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Eschewing the Post Workout Window

What you need to know about the “window of...

From the end of the Amazon to the beginning. On foot and swimming.

Two years ago, Pete Casey put everything behind -...

ExWeb User Survey Results 2018

At the end of last year, ExplorersWeb conducted a...

Janusz Majer about the winter expedition to K2

Conversation of the Day: Janusz Majer about the winter...

Antarctica 2017: Ben Saunders Aborts, Spectre and the Maidens Soldier On

High speed crashes, aborted expeditions and sun dogs. December...

K2 – Remembering Wanda Rutkiewicz

K2 in summer and winter. Remembering the first woman-conqueror of...

Winter Everest: Alex Txikon Joined by Muhammad Ali Sadpara

Alex Txikon continues his on/off relationship with Everest as...

2018 Across the Frozen Baltic Sea From Sweden To Finland

Second attempt to cross the Baltic Sea From Sweden...

K2 Winter Expedition at this moment on the way to Islamabad

Started - National Winter Expedition on K2 2017/2018. Main...

Simone Moro: The “Coldest Climb of the Coldest Mountain”

Famed alpinist and cold climbing specialist Simone Moro was...

Mingma Gyalje Sherpa: Passion and Humility

Alpinismonline's character of the year has been busy in...

K2: How to Climb That Killer Mountain in Winter

The summit seems to be leader Krzysztof Wielicki’s last...

Natal (Christmas) in Tefe, Amazonas for Pete Casey

Tefe - new milestone. Pete is fol­low­ing the mighty...

Antarctica 2017: Summer Holidays and South Pole Milestones

The Spectre team do some aggressive upwind kiting, Ben...

Interview: Simone Moro on winter K2

December 21 marks the official start of winter. This...

A Deep Dive into Everest Stats

Death rates are decreasing, summits are increasing, and the...

RPE versus Work In Reserve.

Learning to train at the proper intensity without the...

Antarctica 2017: Summiting Spectre and the Long Walk Home

Leo Houlding and team summit the mighty Spectre, Ben...

Everest 2017: More Crowded and More Expensive

With 648 summits in 2017, second only to the...

Why Cold Water is Good for You

Cold water could save your life - here's why......

Antarctica 2017: Crevasse Scares and Sastrugi Battles

Leo Houlding avoids disappearing in to a crevasse, while...

The World’s Five Most Dangerous Swims

From running rivers to raging oceans, here's a list...

Russian Piolet d’Or 2017

For the fourth time Sergey Nilov and Dmitry Golovchenko...

Antarctica 2017 Weekly Roundup 12/01

The third update on the progress of Leo Houlding’s...