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The odds of dying on Everest are about one in 100. A new pulse oximeter claims it can drastically reduce that risk.
An off-trail adventure through perhaps the prettiest chunk of the lower 48
The knife edge of Switzerland's Hardergrat is 16 miles long with more than 10,000 feet of vertical gain
Two bold men, one reckless plan: to watch the sun go dark atop a huge snow-covered peak in South America. You won't believe what happened next.
An attempt that was fraught with complications, high jinks, and bad decisions
Spanish-speaking guides call the drug "levanta muertos" for the way it "brings life to a dead person"
The anonymous finder now has a million-dollar headache
Practice now and they'll come in handy on future adventures
Our writer was looking to find solace on the congested slopes of Snowdon in Wales when COVID-19 shut it down. He soon realized that a mountain devoid of humans isn't the vision he thought it would be.
Last year, mountaineers Adrian Ballinger and Carla Perez summited K2 without supplemental oxygen
Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, three Chinese teams reached the top of the world
How Colorado-based mountaineer Erin Parisi is preparing to bag all seven peaks
A group of eight researchers from China just summited the mountain with the sole mission of getting the most accurate measurement to date of the world's tallest peak
Patagonia's Nano-Air line works for almost any adventure, thanks to its rare combination of durability, stretch, and breathability
As every seasoned traveler knows, the most meaningful trips are the ones where everything goes wrong
If you're taking this time to reassess your career or set some new adventure goals, here are four affordable courses to add to your list
The American Mountain Guides Association published tips on how outdoor professionals can use "psychological first aid" to stay mentally healthy during these challenging times. But the advice is useful for all of us during the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.
Assemble a camp kitchen that is both inexpensive and functional
A lesson in perspective
In 2017, big-mountain professional skier Tobin Seagal set off a large avalanche in the mountains of Pemberton, British Columbia
An official declaration from Nepal's Department of Immigration confirms that the world's highest peak will be closed for the season due to coronavirus concerns
For now, despite COVID-19 concerns, the Nepalese side is still open for business
Nepal will soon indefinitely suspend visas on arrival for travelers from five countries where the virus has been detected in high numbers
Humans were born to dive, according to some scientists, and that fact helps us thrive at high altitudes
Spend less than you would on a restaurant dinner and get a book that you'll cherish for years to come
'The Brotherhood Escort' profiles splitboarder and Navy SEAL Josh Jespersen as he reckons with the death of his fallen comrades
Skier Greg Hill attempts big-mountain pursuits with only electricity and a front-wheel-drive Chevy Bolt
After losing the trail and his shoes, hiker Nick Noland descended 4.5 miles in 16-degree weather
Give an old tent new life with these at-home fixes
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?
He put four standouts through the ringer to see how they stacked up
According to Craig Romano, the local guy who literally wrote the book—actually, 20 of them—on hiking in the area
She's the first person to summit all 846 thirteeners in the lower 48 and Hawaii
Over six months and seven days, the Nepali climber summited all 14 of the world's 8,000-meter peaks
In 1986, Sharon Wood became the first North American woman to climb the world's tallest peak. Now she's opening up about her experience—on and off the mountain.
After a climbing partner became ill, high winds stranded Yev Krasnitskiy and his team on the upper reaches of Mount Rainier for five days with no way to go but up
The reclusive Slovenian made two first descents of 8,000-meter peaks, including the only full descent of Everest. He died in a forestry accident earlier this week.
Two years after his disputed back-to-back summit of the world's tallest mountain, alpinist and ultrarunner Kilian Jornet has received a permit to climb Everest again this fall. If he plans to go for another record, he's not telling people.
In April, alpinists David Lama, Jess Roskelley, and Hansjörg Auer went silent during a harrowing expedition in Canada. The climbing community mobilized, first for a search and then for a memorial. In the wake of the tragedy, writer Nick Heil examines the motives of cutting-edge climbers and wonders: How close should we stand to our own mortality to feel alive?
