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Elite Ice Climbers Flock to Helmcken Falls
At 141m, Helmcken Falls is the fourth-highest waterfall in...
Do Trees Really Network Via a ‘Wood-Wide Web’?
The idea that trees communicate and share resources via...
North Face of Grandes Jorasses: the Diretissima Free-Climbed in Winter
It's been a fruitful season in the Alps, with...
Asteroid Flares Out in Spectacular Light Show Over Northern Europe
Observers in northern Europe got quite a treat early...
A Short History of Amne Machin, Once Believed to Be Higher Than Everest
The Amne Machin is the eastern extension of the...
China’s Silence Triggers Everest’s North Side Cancellations
There is no news yet from the China Tibet...
Gift BLUETTI Power for Valentine’s Day and Save 30%
This Valentine's Day, why not skip the usual flowers...
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...
Watch Part of the Sun Break Off and Swirl Around in a Vortex
These are delicate, stressful times, and I know that...
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 Joins Tiny Cadre of Climbers Who’ve Sent 9b+
It’s a minimal coterie in the 9b+ club.
Since Adam...
Ice Climber Who Fell Into Lake Superior Presumed Dead; Search Suspended
Authorities have presumed that James Bake, of Gaylord, Mich.,...
Another Climber Dies on Aconcagua After Ignoring Guide’s Plea
Again, a foreign climber has died on Aconcagua in...
Where Ski Mountaineering Meets Trad Climbing: Epic Routes in Rio Negro, Argentina
Athlete Colter Hinchliffe combines skimo, trad, and freeriding in...
Cazzanelli and Partners ‘Dream’ Up New Route in Italian Alps
The alpinist’s defining challenge is to confront the impossible....
160Kg Monster Penguin Once Roamed New Zealand
In 2017, a churning tide cracked open 57-million-year-old boulders...
Tom Cruise Seeks Permit to Film Next ‘Mission: Impossible’ in Svalbard
Everybody knows how much Tom Cruise loves to run...
Tomaszewski Starts Greenland Climb; Has Kobusch Retreated Already on Denali?
"We have discovered our own iced-up El Dorado: untouched...
