This is the phlog you've all been waiting for–Jordan reached the summit of Mount Everest yesterday around 10 a.m. local time, according to the team's live map. Team Jordan has now returned to Camp 2 after the big push, according to their blog. Jordan's summit makes him the youngest person…

Team is second from Korea to perish

Team Romero had a busy weekend. They spent their first night at the North Col (phlog above) and climbed as high as Camp 2 (app. 27,450 feet) before returning to advanced base camp for a few days of rest. Jordan, the team reports, is “a tad tired and in need…

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Ben Marr. Photo: Forge Motion Pictures For the latest video in the series Of Souls and Water, Forge Motion Pictures followed kayaker Ben Marr to Canada. The 25-year-old surfed a handful of big waves, from a rapid named Coliseum in the Ottawa River to a series on the Mistassibi…

K2. Photo: Kevin Mayea/Wikimedia Commons Roughly a week after Explorers Web reported that 28 people reached the summit of K2 in a single day, at least one expedition found themselves trapped in a storm on the side of the mountain. Climber Al Hancock has filed a dispatch on his…

Road closure forces skiers into lodge

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