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Everest North Side.

China’s Silence Triggers Everest’s North Side Cancellations

There is no news yet from the China Tibet...
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Gift BLUETTI Power for Valentine’s Day and Save 30%

This Valentine's Day, why not skip the usual flowers...
Kumano Kodo Trail

ExWeb’s Adventure Links of The Week

When we’re not outdoors, we get our adventure fix...
Lake Nordenskjold and behind Torres del Paine.

A Freak Accident Near Torres del Paine

This has been an unusually fatal season in Patagonia,...
Grand Pic de Belledonne.

The First Winter Solo of the Rebuffat Route on Pic de Belledonne

On Feb. 5, French mountain guide Thibault Sibille (32)...

Watch Sun Return Today to Northernmost Arctic Village

Grise Fiord, the northernmost community in North America, enjoyed...
astronaut on Mars

Science Links of the Week

A passion for the natural world drives many of...
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Watch Part of the Sun Break Off and Swirl Around in a Vortex

These are delicate, stressful times, and I know that...
the last blue mountain mountaineering actor

Weekend Warm-Up: Watch Old-School Climbing Go Wrong in ‘The Last Blue Mountain’

This is neither an endorsement nor a condemnation, but...
jorge diaz-rullo climbing mejorando la semfaina

Jorge Diaz-Rullo Joins Tiny Cadre of Climbers Who’ve Sent 9b+

It’s a minimal coterie in the 9b+ club. Since Adam...
lake superior icy shore

Ice Climber Who Fell Into Lake Superior Presumed Dead; Search Suspended

Authorities have presumed that James Bake, of Gaylord, Mich.,...
Aconcagua view

Another Climber Dies on Aconcagua After Ignoring Guide’s Plea

Again, a foreign climber has died on Aconcagua in...
rock climbing in the rio negro, patagonia

Where Ski Mountaineering Meets Trad Climbing: Epic Routes in Rio Negro, Argentina

Athlete Colter Hinchliffe combines skimo, trad, and freeriding in...
Mont Blanc du Créton.

Cazzanelli and Partners ‘Dream’ Up New Route in Italian Alps

The alpinist’s defining challenge is to confront the impossible....
monster penguin

160Kg Monster Penguin Once Roamed New Zealand

In 2017, a churning tide cracked open 57-million-year-old boulders...
svalbard

Tom Cruise Seeks Permit to Film Next ‘Mission: Impossible’ in Svalbard

Everybody knows how much Tom Cruise loves to run...
The Polish climbers approach the Greenland range where they plan to climb.

Tomaszewski Starts Greenland Climb; Has Kobusch Retreated Already on Denali?

"We have discovered our own iced-up El Dorado: untouched...
the South Face of Lhotse from Chukung Ri.

Are There Really Six More 8,000’ers in Nepal?

This week, Nepali media quoted a committee of experts...
Quaoar

At Solar System’s Edge, A Dwarf Planet’s Rings Confound Scientists

In the far reaches of our solar system, scientists...
k2 climbing house's chimney

Would You Climb This if Your Life Depended on it? House’s Chimney on K2

Some mountain features will win beauty contests, and some...
deflated balloon

A Little-Known Hoax Around Andree’s Arctic Balloon Expedition

In 1897, mechanical engineer and pioneering Swedish balloonist Salomon...
Yann Busnel's camel.

Interview With Yann Busnel: 50,000km Overland From Cape of Good Hope to Cape Horn

Yann Busnel is attempting to travel "the longest land...
brown crab

You Butter Believe It: Early Neanderthals Cooked and Ate Crab

How does fresh crab in a scenic Portuguese seaside...
Climbers in line progress on a hard snow couloir

Two Dead, Two Badly Injured on Aconcagua

John Michael Magness, a 58-year-old U.S. Army veteran, died...