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Adventure Links of the Week » Explorersweb
6+ min ago (853+ words) When we’re not outdoors, we get our adventure fix by exploring social media and the web. Here are some of the best adventure links we’ve discovered this week. The Allure and Peril of Riding an Alaskan Wave for Nine Kilometers:…...
Arctic Kayakers Abandon Circumnavigation » Explorersweb
23+ hour, 50+ min ago (354+ words) Jerry Kobalenko is the editor of ExplorersWeb. One of Canada's premier arctic travelers, he is the author of The Horizontal Everest and Arctic Eden, and has just finished a book about adventures in Labrador. In 2018, he was awarded the Polar…...
Austrian Alps: 36 Hikers With Babies in Strollers Face Massive Bill After Rescue » Explorersweb
1+ day, 1+ hour ago (552+ words) Another strange incident has unfolded this week in the European Alps. Beside the recent Mont Blanc episode, in which irresponsible climbers requested a free helicopter rescue only to be refused by the mayor of Saint-Gervais, a group of hikers with…...
Weekend Warm-Up: The Last Observers » Explorersweb
1+ day, 1+ hour ago (253+ words) The Last Observers named in this documentary title are a married couple in Sweden, lighthouse keepers and lone holdouts against the tide of automation. For decades, Karin and Lennart Mikkelsen have dutifully recorded the weather, conducted field research, and maintained…...
Team to Attempt Unclimbed Gasherbrum VI » Explorersweb
1+ day, 23+ hour ago (333+ words) Jacek Pawel Czech of Poland is leading Szymon Kita and Aleksandra Kita in a late-season climb in the Karakoram’s Gasherbrum massif. The goal is unclimbed Gasherbrum VI, which is around 7,000m high. The altitude of GVI varies by source, ranging from…...
Thirty-two Alpinists Ignore Mont Blanc Warnings, Are Denied Free Helicopter Rescue » Explorersweb
2+ day, 16+ hour ago (392+ words) As we reported yesterday, the mayor of Saint-Gervais ordered the immediate closure of the Gouter and Tête Rousse refuges on Mont Blanc because of dangerous rockfall in the Couloir du Gouter. The extreme heat and drought have made the normal…...
Sohail Sakhi's Body Found on Broad Peak » Explorersweb
3+ day, 2+ hour ago (325+ words) The body of Pakistani climber Sohail Sakhi has been recovered from Broad Peak. Local volunteers from Shigar found Sakhi’s remains at 5,600m near Camp 1, according to Dawn. Muhammad Nadeem, Muhammad Bashir, and Abuzar spotted the body while searching on their own…...
Video: Watch an Angry Hippo Chase a Boatload of Tourists » Explorersweb
3+ day, 19+ hour ago (202+ words) Just as in the Arctic, walrus are more dangerous for boaters than polar bears, some boaters in Botswana discovered recently that an irritated hippo may be Africa’s most dangerous animal. The tourists were traveling between camps in a motorboat when…...
Eric Gilbertson Becomes the First Person to Climb the High Point of Every Country in the Americas » Explorersweb
3+ day, 20+ hour ago (967+ words) It took 16 years, but Eric Gilbertson of Seattle, Washington, has become the first person to climb to the highest point in every country in the Americas. The term encompasses North, South, and Central America, as well as the Caribbean. Ticking…...
Mont Blanc Refuges Closed Due to Rockfall Danger » Explorersweb
4+ day, 2+ hour ago (628+ words) Right at peak climbing season, all the refuges along the normal route up Mont Blanc have closed due to dangerous conditions, and there is no reopening date in sight. The extreme drought hitting western Europe has created an unacceptably dangerous…...