News, commentary, and insights on adventures, and adventurers, from around the globe.
Since this past spring, we’ve been following the attempt by Cory Richards and Esteban “Topo” Mena to open a rare new route on Everest’s North Side. First, we followed the duo’s updates from the mountain as the expedition unfolded and later we’ve been fortunate enough to catch all of the action via a series of…
The Manitou Incline in Colorado is an infamous hiking trail. The route, which is often simply called “The Incline,” gains more than 2000 feet (609 meters) over the course of a single mile (1.6 km), making it a lung-bursting, leg-cramping climb. Those who do undertake this challenging ascent are treated to spectacular views along the…
Located in a remote region in the North Atlantic, the Faroe Islands see few visitors, yet are strikingly beautiful and extremely accommodating to those who make the effort to get there. In this video, we travel to that distant land, found north of Scotland, where we meet Rannvá Joensen, who happens to be one of…
A study in skill and determination, this video takes us to Italy along with rock climber Jacopo Larcher, who sees the culmination of six years of work come together on a rock face. Over that time period, Larcher has emerged on the climbing scene, shifting form a good trad climber to a versatile and strong…
If you’ve been around any serious cyclists or mountain bikers, you’ve no doubt met someone who is obsessed with cutting every “unnecessary” ounce from their bike. These ounce-counters will go to great lengths –– not to mention great expense –– just to shave a few ounces from their rides. But in this video, which is…
Often times we’re so focused on the big mountain peaks in the Himalaya and the Karakoram, that we often forget about the beautiful and majestic mountains that are found in other parts of the world. Take Mont Blanc for instance. There are few mountains on Earth that have had a bigger influence on mountaineering than…
Pro Tip: When you decide to take a nap outdoors, it may be best if you don’t do it in bear country. That’s the lesson the two men in this video learned the hard way, when a young bear cub snuck up on them while they dozed in the grass. The result was quite a…
This past March, mountain athlete Emelie Forsberg became a mom for the first time. Ask any parent, and they’ll tell you that those first months are filled not only with a lot of joy, but also plenty of stress and sleepless nights too. In this video, Emelie shares her experience with this change in lifestyle,…
Over the past few years we’ve seen several stories about massive chunks of ice breaking off from Antarctica, but for the most part we haven’t had a chance to truly see the forces at work behind those calving events. In this video, we travel to the Frozen Continent where stunning footage captured by a drone…
In an age when trans-Atlantic flights take place hundreds of times each day, its good to see a throwback to an era when that wasn’t quite so common. In this video, we join a couple of pilots as they set off to traverse the Atlantic in a 1930s era Douglas DC-3 aircraft. Back then, such…
