6+ hour, 41+ min ago  (1110+ words) Today, Everest is making headlines around the world with scandalous stories of climbers poisoned or pushed unprepared into the death zone by nefarious guides. The stories aver that it's part of a major scheme of fake rescues involving guides, companies,…...

2+ day, 10+ hour ago  (620+ words) A freak incident has taken the life of a 60-year-old sport climber from Czechia on Greece's Kalymnos Island. Anchors in poor condition broke as the climber started rappelling, and then neglect from rescue services did the rest. The accident took…...

3+ day, 8+ hour ago  (496+ words) After days of unrest in Skardu early this month, the situation has calmed down. Although the Karakoram climbing season has not started yet, local authorities are doing their best to make the few arriving tourists feel welcome. The situation in…...

3+ day, 11+ hour ago  (587+ words) Self-portraits have been around as long as cameras, but the smartphone and social media have made it hard to be anywhere interesting without seeing someone pointing their phone at themselves with a big grin. By 2013, even the word selfie had…...

3+ day, 12+ hour ago  (388+ words) Masayuki Takenaka, 36, Tatsuro Sugimoto, 37, and Ryota Nomura, 31, have just arrived in Nepal to climb Jarkya Himal, an unclimbed 6,000er near Manaslu. The three Japanese are young but highly experienced, both on Japans mountains, where they all work as professional mountain guides,…...

4+ day, 21+ hour ago  (433+ words) When we're not outdoors, we get our adventure fix by exploring social media and the web. Here are some of the best adventure links we've discovered this week. Winner of the 2026 Iditarod Trail Invitational 1000: We typically think of the Iditarod…...

5+ day, 12+ hour ago  (741+ words) The death zone of Everest, above 8,000m, holds the remains of several climbers who didn't return. Some of the bodies serve as silent "landmarks" for those who pass by. A fatal 1979 incident on Everest involved Hannelore Schmatz and Ray Genet. Both…...

5+ day, 15+ hour ago  (357+ words) The film opens as five skiers travel for 150 hours to reach the Altai Mountains of Central Asia. Sam Anthamatten, Cody Cirillo, Elisabeth Gerritzen, and Andrew Pollard have journeyed back to the roots of skiing in this remote range 10,000 years ago....

6+ day, 12+ hour ago  (1167+ words) Since our last update, a wave of Arctic expeditions has either launched or continued across Greenland, Svalbard, the Canadian Arctic, and beyond. Conditions have proven challenging for some, forcing route changes and slow progress. Meanwhile, an 81-year-old polar legend will…...

6+ day, 15+ hour ago  (641+ words) Everest climbers have not yet arrived in Nepal, but Base Camp is ready to receive them. This year, stricter regulations and scrutiny will address some of the controversial issues on the mountain, such as waste management, safety for local workers,…...