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You Won't Pass Chamonix's Mountain-Guiding Test
Le Probatoire is one of the toughest challenges in the outdoors, used for decades to pick alpine professionals in France's legendary hub of glacier skiing, climbing, and deadly terrain. Only the strongest make it, but Simon Akam wonders: Is selection by ordeal still the best way to groom competent guides?
8 Outdoor Athletes on the Mentors Who Changed Their Lives
None would be where they are today without the influence of these people
Will Climate Change Close the Matterhorn?
A warming planet could make climbing iconic mountains like the Matterhorn a more risky enterprise. But is shutting them down a call for local authorities to make?
6 Outdoor Clubs and Passes Worth the Membership Fees
Whether you're looking for deals on gear or an inside line on your dream trip, the perfect group is just a click away
The Indiana Jones of Climate Science
Five years after he famously Facebooked his way to rescue from a Himalayan crevasse, scientist and climber John All is back on Mount Everest, looking for answers about how global warming is affecting the highest peaks on earth
Bodies of Missing Climbers Found on Canada's Howse Peak
Cell phone photos show that Jess Roskelley, Hansjörg Auer, and David Lama reached the summit but died on the descent
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