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Masatatsu Abe on a Hard Trek to the South Pole

In January, Masatatsu Abe finally reached the South Pole,...
April 17, 2019

Hiking the World: Updates from the Road

Circumnavigating the world on foot is a slow business,...
April 16, 2019
Alex Txikon

Txikon Interview, Part II: What Really Happened to Nardi and Ballard

The most-discussed aspect of Alex Txikon's winter K2 expedition...
April 15, 2019

Weekend Warm-Up: The Towers of Ennedi

Totally off the tourist radar, rarely seen by the...
April 13, 2019

North Pole Season Cancelled

After 10 days of delays, the political wranglings between...
April 12, 2019
Basque (Spanish) Alex Txikon on winter K2

Exclusive: Alex Txikon on a Troubled K2 Winter Base Camp

Alex Txikon has both done a lot and has...
April 11, 2019

Politics Puts North Pole Skiers, Marathoners on Ice

Political tensions between Russia and Ukraine have delayed flights...
April 11, 2019

Is it Possible to Climb the Highest Peak in Every Country in the World in One Lifetime?

Whether down a river, up a mountain, through a...
April 10, 2019

Cat Adopts Round-the-World Cyclist

Warning: cuteness overload In September 2018, 28-year-old Dean Nicholson set...
April 9, 2019

Interview: Chaz Powell on Trekking the Gambia

Last month, Chaz Powell, 39, and Tim Roberts, 59,...
April 8, 2019

Weekend Warm-Up: Uruca II, Bugaboos Edition

This animated film stresses human -- some would say...
April 6, 2019

Bielecki: Why I’m Going Back to Annapurna

Polish climbing ace Adam Bielecki is leaving this weekend...
April 5, 2019

Kite-Skiing for Polar Travelers

In 1888, Fridtjof Nansen and his team became the...
April 4, 2019

Jannu Climbers: Safe at Last

For the past six days, fans of Himalayan mountaineering...
April 2, 2019

Legends Series: Interview with Borge Ousland

No one has as many firsts in the polar...
April 1, 2019

Ethnic and climbing travel across the continents

I have been realizing my travel and climbing project...
March 31, 2019

Weekend Warm-up: Twenty

With many sports, you can imagine the emotion that...
March 31, 2019

Weary Climbers Continue Down Jannu

Fifteen days after setting off up the Southeast Face...
March 30, 2019

Forecasting the Weather on Mount Everest

You don't need a PhD to forecast the weather...
March 29, 2019

Jannu: Decision Made, They’re Going Down

After 13 precarious days on 7,710m Mount Jannu, Sergey...
March 28, 2019

Baikal Wrap-up: A New Speed Record, and a Record for Most Unscheduled Swims

Sledding on Lake Baikal in Siberia has come to...
March 27, 2019

Decision Time on Jannu: Forward or Back?

Sergey Nilov and Dimitry Golovchenko face an impending decision...
March 26, 2019

Russians Reach Crux on Jannu

Sergey Nilov and Dimitry Golovchenko have now passed 7,000m...
March 25, 2019

Cyclone Pounds Konyukhov on Southern Ocean

Russian explorer Fyodor Konyukhov has spent the weekend being...
March 25, 2019