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Kristin Harila smiling.

Kristin Harila Bags Everest and Lhotse Within Eight Hours

Kristin Harila and her team set off from Camp...
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‘No Single Birthplace’: Study Finds Ancient Diversity In Human Evolution

Ancient humans were prone to interbreeding with genetically diverse...
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Polish Alpinist Kacper Tekieli Dies on Jungfrau

Kacper Tekieli died May 17 while climbing Switzerland's 4,158m...
portrait of Will Steger

Will Steger Finishes First 500Km of Arctic Journey

Legendary polar adventurer Will Steger's latest expedition is going...
headlamps form a line on a snowy ridge, near the summit of Everest, during the night.

Everest: Final Summit Week of the Season

With the monsoon looming, the last summit pushes on...
An artist's rendering of a Viking woman in a fortress

Have Archaeologists Discovered a Lost Viking Stronghold?

Start excavating a site known as Hangman's Hill, and...
IG story shared by Deathzone Freeride team with a text announcing summit and a photo of the two climbers.

Everest No-O2 Climbers Make Their Move

Russians Vitaly Lazo and Anton Pugovkin summited Everest today,...
A fire lookout point.

ExWeb’s Adventure Links of the Week

When we’re not outdoors, we get our adventure fix...
The NW face of Sura peak hit by the evening sun.

Sura Peak: Hell on Earth

"Hell on earth" is indeed how Marek Holecek described...
A line of climbers toward Everest summit, on a wind-swept summit ridge.

More Deaths and Rescues in a Fatal Everest Season

Throughout the weekend, winds have picked up on Everest,...
mountain selfie in winter

Why Do We Take Selfies? It’s a Search for Meaning, Neurologists Say

I hated selfies for a long time. It wasn't because...
Snowloaded landscape with an outstanding, vertical face in the shade.

First Night on Sura Peak for Holecek, Bernat

Wrapped in his sleeping bag, their tent pitched inside...
a climber on a waterfront cliff

Weekend Warm-Up: ‘Does Climbing Matter?’ Quebec Edition

Leave it to an aid climbing documentary to stake...
death cap mushrooms

Scientists May Have Found an Antidote to the Death Cap Mushroom

Mushrooms are fascinating. They might taste like chicken, expand...
A helicopter flies past a mountain.

Basak Airlifted from Makalu, Deaf Climber Missing on Everest

A helicopter has finally airlifted Indian climber Piyali Basak...
A taxidermy specimen of an ivory-billed woodpecker against a black background

The Extinct Woodpecker That Just Won’t Die

Human beings have a tendency to eradicate other species...
The climbers pose with the impressive massif in background.

Meru South Team Succeeds on New Route

Mathieu Maynadier, Roger Schaeli, and Simon Gietl completed their...
Everest.

Updated: Ninth Fatality on Everest, Another Missing

As of yesterday, eight people had already died on...
The climbers smile and point to each other.

Holecek and Bernat Start Up Sura Peak

Marek Holecek and Matej Bernat have left base camp...
Aerial view of Nanga Parbat, showing its mix of snow and rock

Goettler and Vedrines Head to Nanga Parbat

After two winter attempts, David Goettler is ready to...
Basak looking very tired with the o2 mask at the side of her face, in high-altitude gear on a summit.

Makalu: High Winds Thwart Piyali Basak’s Evacuation

Two days after she fell ill and was unable...
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New Photos of the Titanic as You’ve Never Seen It

You'd be forgiven for thinking — as I did...
An aerial view of the dense rainforest in Colombia

For Four Indigenous Children Lost in Colombian Jungle, Fate Still Unknown

The Colombian government announced Wednesday the rescue of four...

BLUETTI Makes a Splash With All-Weather Solar Generator

The BLUETTI AC60 solar generator is a portable power...
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