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New: A Giant Drone That Carries One Passenger

Imagine a special type of drone, not a drone...

Great Explorers: the Inuit Shaman Qitdlarssuaq

The Qitdlarssuaq story has not been made into a...

Everest: Marc Batard Seeks Safer Route Past Khumbu Icefall

Sajid Sadpara will help the 69-year-old Frenchman on his...
Espen Finstad (Secrets of the Ice) and Julian Post-Melbye (Museum of Cultural History) free an ancient ski from the Digervarden ice patch on Sept. 26, 2021. Image: Glacier Archaeology Program / Secrets of the Ice

Best-Preserved Ancient Skis Turn Up — Where Else? — in Norway

On September 20 of this year, a field archaeologist...

Antarctic Kite-Ski Crossing Ready to Begin

The coronavirus wiped out the 2020-2021 Antarctic season and...
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The Hermit of Treig: Man Lives 40 Years Without Electricity or Running Water…in Scotland

Metaphorically and literally, Ken Smith is a man who...

Angela Madsen’s Boat Washes Up on Pacific Island

The boat of U.S. ocean rower Angela Madsen has...

Luka Strazar on the Joy of Climbing Chobutse

What makes a climber choose one peak over another,...
Volunteer rescuers work to extract injured caver, George Linnane. Photo: South & Mid Wales Cave Rescue Team

Nearly 300 Volunteers Rescue Stranded UK Caver

In the early afternoon of November 6, 2021, 38-year-old...

Italians Summit Kongde Ri, Tengkampoche

Lost in the recent squabble over Tengkampoche, between the...

Annapurna III: Ukrainians Safely Down

The Ukrainian team that completed the first climb of...

Antarctic Triathlon: 5,300km from Patagonia to the South Pole

On November 20, Antonio de la Rosa will begin...

Best Satellite Phones of 2021-2022

Satellite phones provide voice-to-voice communication in the most remote...

Canadian Expedition Finishes a Near North-South Traverse

After nearly eight months and 7,600km, Guillaume Moreau and...
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Bosi Suggests a Soft 9a+ for Raven Tor’s ‘Brandenburg Gate’

Will Bosi needed less than two weeks to clean...
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Pompeii Slave Room Gives Rare Window Into a ‘Precarious Reality’

In the ruins of Pompeii, a tiny room paints...

Ukrainians “Unsolve” Annapurna III’s SE Ridge!

This autumn, small teams have opened several bold new...

Mingbo Eiger: Bodies of Missing Climbers Found

A search team has found the bodies of missing...

The Alps: Skiing, Climbing, and Crazy Clouds

A roundup of happenings in the Alps during the...
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10-Metre Groundfall Potential? ‘Spicy’ New Trad Route Tests Nerves

In 2016, Jacopo Larcher climbed E11. Then in 2019,...

Weekend Warm-Up: Unizaba

Kris Holm has a wacky pastime. He invented municycling,...

Science Links of the Week

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

Banff Mountain Film Festival 2021 Award-Winning Films Announced

Banff Mountain Film Festival has just announced the 10...

The Route Up Link Sar: A Herd of Ibex Showed the Way

The following is a little add-on to last week's...