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Weekend Warm-Up: The Big Wait

The Big Wait begins with an unending field of blue...
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The Asteroid Bennu Has All the Building Blocks of Life

New research backs up the old hypothesis that the...
Cerro torre

Cerro Torre, 1959: One of Mountaineering’s Most Disputed Ascents

Today is the 66th anniversary of the disputed --...
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Cost of Hiking the Pacific Crest Trail Almost Doubles in Five Years

The 2024 Pacific Crest Trail hiker survey is out,...
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Starlink Now Beta Testing Direct-to-Cell Coverage

Cell phone dead zones in the U.S. took another...
Lenka poses in front of a Condor statue, her Aconcagua speed record printed on the photo

Slovak Woman Shatters Fastest Time Up Aconcagua

Lenka Polackova of Slovakia has smashed the female FKT...
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Jeff and Priti Wright: How to Pursue a Life of Adventure While Making a Living

Jeff and Priti Wright's climbing resumé ranges from K6...
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High-Altitude Sport Decreases Male Fertility

New research has shown that the low oxygen levels...
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Remembering the Duke of Abruzzi

On January 29, 1873, Prince Luigi Amadeo Giuseppe Maria...
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The Great Himalaya Trail, Part II: Rolwaling to the Tibetan Border

Nepal's Great Himalaya Trail runs 1,750km across the entire...
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Check Out This Rare Glimpse of the Northern Lights As Seen From the ISS

Few of us are lucky enough to catch a...
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Polish Adventurer to Cycle Gobi Desert in Winter

Polish adventurer Mateusz Waligora is returning to the Gobi...
Two climbers greet with a Patagonian granite spire behind

Basque Climbers Open Two New Routes in Patagonia

Tasio Martin and Ibon Mendia of Spain have made...
Hiking on the GHT.

The Great Himalaya Trail, Part I: A Full Traverse of Nepal

Thru-hiking is a distinctly American term, but long-distance hiking...
Makalu covered in snow, in a clear day

Makalu Push Ends; No Summits on the 8,000m Peaks This Winter

The only remaining team on this winter's 8,000m peaks...
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Oldest Arctic Glacier Ice Found Near Baffin Island

Landslides have uncovered the remnants of an ancient glacier...
topo of new route in French Alps

New Route in the Ecrins Alps

In the hyper-popular French Alps, Baptiste Obino and Martin...
The RCMP post at Alexandra Fiord, Ellesmere Island.

Adventure Links of the Week

When we’re not outdoors, we get our adventure fix...
A webcam was recording during the night on Grossglockner. The headlamps of the climbing couple can be seen.

Death on Austria’s Highest Mountain: What Happened on Grossglockner?

Last weekend, a climb ended in tragedy on 3,798m...
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Inside the Strangely Enjoyable World of Climbing Video Games

I'm halfway up the wall, and I'm in trouble....
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World’s Oldest Dinosaurs Hidden in the Amazon and Sahara

Where did the first dinosaurs come from? A new...
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Weekend Warm-Up: Man Spends 30 Years Restoring a Forest in ‘Fools and Dreamers’

Hugh Wilson has spent the last 30 years regenerating...
Rockfall down the west face of the Petit Dru

A Shocking Winter Rockfall on the West Face of the Dru

Earlier this week, a massive rockfall hit the West...