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Tibetan cave

Mysterious Denisovans Survived on Tibetan Plateau for 160,000 Years

The discovery of bones in a Tibetan cave 3,280m...
July 11, 2024
Druelle with a cap in a mountain area.

Vadim Druelle Bags FKT on Nanga Parbat: 15h 15min

Going without bottled oxygen, Vadim Druelle of France climbed...
July 11, 2024
Anna looking back in light mountain clothes

No Summit For Nanga Parbat Skiers

Anna Tybor of Poland and Tom Lafaille of France...
July 11, 2024
Camp gear is moved back down to Base Camp on Denali.

It’s Not All About Summits: Denali Season Ends With One Remarkable Climb

Last year's Denali season featured extended periods of rough...
July 10, 2024
galaxy surrounded by dark universe

Plate Tectonics Makes Earth — and Intelligent Life? — Unique

So far, our long search for signs of extraterrestrial...
July 10, 2024
several elephants of varying ages, with tusks

Elephants Fatally Trample Tourist who Reportedly Ignored Warnings

A Spanish tourist is dead in a South African...
July 10, 2024
Nanga parbat on a sunny day.

Nanga Parbat: First Summits

The commercial climbing season in Pakistan has kicked off...
July 10, 2024
Makeshift canyons surround red sand. Overhead, a tent covers where the sky would be.

NASA Astronauts Return from ‘Mars’

"You guys ready to come out?" These were the first...
July 9, 2024
The climbers on a sunny but windy summit, totally covered in snow

Muchu Chhish Finally Summited!

One of the great remaining problems in the Karakoram...
July 9, 2024
Google Earth image of Karun Koh with 2 possible routes marked in purple up the south and the west faces

Team to Attempt New Route on Pakistan’s Karun Koh

Joshua Harrin of the U.S., Masha Gordon of Russia,...
July 9, 2024
weird figure striding across space-like background

Jaw, Meet Floor. This Year’s ‘Astronomy Photographer of the Year’ Finalists Are Out of This World

Every year, the Royal Museums Greenwich conducts its Astronomy...
July 9, 2024
Ultar Sar on the right, Bojohagur Duan Asir on the left. On the far left is Hunza Peak and the distinctive rock needle of Bublimotin.

Climbing History of the Peaks of the 2024 Cutting Edge Grants. Part 4: Ultar Sar

Every spring for over a century, the American Alpine...
July 9, 2024
head of Saltwater crocodile.

Australia Doesn’t Have a Croc Problem, Despite Latest Attack

BY BRANDON MICHAEL SIDELEAU Late last week, the remains...
July 8, 2024
aerial photo of a blue whale calf nuzzles in for a meal from its mother.

Blue Whale Secrets Surface in Rare Nursing Footage

In the wide world of whale sex, the largest...
July 8, 2024
Frank Wolf on a previous expedition with Alex Kozma.

Wandering 1,400Km to the Northwest Passage

Serial adventurer Frank Wolf has already knocked over two...
July 8, 2024
A few tents on a flat, rocky glacier and Broad Peak's flanks on the left

Climber: Dangerous Ropes on Broad Peak

Tom Kitta of Canada, climbing without porters or oxygen,...
July 8, 2024
The missing submersible

Deep Investigation Reveals Startling Details of OceanGate ‘Titan’ Disaster

When embattled deep-sea tourism startup OceanGate lost its only...
July 7, 2024
Jon Turk and Erik Boomer in 2011.

Adventure Links of the Week

When we’re not outdoors, we get our adventure fix...
July 7, 2024
the climber on vertical mixed terrain. leaning on both ice axes with the void at his feet.

Climbers Adapt to Drought, Danger for New Routes in Cordillera Blanca

Climbing teams are busy in Peru's Cordillera Blanca despite...
July 7, 2024
head of Greenland shark.

The Anti-Aging Secrets of Greenland Sharks

We are always looking for ways to live longer....
July 6, 2024
a man climbs a tree

Weekend Warm-Up: Explore the Costa Rican Cloud Forest in ‘Climbing Giants’

In Costa Rica, unique trees grow in a special,...
July 6, 2024
Nanga Parbat Base Camp on the Diamir side of the mountain,

Nanga Parbat: Some Stay, Some Leave, As Weather Stalls Attempts

Relentless bad weather has caused some climbers to abandon...
July 6, 2024
two climbers on a snowy ridge, with rock and snow peaks around.

Piolet d’Or Winner Yuri Koshelenko Bags First Ascent in Indian Himalaya

Flying under the radar as usual while climbing in...
July 5, 2024
Gino Watkins sitting in a kayak

Great Explorers: Gino Watkins

The annals of polar exploration are filled with luminaries...
July 5, 2024