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One More Day of ‘Hell’ on Langtang Lirung
Marek Holecek and Ondro Huserka hoped to summit Langtang...
Climbing Duo Crushes Four Big Yosemite Walls in a Day
For decades, rock climbers in Yosemite National Park have...
December 1985: The Story of the Second Winter Ascent of Manaslu
When telling the climbing history of a mountain, it's...
Murder Victim From One of the Norse Sagas Really Existed; Remains Found
The Sverris Saga tells the old Norse story of...
New Extreme Ski Line on New Zealand’s Mount Cook
Christina Lustenberger of Canada and Guillaume Pierrel of France...
A Look at the Next Two Billion Years on Planet Earth
In his seminal work of popular geology called Basin...
Langtang Lirung: Fingers Crossed for Summit News Tomorrow
It's one more bivy night ahead for Marek Holecek...
Augusto Gansser: Geologist and Explorer of the Himalaya
One hundred and fourteen years ago today, in 1910,...
Russians to Begin Hardest Section on South Side of Cho Oyu
A Russian team has begun its summit push on...
Shackleton’s Shipwreck Seen in Extraordinary 3D Detail
In 2022, Ernest Shackleton’s ship, the Endurance, was discovered...
Exploration Mysteries: The Ghastly Tale of the ‘Ourang Medan’
In June 1947, the American vessel Silver Star pulled alongside...
Weekend Warm-Up: Watch in Awe as Nouria Newman Kayaks Patagonia
If big water, three accomplished kayakers, and one of...
One Drops Out, But Holecek and Remaining Partner Attempt Langtang Lirung Again Tonight
After waiting for two days in a damp tent...
A Climber’s Death Mars the Long-Awaited Opening of Carstensz Pyramid
For the first time in five years, Puncak Jaya,...
Two Lost Cities of the Silk Road Lay Buried For Centuries
Archaeologists have mapped two lost cities of the Silk...
Japanese Bag First Ascent of Sanctuary Peak
A team from Japan's Himalaya Camp project has summited...
Banff Mountain Book Competition Winners 2024
The Banff Mountain Book Competition has released its 2024...
International Snow Leopard Day Celebrates the Elusive Ghost Cat
For the eleventh year, October 23 marks International Snow...
The Devil Made Me Do It: Why So Many Wild Places Are Called Hell This or Hell That
Environmentalist and Pulitzer Prize-winning author Wallace Stegner once famously...
