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Breaking News: Fatality on Ulter Sar

Austrian climber Christian Huber has died in an avalanche...

On the road again. Direction: Alaska!

The following article by Piotr Chmielinski appears on ExplorersWeb...

Weekend Warm-Up: How a Middle-Aged Cancer Survivor Made Mountain Running History

Fell running originated around 1,000 years ago in the...

Mike Horn Turned Back on Nanga Parbat

Mike Horn has abandoned on Nanga Parbat. The South African...

Hansjorg Auer Begins Solo of Lupghar Sar

Austrian mountaineer Hansjörg Auer has begun his solo climb...

Summer 2018: K2 and the Karakorum

Akira Oyabe’s North Japan K2 Expedition opened the Karakorum...

LIVING COLOURS: ‘Mount Everest is taller but K2 is more challenging’

By Jamal Shahid Garret Madison climbs 8,000 metre plus peaks...

Pakistani-Swedish Team Targets Mt. Spantik

A joint Pakistani-Swedish expedition has set out to tackle...

South Koreans Survive Avalanche on Latok One

Last week, three South Korean climbers, led by Eun...

Weekend Warm-Up: No Turning Back – Hansjörg Auer

This week, ExWeb reported that Austrian mountaineer Hansjörg Auer...

Colin O’Brady’s 50HP World Record Attempt

Colin O’Brady is currently on Denali, in Alaska, on...

Hansjörg Auer to solo Lupghar Sar West

Austrian mountaineer Hansjörg Auer has just departed for 7,181m...

Andrzej Bargiel Aims to Ski K2

Polish ski mountaineer Andrzej Bargiel is again heading to the...

Weekend Warm-Up: Re-enacting the First Climb of Bugaboo Spire

Earlier this week, we reported on the upcoming expedition...

A Human Powered Seven Summits

As a teenager, Jelle Veyt was living on the...

Everest 2018: A Guide’s Perspective

It's ironic that when you're climbing Mount Everest, you're...

Dave MacLeod Bags the 24/8 Challenge

Back in 2006, a modest and humble Scotsman sent...
Ultralight Backpacking Tips

Ultralight Backpacking Tips

When you go camping, you only need the hiking...

Knickers and Hemp Ropes on Mount Waddington

Many of us may wonder what it was like...

The Last Days of Boyan Petrov

Alexandr Nastenko is an Ukrainian climber, who took part...

Mike Horn to climb Nanga Parbat

In a break from his ongoing Pole2Pole project, in...

Benoit Lecomte attempts to swim the Pacific

Fifty-one-year-old French swimmer Benoit Lecomte has just embarked on...

Finding Canada’s Deepest Cave

A group of volunteer spelunkers has discovered the deepest...