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Weekend Warm-Up: The Kristina Madsen Story

Danish professional trail runner Kristina Madsen is no stranger...
March 20, 2021

Nepal: No Quarantine for Vaccinated Tourists

But with 2021 tourist numbers still at rock bottom,...
March 19, 2021

New Baltic Mega-Trail Opens

The Forest Trail is easier than most long-distance paths A...
March 19, 2021

Freerider Luca Pandolfi Killed in Avalanche

"No way out" once the slide began Freeride champion Luca...
March 18, 2021

Sophie Lavaud Leads All-Woman Team on Dhaulagiri

Sophie Lavaud of Switzerland and four partners, all with...
March 18, 2021

Nepal Probes Everest Climbers’ Vaccine Gift

Bureaucracy or caution? Investigation launched over Bahraini vaccines Too good...
March 18, 2021

Everest: Csaba Varga Climbing Without O2

But why aren't more trying without bottled oxygen this...
March 17, 2021

Greenland’s Color-Coded Houses

Visitors to Greenland often believe that the colorful houses...
March 17, 2021

Great Expeditions: Peter Bird Rows the Pacific

In 1983, Peter Bird became the first person to...
March 17, 2021

Denis Urubko Reinvents Himself, Again

The Russian strongman turns teacher and 8,000m peak bagger Denis...
March 16, 2021

Skiing 1,300km Across Sweden

Swedish couple Anna Wassdahl and Joachim Johansson are a...
March 15, 2021
Walrus on rock

“Gi-normous” Walrus Turns Up in Ireland

It might have fallen asleep on an iceberg, says...
March 15, 2021

Himalaya: Everest, Dhaulagiri, and Vaccines

The first climbers have finished their quarantine in Kathmandu...
March 15, 2021

Sophie Lenaerts on Exploring the Biafo Glacier

When Pakistan reopened to climbers last fall, a handful...
March 14, 2021

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