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Alex Honnold in taiwan with the Taipei 101 building in background.

Alex Honnold Will Free Solo a Skyscraper on January 23, Live on Netflix

American climbing star Alex Honnold will solo a Taiwan...
An adult bear and two cubs, seated in a grassy area

GPS Watch Recorded Bear Attack Victim’s Terrifying Final Moments

Brown bear attacks on Japan's northern island of Hokkaido...
climber on snowy summit

First Ascent of Changla Khang West in Nepal

Remote Western Nepal is giving small teams the chance...
A volcano emitting smoke

Kamchatka Volcano Blew Its Top in 1956; It’s Now Almost Completely Regrown

On March 30, 1956, Kamchatka's Bezymianny volcano erupted. The...
The first ascent's route of Archil Peak marked in red.

First Ascent of Unnamed Peak in Caucasus

In late October, five Georgian mountaineers made the first...
portrait of missing woman

Search Resumes for Missing Backpacker Celine Cremer

More than two years after Belgian backpacker Celine Cremer...
Simone Moro takes a selfie with the summit of Ama Dablam behind him.

Simone Moro Suffers Heart Attack Near Mera Peak, Evacuated to Hospital

Simone Moro of Italy was airlifted to a hospital...
A team photo of Naomie Bürki, Pauline Laubscher, Gianna Müller, Caro North, Lea Schneider, Melanie Tenorio, Ramona Volken and Ramona Waldner on their SAC Greenland Expedition 2025 to Graah Fjord and Skjoldungen Fjord

Adventure Links of the Week

When we’re not outdoors, we get our adventure fix...
painting of St Brendan

The Case For St. Brendan: Why an Irish Monk May Have Discovered America

Was Christopher Columbus really the first European to discover...
A scuba diver looks the Greek graffiti etched into the boat

Archaeologists Find 2,000-Year-Old Pleasure Barge in Egypt

Divers have uncovered an ancient pleasure barge near the...
An old pier on a bay

Weekend Warm-Up: Jubilee

A documentary short set in Daphne, Alabama, Jubilee describes...
Awarded climbers in line on stage.

Piolets d’Or ‘In Transition,’ As Alpinism Itself Changes

The Piolets d'Or for the best climbing expeditions of...
kitesurfers in the air

Kitesurfer Launches 40 Meters in Air on Record Flight

BY ALEXANDER HARO Hugo Wigglesworth likes to get high, and...
Nima Rinji Sherpa (left), and Simone Moro on the summit of Mera Peak.

A Third Climber Joins Moro, Nima on Winter Manaslu

Oswald Rodrigo Pereira of Poland has just completed a...
winter camper shoveling snow around his tent

Antarctic Roundup 2025-26: Tryggvason Reaches South Pole

Colin O’Brady is 28 days into his second first...
K2 under moonlight.

Mountaineers and Adventurers We Lost in 2025

“And at night you will look up at the...
skydiver's parachute snagged on tail of plane

Skydiver’s Chute Snags on Plane’s Tail, Leaving Him Dangling; Watch How He Saves Himself

Today, the Australian Transport Safety Bureau released helmet-cam footage...
Archaeologists around a dig site in the forest.

Oldest Known Fire-Making Site Discovered

Four hundred thousand years ago, someone took up a...
A group photo with the cross marking the summit of Cima Rosetta

ExplorersWeb At the Piolets d’Or

The Piolet d'Or awards have begun in the Italian...
William Buckley painting

William Buckley, the Australian Convict Adopted by Aboriginals

In Australia, when they say "you’ve got Buckley’s chance,"...
Seven-arm octopus (Haliphron atlanticus) eating a helmet jelly (Periphylla periphylla), filmed at 705m in Monterey Canyon.

Seven-Armed Octopus Filmed in Deep Sea

The elusive seven-armed blob octopus -- yes, that's a...
Watercolor painting of ships stuck in ice

Dispatches from Terror Camp, the Online Polar Fan Conference

Last weekend, around 1,800 other registrants and I attended...
Filip Babicz on the summit of Grand Capucin.

Filip Babicz, the Speedy Gonzales of the Alps

Grand Capucin in 49 minutes. Aiguille Noire de Peuterey...
The black and white image shows one of the Canada lynx as it pounces towards the trail camera

Trail Camera Catches Hissy Fit Between Two Lynx

A trail camera in Grand Marais, Minnesota, has captured...