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When The North Face created its Explore Fund nine years ago, the hope was that the program would facilitate more inclusivity and diversity in the outdoors. Now, nearly a decade later, the project continues to provide support and funds to nonprofits that focus on that mission. Since its inception, the Explore Fund has assisted thousands…
When it comes time to select new outdoor gear to take with us on our adventures, we can read all kinds of reviews, go to the gear shops to chat with staff, and scour the latest releases from top brands. That doesn’t always make it easier to decide what is worth spending our hard-earned money…
Yesterday I shared a beautiful and compelling video from one of the most iconic mountains in Europe. In the text that accompanied that video I noted that Mont Blanc is one of the peaks responsible for the birth of mountaineering. Another such mountain is the Matterhorn in Switzerland, which has been at the epicenter of…
Researchers have been speculating about it for the past couple of weeks, but it has now been confirmed that globally July was the hottest month ever recorded on Earth. Temperatures around the globe were said to be marginally higher than the were in July of 2016, which was when the previous record was set. The…
If you were paying attention to our coverage of the climbing season in Pakistan this summer you probably already know that K2 was once again a significant challenge for alpinists. In fact, thanks to deep snow and a high probability of avalanche danger, the mountain ended up turning back about 90% of the climbers who…
Climate change and massive deforestation have become important topics in Ethiopia. So much so that the current prime minster Abiy Ahmed has gone out of his way to encourage citizens to do their part in combatting those environmental issues. Recently, those efforts rose to an entirely new level however when the country set a new…
There is no question that Nirmal “Nims” Purja has emerged as the bright, shining new star in the world of mountaineering this year. Back in March, he announced his attempt to climb all 14 8000-meter peaks in a single seven month period to some degree of skepticism amongst observers. Since then, he has gone on…
It has been an extremely rough summer in Greenland. Back in June, we shared a story about how the country had lost 2 billion tons of ice in a single day, which at the time was an alarming number. But, things have only gone from bad to worse over the past few months as climate…
Over the past week and a half or so, we’ve been keeping a close eye on French inventor Franky Zapata and his attempt to ride a hoverboard of his own design across the English Channel. He had hoped to have accomplished that feat back on July 25, but a botched attempt to refuel mid-flight ended…
The 2019 Antarctic expeditor season is still a few months off, and while I’m sure we’ll have some interesting stories to follow this year, it will be tough to top the events that took place during the 2018 season. As you may recall, that’s when American Colin O’Brady and the U.K.’s Lou Rudd both made independent crossings…
