Bolotov, who was attempting a new route on the Southwest Face, died Tuesday in an apparent fall. A veteran mountaineer pieces together what is known.

Photographed on Minnesota airport tarmac

Was promoting One World Futbol

Rope broke, according to Urubko

We met Aydin Irmak last year when he was attempting to summit Everest with his bike. This year, he surprised us by returning to the mountain, summiting early—and finding himself in the middle of the brawl on Everest.

Covering "A Space Oddity"

Up to four years for first offense

Have not been fined for endangered bird deaths

How do you teach a boy to love the wilderness when you’re terrified of what might happen out there? Hiking with his ten-year-old son, William Broyles confronts his memories of Vietnam–and one very large grizzly. (And three other great essays on fatherhood, from Jack Hitt, W. Hodding Carter, and Anthony Doerr.)

Today Sherpas from several teams are working on fixing the route from Camp 4 (the South Col) to the Balcony. Tomorrow they hope to complete the route from the Balcony to the Summit. Winds look reasonable the next few days so after the 10th I imagine some teams will be…

Today the Sherpa fixing team reached the summit of Everest! Fourteen Sherpas from 8 different teams worked together installing new anchors and fixed lines.  Two Sherpas from Alpine Ascents, Kami Rita and Fur Kancha Sherpa contributed to the work, summitted, and are now descending down to Camp 2 —…

An image of climbers moving up the Lhotse Face.

Suggests insects as food source for growing population

Tomorrow we are moving up on our summit 'rotation' to attempt the summit of Everest & Lhotse (around May 18-20). The weather is looking good, the routes up both summits are now in good shape & fixed. You can also check out my own blog with…

In March, a Utah man died while attempting to replicate a rope swing made famous by YouTube. Will the tragedy curb the latest adventure trend?

Three riders miss the time cut

Waiting for more snow

Environmentalists gain an unlikely ally

It's a tough day for sailing and the America's Cup, but the news is hardly shocking.

Could require emergency spacewalk

Cause of death confirmed for man and his dog

Gran Fondo New York budgeting $15,000

Mother of victim accuses him of negligence

Covered in shark bites

Clark Little jumped back into the waves of Oahu's North Shore hoping to capture the kinds of images not many get to see. Now he gets tumbled by shorebreaks full time, all for the sake of a good photo.

After the catamaran capsized

The first bike highway was born in car city, U.S.A.: Los Angeles. What can we learn from a vision of bike-centric transportation that never materialized?

Lived on raw fish and rainwater

Withdraws due to fever

Victim killed surfing in the Indian Ocean

FDA begins investigation

Heavy stubble rated the highest

Fourteen years after barely surviving a mountaineering accident in Alaska, Paradox Sports founder and amputee Malcolm Daly is making it his mission to bring hurt climbers back to the tribe

Inspired by an infamous assassin's escape from prison, the Barkley Marathons just might be the toughest race on the planet: a 100-mile-long, unsupported slog through the Tennessee backcountry that only 14 people have ever finished. Madison Kahn spoke to three of the event's regulars to get the story behind the Barkley.

Women more likely to give musicians their number

Hope to save blood bags

Body recovered from Vernal Fall

Man and dog found covered in bee stings

North Dakota is the worst

Fell on the Lhotse Face

If business protest doesn't derail plans

Four Germans were scaling Mount Mayon with a guide

A brilliant American financier and his wife build a lavish mansion in the jungles of Costa Rica, set up a wildlife preserve, and appear to slowly, steadily lose their minds. A spiral of handguns, angry locals, armed guards, uncut diamonds, abduction plots, and a bedroom blazing with 550 Tiffany lamps ends with a body and a compelling mystery.

Gets nod over Wiggins

Although initially reported as the result of altitude sickness, the death of DaRita Sherpa on May 5 was likely the result of a cardiac event. We take a look at why Sherpas are less susceptible to altitude-related illness.

Falling rocks injure another Sherpa on Lhotse face

Another missing; both were football teammates

Hikers lost since Sunday

After complaints from tribes

Billabong XXL awards announced

The reputation of American cycling has been dragged through the dirt in the last few years. Time has shown that Lance Armstrong, Tyler Hamilton, Floyd Landis, Levi Leipheimer, and many others built their reputations on cheating. But there’s a new generation of U.S. riders emerging to take their places—hopefully in an honest manner. This is another in the series

Aaron Gwin, two-time World Cup overall champion, on the finer points of going down

Threatens 4,000 homes

False report prompted 3-day search

Scandanavian country relies on trash to heat homes

Bit by a bat in the Mojave Desert

Frustrations mount

Project will protect rare breeds

Twitter's UCI_Overlord blamed

Walker hated mountain bikers

Search cost thousands

“I went out and this whole crowd was there, maybe 100 people. When I saw they had their faces covered, I knew this was going to be really bad.”

This week, the Billabong XXL Global Big Wave Awards will crown the mightiest rides and nastiest wipeouts of 2013. We called surf journalist Chris Dixon, who will help pick the winners, to check in on the state of big wave surfing.

With the number of fracking wells surrounding National Parks skyrocketing, a watchdog group exposes the true extent of their damage to our public lands

Judge denies anti-doping authorities access to evidence

Marathon sparked low point in social media

Result of two-year water census

Ralf Dujmovits took the iconic photo of a conga line of climbers on Everest in 2012, and he hoped the image would make the mountains safer. A year later, he reflects on what has changed—and what hasn't.

And why does it vary so much?

The Harlem Shake, a sheik, and a badass grandfather

How do you predict the weather at the top of the world? Ask a highly unconventional meteorologist.

Won three seats in parliament

APRIL 25I just got back to Everest Base Camp after spending 5 nights up on the mountain. On April 20, we climbed up through the Khumbu Icefall to Camp I.  We departed our base camp at 4 a.m. and arrived at Camp I around 10 a.m. and…

Expected to be formally listed in June

APRIL 26This morning I awoke at 7:20 a.m. to the rotors of the latest model Eurocopter B3 hovering above my tent as it prepared to land 50 yards away to resupply a neighboring camp. I thought to myself, this is getting a little surreal, as I walked from my…

First physical evidence found

Keep ticks (and Lyme Disease) away this summer with a few simple guidelines

One pilot killed, three injured

Parties meet at Base Camp after fight broke out