“Welcome to Base Camp!” has been heard over and over this past week. Teams are arriving at EBC daily and on the Tibet side, the roads are full with SUVs driving to CBC. Look for first foreign climbs into the Icefall this next week. But first what happened last...

Ceremonies mark life. Many come with a birth of a child, a union of a couple or upon death. For the Sherpa, they will not climb Everest without one such ceremony, a Puja. But first, the news. Today’s Headlines Team after team is arriving at EBC while the roads are...

Ever wanted to know what makes an elite ultra runner tick? That isn’t an easy question to answer, but this short documentary film gives it a go, taking us behind the scenes with Courtney Dauwalter to see how she trains, prepares for a race, and pushes herself to her...

Some people prefer to get up and go for a run first thing for an early workout. But I’m lucky enough to live roughly 35 minutes from a ski area, which means it’s easy to bang out a lap or two before work. If there’s a better way to start the day in winter, I haven’t...

Lucie Hrozova posted a video of her friends climbing in Rjukan, Norway, when a scary situation unfolds. As the lead climber pulls onto an ice curtain on a mixed multi-pitch, the curtain snaps below his feet with his tools above the fracture line. Hrozova said that the...

From establishing a beautiful 9a+/5.15a in Bosnia during the Drill and Chill festival to a first go attempt at Croatia’s formidable 8c/5.14b multi-pitch Spomin, Adam Ondra’s recent road trip through the Balkans of southeastern Europe was, by all accounts, historic....