The country's Ministry of Tourism unveiled a series of proposals aimed at avoiding another disastrous, overcrowded year on the world's highest peak
The man who took the most shocking Everest photo of the year is about to break one of mountaineering's stoutest records
Here's what it takes to get yourself on top of Denali, from Salt Lake City, without a single motor
Ibrahim Cetindemir was pulled off his train and detained by U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents in Montana while making his way back home to North Dakota
Experts from the Wilderness Medical Society have combed through the evidence to assess what works and what doesn’t
'Heart Mountain Children' features a group of climbers as they summit a peak in Greenland
Sunday's episode of 'Last Week Tonight' took a stab at fixing the mountain's overcrowding problem
The Ecuadorian-Swiss climber set a blazing-fast time on North America's highest peak—besting the previous record, set by rival Kilian Jornet in 2014, by one minute
The deadly 2019 climbing season prompted a worldwide demand to reform management of the world's highest peak. Is change really possible? Mark Jenkins, a veteran alpinist who reached the summit in 2012, lays down an emphatic yes.
John and Alyson Kirk have crushed a long list of records in the mountains. This summer, they're chasing another one.
What does it mean to be a well-read outdoorsperson in 2019? We have 54 new ideas. Yes, we still love Cheryl Strayed and John McPhee, but here's an updated class of noteworthy additions.
A group of Indians claimed they reached the top of the peak, but they may not have made it past Camp III
The best way to deal with the wild winter's lingering snowpack
The company claims it has made a more waterproof, more breathable jacket. We took it ski touring to put those specs to the test.
A helicopter search spotted five bodies in avalanche debris
There's been limited research on the risks kids face in thin air, which means parents and guides have to make some tough decisions
When Wui Kin Chin collapsed high on the deadliest mountain in the world, he urgently needed a rescue. Instead, he sat alone at 24,000 feet for more than 40 hours.
When we say “Everest is crowded,” this is what we mean
It's the third death of the Everest climbing season
The Seven Summit Treks guide has reached the peak of the world's highest mountain for a 23rd time
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
Hailing from Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, and Oman, four female climbers are attempting to summit Everest—three of them for the first time
Twenty percent of climbers on the world's highest peak this season are women
Cell phone photos show that Jess Roskelley, Hansjörg Auer, and David Lama reached the summit but died on the descent
But the everyday athlete can learn a thing or two from him
They were three of the world’s best climbers. Here are the remembrances from those who knew them best.
Whether with selection, expertise, or free beer, these are the brick-and-mortar stores doing it best
David Lama, Jess Roskelley, and Hansjörg Auer had been attempting a difficult route up Howse Peak in the Canadian Rockies when they got hit by a massive slide earlier this week
Before his controversy-plagued doubled ascent in 2017, the Spanish ultra star deployed the latest altitude science to speed his high-altitude adaptation
After nearly dying while summiting Lunag Ri three years ago, Anker is still tackling tricky sends
In July, a group of Afghan women set out to climb 24,580-foot Mount Noshaq, their country's highest mountain. No Afghan woman had ever reached the summit, and many challenges stood in their way, from hostile Afghan men who think that women shouldn't exercise, to the terrorist attack in a district near the peak two days before the climb began. This is their story.
From Kathmandu to the top of the world, here’s an overview of the most popular route to Everest’s summit
In the upcoming film 'Voices of Fear,' from Montage Productions, adventure athletes reflect on their own relationships with this emotion
The ski mountaineer was known for her relentless summits of the world’s toughest mountains. But the best thing she did for her career was take a break.
The bodies of Daniele Nardi and Tom Ballard have been located after 14 days of searching
‘Troll Wall,’ from Salomon TV, documents Kilian Jornet’s first ski descent of the Fiva route in Norway’s Romsdalen Valley
In his new book, Mark Synnott offers a personal history of climbing, including a tense but revealing expedition to Pakistan with legendary climber Alex Lowe
Sometimes dying in the mountains is just the luck of the draw