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How the Remains of Peking Man, the Original ‘Missing Link’, Vanished in the Fog of War
A few kilometers southwest of Beijing, a bust of...
The Disastrous British Arctic Expedition of 1875-6
The meadows of Alexandra Fiord were my introduction to...
Unrest In Skardu, Elsewhere in Pakistan Puts Climbing Season At Risk
Once again, geopolitics is affecting the upcoming Asian climbing...
UFOs: The Government Takes Them Seriously, But Academics Who Study Them Risk Their Reputations
BY DARRELL EVANS
President Donald Trump directed the Pentagon and...
Scotland Looking For Someone to Take Over House on Remote Island
Sitting in the North Sea between Orkney and Shetland...
A Survivor Explains What Went Wrong in An Avalanche That Buried 12 of 13 Skiers in Her Guided Group
From her hospital bed in Norway, Hannah Hughes of...
Patagonia: First Free Climb of Fitz Roy’s East Pillar
Sean Villanueva O'Driscoll of Belgium and Tasio Martin of...
Cyclist’s 17,000Km Africa North-to-South Journey Delayed by Military Detention
Swiss cyclist Adrien Liechti is attempting to cycle nearly...
Weekend Warm-Up: Alone Across Gola
Alone Across Gola documents Jude Kriwald's bicycle journey across West...
The 8,000m Season Is Only 10 Days Away. First Up: Annapurna
Once known as the most dangerous mountain in the...
Stefano Ragazzo Rope Solos Patagonia’s ‘Riders on the Storm’
Two years after the first free climb of the...
The North Magnetic Pole: the Hardest Place in the World to Reach
While the Geographic North Pole is one of the...
Why Writers Shouldn’t Try to Be Farmers: A Brief History of Failed Utopias
As soon as we started leaving the farm for...
Three Major Alpine Winter Solos in the Same Three Days
Three high-difficulty winter solos took place last week in...
Riddle of the Source of Central Asia’s Greatest River Solved
Building on the work of a 2007 expedition, an...
Patagonia: New American Route on Torre Central del Paine
After two years and 70 total nights on one...
A 400Km Traverse of Iceland’s Three Major Ice Caps
Swiss adventurer Stephane Weissbaum has completed a 20-day sled...
A 36-Year-Old Mountain Photo Contest Picks Its Winners
The winners of the 36th Memorial Maria Luisa International...
