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Remembering Elizabeth Hawley, the Sherlock Holmes of Himalayan Summits
Elizabeth Hawley was born in Chicago on Nov. 9,...
English Channel Could Halt Karl Bushby’s Round-the-World Walk
Karl Bushby has been walking across the world for...
The Battle Over Asia’s Tallest Volcano: Damavand Versus Kunlun
Damavand lies in the Alborz range, near the southern...
How Tom Hornbein Revolutionized Oxygen Masks on Everest
This week marks two years since the death and...
Holecek and Groh Start Southeast Face of Cho Oyu
Czechs Marek Holecek and Radoslav Groh are preparing to...
World’s Largest Spiderweb, With 110,000 Spiders, Discovered Deep Underground
Everyone loves spiders. The only thing everyone loves more...
Avalanche on Cholatse; Babanov and Team Abandon Climb
A major avalanche struck the approach to 6,440m Cholatse...
Yalung Ri Avalanche Leads to Accusations That Red Tape Delayed Rescues
The massive avalanche that took seven lives on Yalung...
L’Oiseau Blanc: A Coveted Prize, a Transatlantic Flight, Two Missing Aviators
When you Google L’Oiseau Blanc (The White Bird), the...
New Details on the First Ascent of Chumik Kangri, in a Long-Closed Corner of Pakistan
As we reported earlier this fall, a three-man Polish-Slovak...
How Orcas Hunt Great White Sharks By Targeting the Sharks’ Secret Weakness
Over the last few years, orcas have been making...
Piolets d’Or-Winning Americans Add Two New Routes in Pakistan
Dane Steadman and Cody Winckler, who will receive a...
Nine Lives Lost in Two Separate Avalanches in the Himalaya
There is confirmation of terrible news from Nepal, where...
Mel’s Hole: The Mysterious, Bottomless Pit in Washington State
In the 1990s, Art Bell’s Coast to Coast AM...
How a Tiny Spider Cut Its DNA in Half But Became More Diverse Than Ever
When small red devil spiders colonized the Canary Islands...
A Cyclist’s Journey Across Tibet and Central Asia
At age 39, Spanish software developer Javier Carrasco decided...
Nepal Cyclone Aftermath: Missing Climbers, Rescues, While Trails Reopen
The sun has mostly returned to Nepal after last...
‘Mini T. Rex’ Was Actually a New Species
For over four decades, paleontologists have been arguing about...
