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Just Collecting 8,000m Peaks No Longer Has Any Real Climbing Value

Guided summit collectors who seek fame merely exploit the...
June 28, 2023
hardest ice climb

Video: World’s Hardest Ice Climb

This article was originally published on GearJunkie. At a normal...
June 27, 2023
Hemingway typing outdoors

The Typewriters Used by Explorers and Famous Adventure Writers

Anyone who heads into the field needs something to...
June 27, 2023
a small base camp in the shade, with a mightly rocky peak in front, in full sunlight.

Pakistan Alpine Style Roundup

Far from the madness of 8,000m peaks, several technical...
June 27, 2023
The climbers and a person from the outfitting company unfold an expedition banner.

Simon Messner and Martin Sieberer En Route to Unclimbed Karakoram 7,000’er

Yermanendu Kangri, one of the highest unclimbed peaks on...
June 27, 2023
Climbers proceed up a versical rock section with fixed ropes, in the fog.

Nanga Parbat: Many Still in Camp 3 in High Winds

Most of the roughly 25 climbers who summited Nanga...
June 26, 2023
octopus nightmare

Video Suggests Octopuses Have Nightmares About Predator Attacks

It's one of the oldest and most frustrating questions...
June 26, 2023
Sangay's selfie of the two on Nanga Parbat, with snow-covered rocks in background.

Nanga Parbat Summits

Climbers summited Nanga Parbat today. The summit group was...
June 26, 2023
New route and first ascent of the north face of 4,410m Turgen.

A First Ascent in the Northern Tien Shan

On June 22, Kirill Belotserkovskiy and Maxim Popov from...
June 26, 2023
Harila's tracker with data showing, on a Nanga Parbat area's map.

Secretive Summit Push On Nanga Parbat

A summit push has begun on Nanga Parbat. It...
June 25, 2023
surfer from overhead

ExWeb’s Adventure Links of the Week

When we’re not outdoors, we get our adventure fix...
June 25, 2023
The HTHH eruption from space.

Tonga Eruption Caused the Most Intense Lightning Storm Ever

On January 15, 2022, the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’api (HTHH)...
June 25, 2023
portrait of Engelbert Kaempfer

Great Explorers: Engelbert Kaempfer

German naturalist and physician Engelbert Kaempfer started out as...
June 25, 2023

This Is How Nepalis Carry Bridge Cables To Remote Parts of the Himalaya

Ang Temba Sherpa recently shared a short video on...
June 24, 2023
rockies traverse

Weekend Warm-Up: The Rocky Mountains Traverse

If we're not currently living in the Golden Age...
June 24, 2023
Mathis Garayt, Arthur Poindefert and Kilian Moni on the top of Dent du Geant after the climb.

Hearts of Giants: A First Repeat in the Mont Blanc Massif

On June 17, three young French climbers, Kilian Moni,...
June 24, 2023
Selfie by Girald while he paraglides with a stunning backdrop of snowy peaks at his feet.

Paragliders Soar Above Pakistan’s 7,027m Spantik

After a tough start due to poor weather, paragliders...
June 23, 2023
Italy's sword in the stone.

The Real Sword in the Stone

We all associate "the sword in the stone" with...
June 23, 2023
portrait of Karale Andreassen

Karale Andreassen, a Renaissance Greenlander

“He was our Rembrandt and maybe our Picasso, too,”...
June 23, 2023
search and rescue vessels look for sub

Titan Submersible Destroyed in ‘Catastrophic Implosion’

Minutes before the U.S. Coast Guard's news conference about...
June 22, 2023
Alverez looks back as he walks up towards the mountain, on a snow field.

Summit Push Time On Nanga Parbat

On Nanga Parbat, the rope fixers have laid ropes...
June 22, 2023
The missing submersible.

U.S. Coast Guard Finds New Debris Around Titanic

The U.S. Coast Guard has announced that an ROV...
June 22, 2023
Archaeologists uncover the Trumpington Cross.

Archaeologists Reconstruct Face of 7th-Century Teen

A forensic artist in the UK has reconstructed the...
June 22, 2023
An old fashioned globe beside a quill pen and ink pot

Early Travel Writers Inspired Explorers and Revealed the World to a Curious Public

Before Lonely Planet, Conde Nast, and Rick Steves, travel...
June 22, 2023