Winter Climbs 2019: Mother Nature Keeps Everyone in Base Camp

Still Stalled on Nanga Parbat

The three major winter climb expeditions that we’ve been following closely are all essentially stuck in the exact same spot at the moment –– Base Camp. As is typical with a winter expedition on any mountain, Mother Nature dictates when and where progress takes place. In this case, heavy snows, high winds, and cold temperatures … Read more

Adventurous Motorcycle Rider to Take On The Coldest Ride

Adventurous Motorcycle Rider

Adventurous Motorcycle Rider: A Lithuanian motorcycle rider by the name of Karolis Mieliauskas is preparing to set out on what he calls The Coldest Ride. Considering where and when he is going, its tough to argue with that moniker, as the 37-year old adventurer hopes to reach the coldest place on the planet by motorbike. In … Read more

Fedor Konyukhov 2800 km into Southern Ocean Crossing

fedor konyukov row

It has been a few weeks since we checked in on the progress of Russian adventurer Fedor Konyukhov, the man who is attempting to row around the world via the Southern Ocean. Despite an array of challenges, he is continuing to make headway on this crazy adventure through one of the most dangerous and wild … Read more

China to Cut Everest Permits by a Third in 2019

Alpinist Ed Viesturs

If you were thinking of climbing Everest from the North Side in Tibet this season, your chances of doing that just got a little more difficult. On Monday it was announced that the Chinese government will dramatically reduce the number of permits that it issues in 2019 while it focuses on cleaning up the mountain. In … Read more

Greenland’s Ice Melting Four Times Faster Than Previously Thought

alaska glaciers

Hot on the heels of the news that Antarctica is now losing ice six times faster than previously recorded and North America seeing its glaciers vanish at an accelerated rate, today we have bad news from Greenland too. A new study published yesterday by the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences indicates that the country is … Read more

Winter Climbs 2019: Sleeping in Igloos on K2

igloos k2

Sleeping in Igloos Now that Lonnie Dupre has canceled his attempt to climb Mt. Hunter in Alaska, we’re essentially down to three major expeditions that we’ll be following in the weeks ahead. Those expeditions include the international squad on K2, as well as alpine style ascents on both Nanga Parbat and Manaslu. All three teams … Read more

North American Glaciers are Melting Faster Too

Banff Film Festival

Remember last week when we shared the news that Antarctic ice was melting six times faster than previously recorded? Well, it turns out that isn’t the only continent that has seen climate change impact its glaciers dramatically. A new report from scholarly journal Geophysical Research Letters indicates that in North America the glaciers are in full … Read more