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Kate Kelleghan and Laura Pineau climbing.

Adventure Links of the Week

When we’re not outdoors, we get our adventure fix...
marble sarcophagus

Ancient Carving Shows Greek God Besting Roman Hero in — a Drinking Contest

It seems that people 1,700 years ago enjoyed the...
The Southeast Pillar of Ultar Sar.

First Ascent of the Southeast Pillar of Ultar Sar

On June 11, Ethan Berman, Sebastian Pelletti, and Maarten...
the lower half of the sun, seen from up close

Sun’s South Pole Photographed for the First Time

It took millions of years of being a species...
A man rock climbing

Weekend Warm-Up: Five Caves, Five Days

In Five Caves, Five Days, Australian climber Ben Cossey...
Close shot of climbers in a summit in a cloudy day.

Elite French Duo to Attempt Gasherbrum IV’s Shining Wall

French climbers Charles Dubouloz and Symon Welfringer are teaming...
sunken jalopy

Divers Discover Vintage Car at the Bottom of Banff Lake

For eight decades, a local legend spoke of an...
portrait of two snowy travelers

Ousland and Colliard Near Finish of Ellesmere Island Crossing

After 46 days, Borge Ousland and Vincent Colliard are...
Daniele Nardi climbs hard winter ice during a 2013 attempt on the Mummery Rib.

A History of Climbing on Nanga Parbat’s Diamir Face

Denis Urubko and Maria Cardell are in Pakistan to...
climber on brown wall

Todra Gorge: A Guide to Morocco’s Climbing Mecca

On the southern fringe of the High Atlas is...
Close shot of Vedrines and Jean with the sunrise light on their faces as they stand in a the snowy summit of Mont Blanc.

Tireless Vedrines Skis Mont Blanc’s Four Faces in 21 Hours

Benjamin Vedrines is setting new records in the old...
old painting of naval battle

The Battle Over the World’s Richest Shipwreck and its $16 Billion Treasure

Researchers have finally confirmed that a long-sunken hulk off...
Climbers on a mixed setion of Nanga Parbat in 2001

Different Strokes on Nanga Parbat

Pakistan climbs this year will range from attempts at...
ancient city

Exploration Mysteries: Nan Madol

It is the place “between the spaces” — a...

The Gateway to Hell is Closing

Turkmenistan's "Gateway to Hell" is a fiery pit that...
Audubon's painting of an eagle

Hoax or Mistake? The Bird Audubon Painted That Never Existed

On Dec. 3, 1827, an engraving changed the world...
The view of Earth from a satellite.

Starlink Satellites Are ‘Leaking’ Radio Emissions

Specialists at Australia's Square Kilometer Array (SKA) released a...
An elderly man, Conrad Shinn, stands proudly in front of a small plane

First Aviator to Land at South Pole Dies at 102

"I remember we were in the bunk about two...
A photo of night and day on Mars.

Terraforming Mars: Will It Happen? Is It Even Possible?

Last week, the Trump administration released a presidential budget...
Cardell peers out from a tent pitched in a mountain slope, with no snow, at sunset.

Nanga Parbat: Quieter Than Usual But not Empty

Those climbers who didn't cancel their plans when the...
museum quipu

Quipu: The Inca’s Mysterious Recording Device

Long before Spanish colonization, the indigenous people of Peru...
A photo from a submarine of an algae-covered ship's wheel.

New Scans Show Fate of Sunken SS Terra Nova

This week, a team of maritime archaeologists completed a...
lion with camera lens in jaws

Adventure Links of the Week

When we’re not outdoors, we get our adventure fix...