

"All is a fantasy, dream of that great desert..."...
Jake Evans on the Scottish watershed

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