The Long View Of Martin Litton
Two years ago, my wife and I were floating a glassy section of the Upper Grand Canyon, when our guide told us to take in our paddles....
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Plane Headed To Everest Crashes, Kills 19
What would you be afraid of if you were heading to the Everest region? Avalanches? Freak storms and frost bite? HAPE and HACE? All valid—but there's another...
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Your Ski Setup: The Balancing Act
What do you like to ski? Powder? Bumps? Backcountry steeps? Matching the right skis, boots and bindings for one's needs is essential for a rewarding skiing experience....
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Google Maps Go Underwater
[embed=https://www.youtube.com/embed/7syWPIZt9B4]It wasn't long ago that people marveled as they toured their neighborhoods on Google Earth, but now Google has gone even "deeper." On Tuesday, the company added the...
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Himalayan Climbing, Spring '12: The Stats
In an interview with Ang Tshering Sherpa, founder of the expedition services company Asian Trekking, ExplorersWeb got some of the most interesting stats from Nepal's 2012 spring Himalayan...
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Glen Plake, Greg Hill Survive Massive Avalanche In Nepal
At 4:45am Sunday morning, a massive avalanche swept down the face of Nepal's Manaslu, the world's eighth highest peak, burying teams of climbers and skiers as they...
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"Impossible" Expedition Prompted By Pride
It's been a century since Antarctic explorer Robert Falcon Scott's British expedition reached the South Pole on skis, locked in a mad race against Norwegian Roald Amundsen....
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"The Most Incredible Volcano Video Of ALL Time!"
You've been to the edge of a volcano, right? Well—not like this.[embed=https://www.youtube.com/embed/DceHEBGVfj4]Geoff Mackley, Bradley Ambrose and Nathan Berg went to the edge of Marum Volcano on Ambrym...
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On The Hunt For Abalone Poachers In Northern California
Last spring, Don Powers steered his government-issue pickup down Highway 1, the thin ribbon of blacktop that hugs California's North Coast. The sun shone bright, the scent...
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Adventures Without A Cause
The next time some would-be adventurer tells me he's doing an expedition to raise money for a cause, I'm finally going to say what I've been choking...
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Human-Humping Dolphin A Threat To Divers
If you were hoping to get lucky on your next vacation, it wasn't like this.[embed=https://www.youtube.com/embed/IlaZis3KQl8]Visitors to Grand Cayman Island are being warned about a solitary wild male...
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Will North Cascades National Park Get Bigger?
One of the United States' least-visited national parks may soon get an upgrade. A group of conservationists, led by former U.S. Senator Dan Evans and mountaineer Jim...
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Climbing Packs: Doing More With Less
Technical climbing packs—those lightweight, stripped-down bags that allow climbers to make quick alpine-style summit assaults—aren't just for mountaineering. In fact, they should be viewed as efficient daypacks...
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A Happy Kidnapping In Baja
One morning, shortly after a glimmering June sunrise over the rock islands of Bahía Concepción, we broke the hearts of two little girls into a million pieces....
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