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Two Women Create 2,000m Link in Late-Season ‘Romp’ in Patagonia

Whitney Clark and Nicole Lawton spent the latter part...

Dhaulagiri Summit Push Tonight

Summit plans are going full speed ahead on Dhaulagiri....

Found: A Dinosaur That Died the Day the Asteroid Hit

Archaeologists stationed at a dig site in North Dakota...

Marc Batard, 70, Returns to Attempt His Alternate Route Up Everest

Tomorrow, Marc Batard leaves Kathmandu on a project that...

Legends Series: Heinz Stücke

In November 1962, 22-year old Heinz Stücke cycled out...

Exploring Sweden’s Largest Underwater Cave System

In 2007, a group of cave divers began probing...

Summit Pushes About to Begin on Annapurna and Dhaulagiri

"We are ready to launch our summit push [on...
Port Lockroy Museum on Goudier Island in the Palmer Archipelago, Antarctica.

Odd Job: Apply to Run Post Office, Count Penguins in Antarctica

For November through March, through the Antarctic summer, the...

Polar Travel: Tips for Better Manhauling

I used to feel that there wasn't much to...
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‘Shaft of the Abyss’ on Golgotha Pushes Marin, Helander to the Limit

Andres Marin and Clint Helander had to work hard...

Japanese Pair Try for First Ascent of Kangchung Nup’s North Face

Every spring, while hundreds of climbers target the 8,000'ers,...

Legends Series: Aloha Wanderwell

Ambitious trailblazer, innovator, and adventurer; Aloha Wanderwell was born...

Mount Tyree, Antarctica’s Second-Highest Peak

The Second Seven Summits, the less-known and more difficult...

Progress on Annapurna, First Arrivals at Kangchenjunga

Progress is swift on Annapurna, where some of the...

Natural Wonders: Fairy Chimneys

The volcanic Cappadocia region in Turkey is a sculpture...

ExWeb’s Adventure Links of The Week

When we’re not outdoors, we get our adventure fix...

Science Links of the Week

A passion for the natural world drives many of...

Weekend Warm-Up: Heavenly Trap

The very first shot in Heavenly Trap, the 36-minute...

Mushroom Monster

Once upon an earlier time, I was doing ethnographic...
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Flurry of Repeats on France’s Hardest Trad Climb

James Pearson's Le Voyage (E10, 7a) sat without a...

Makalu: A Climbers’ Guide

Mingma Dorchi Sherpa has already climbed Makalu three times...

Oswald Rodrigo Pereira on the Tragedies of Broad Peak and Winter K2

Oswald Rodrigo Pereira first set foot in the Himalaya...
The Hubble Space Telescope magnifies Earendel by tens of thousands of times along the "magnification line." Photo: NASA/ESA/Brian Welch (JMU)/Dan Coe (STSCI)/Peter Laursen (DAWN)

The 13-Billion-Year-Old Twinkle: Hubble Spots Most Distant Star Yet

Earendel is Old English for "morning star" or "rising...

Arctic Roundup: New Expeditions Ready to Begin

As two expeditions near their end, three more prepare...