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Everest: Waiting for News from No-O2 Climber Suhajda Szilard

Suhajda Szilard of Hungary was attempting to summit Everest...

Holecek and Bernat Safe in BC After Summiting Sura Peak

Marek Holecek and Matej Bernat reached the top of...
Egyptian hieroglyphs

Pseudo-Archaeology: More Fun, Less Facts

The History Channel’s hit TV series Ancient Aliens and...
The new route on the north face of Nevado Ausangate.

Japanese Pair Make First Ascent of 1,100m North Face of Ausangate

It took them five hard days, but Yudai Suzuki...
Nameless Tower.

Elite Team Sets New Route on Little Trango

As we reported earlier, Eneko and Iker Pou, Fay...
Pedersen shouts for joy.

He’s Just Visited Every Country in the World Without Flying

For almost 10 years, Torbjørn (Thor) Pedersen has been...
a pod of orcas

Traumatic Event Might Have Sparked Orca Boat Attacks, Scientists Suggest

On May 4, three orcas attacked the yacht Champagne off...
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Kristin Harila Bags Everest and Lhotse Within Eight Hours

Kristin Harila and her team set off from Camp...
neanderthal with human skull

‘No Single Birthplace’: Study Finds Ancient Diversity In Human Evolution

Ancient humans were prone to interbreeding with genetically diverse...
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Polish Alpinist Kacper Tekieli Dies on Jungfrau

Kacper Tekieli died May 17 while climbing Switzerland's 4,158m...
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Will Steger Finishes First 500Km of Arctic Journey

Legendary polar adventurer Will Steger's latest expedition is going...
headlamps form a line on a snowy ridge, near the summit of Everest, during the night.

Everest: Final Summit Week of the Season

With the monsoon looming, the last summit pushes on...
An artist's rendering of a Viking woman in a fortress

Have Archaeologists Discovered a Lost Viking Stronghold?

Start excavating a site known as Hangman's Hill, and...
IG story shared by Deathzone Freeride team with a text announcing summit and a photo of the two climbers.

Everest No-O2 Climbers Make Their Move

Russians Vitaly Lazo and Anton Pugovkin summited Everest today,...
A fire lookout point.

ExWeb’s Adventure Links of the Week

When we’re not outdoors, we get our adventure fix...
The NW face of Sura peak hit by the evening sun.

Sura Peak: Hell on Earth

"Hell on earth" is indeed how Marek Holecek described...
A line of climbers toward Everest summit, on a wind-swept summit ridge.

More Deaths and Rescues in a Fatal Everest Season

Throughout the weekend, winds have picked up on Everest,...
mountain selfie in winter

Why Do We Take Selfies? It’s a Search for Meaning, Neurologists Say

I hated selfies for a long time. It wasn't because...
Snowloaded landscape with an outstanding, vertical face in the shade.

First Night on Sura Peak for Holecek, Bernat

Wrapped in his sleeping bag, their tent pitched inside...
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Weekend Warm-Up: ‘Does Climbing Matter?’ Quebec Edition

Leave it to an aid climbing documentary to stake...
death cap mushrooms

Scientists May Have Found an Antidote to the Death Cap Mushroom

Mushrooms are fascinating. They might taste like chicken, expand...
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Basak Airlifted from Makalu, Deaf Climber Missing on Everest

A helicopter has finally airlifted Indian climber Piyali Basak...
A taxidermy specimen of an ivory-billed woodpecker against a black background

The Extinct Woodpecker That Just Won’t Die

Human beings have a tendency to eradicate other species...
The climbers pose with the impressive massif in background.

Meru South Team Succeeds on New Route

Mathieu Maynadier, Roger Schaeli, and Simon Gietl completed their...