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Arctic, Antarctica Shatter Heat Records Simultaneously

Over the weekend, soaring temperatures near the planet’s poles...

PRO TREK PRTB50-1: Your Wrist-Bound Adventure Guide

  This outdoor watch can help lead you along a...

Arctic Roundup: Sastrugi and Soft Snow

Barneo is indefinitely closed but a few Arctic expeditions...

Sherpas Reach Camp 1 on Dhaulagiri; Trango Attempt Ends

Imagine Nepal's rope fixers on Dhaulagiri, led by Mingma...

Source to Sea on Madagascar’s Mangoky River

On May 1, Oscar Scafidi and Ben Ziehm Stephen...

12 Women Begin 5,000Km Trek Across Himalaya

Twelve women over 50, led by 68-year-old Bachendri Pal,...

Science Links of the Week

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

ExWeb’s Adventure Links of The Week

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

Weekend Warm-Up: Beginner to 9a in Four Years

The German-born Martina Demmel oozes natural talent. When she...

Asteroid That Caused Dinosaurs’ Extinction Hit Earth in Spring, New Research Shows

By now, it's old news — 66 million-year-old news...

All-Star Sherpas Prep for Everest and Kangchenjunga

In Nepal, outfitters are preparing for the upcoming Himalayan...

Stunning Traverse in Patagonia’s Grupo La Paz by Pelletti and Co.

Sebastian Pelletti may have been the standout climber in...

Zealandia, The Eighth Continent

It may come as a surprise to our readers...

Peter Hamor Eyes Kangchenjunga Traverse

Kangchenjunga, at 8,586m the world's third-highest peak, is not...

No-Go on Gangapurna

Topo Mena and Jonatan Garcia are back from Gangapurna...
'Voie des Guides' on Les Drus in the French Alps, with tom livingstone and tom seccombe

Tom Livingstone: First Free Ascent of the ‘Voie des Guides’?

By the time Tom Livingstone and Tom Seccombe reached...

Great Tales in Mountaineering History: Mount Asgard, 1994

In 1994, Noel Craine, Paul Pritchard, Steve Quinlan, and...

Himalayan Season Begins: Climbers Head for Annapurna, Dhaulagiri

As the Ice Doctors begin work on Everest's Khumbu...

Newcomer’s Guide: Stonehenge

Stonehenge is perhaps the most iconic landmark in Britain...
1930s Grape-Nuts ad by General Foods. Grape-Nuts to fund 10 women explorers a total of $125,000

Grape-Nuts Seeks Women Adventurers to Sponsor

March is Women's History Month, and Grape-Nuts is taking...

Russian Climbers Still Going to Everest

Understandably, no Ukrainians are heading to Nepal this spring,...
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This ‘Last Great’ Ice Climb on Ben Nevis is, Literally, a Fear Factory

If you’ve never climbed an ice route that you...
Emily Ford and Diggins. Photo: Emily Ford

Emily Ford Ends Latest Winter Expedition Just Shy of Mark

On Friday, March 11, 2022, winter explorer Emily Ford...

Mingma Dorchi Sherpa on the Route Up Cho Oyu

It's clear that the Nepali adventure on the south...