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This adventure seeker decided to abseil backwards into an active volcano - before doing a handstand on the edge.
Daredevil Christopher Horsley descended into three lava-filled craters - one of which has never been explored before - during a two month expedition in the South Pacific last year.
The 26-year-old,...
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National Geographic, the oldest and most prestigious travel magazine in the world, has honoured Andrzej Bargiel, Adam Bielecki and Denis Urubko with the 2019 Adventurers of the Year title.
The Polish mountaineers, who shared the award with Americans Maureen Beck and Heather Anderson, made headlines for two very different...
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We dont want to hear about the time your dog did a fourteener. Mera, recently renamed Baru, made the first canine ascent of Nepals 23,389-foot Baruntse in November 2018.
On November 9, 2018, a dog named Mera became the first of her kind to reach the summit of Baruntse, a 23,389-foot peak in Nepal’s Himalayas, located jus...
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About 110,000 euros (£95,000) has been raised to continue the search for two climbers who went missing on a peak in Pakistan seven days ago.
Briton Tom Ballard and Italian Daniele Nardi last made contact from Nanga Parbat on 24 February.
Tensions between Pakistan and India and poor flying weather have delaye...
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To reach the top of a sea stack you must overcome ferocious seas and towering rock walls – it’s no wonder Iain Miller is one of the few people to do it.
Iain Miller is a full-time professional sea stack climber who spends his days guiding visitors from all over the world up and down the giant rock towers that line the wa...
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Despite ample volunteers and resources ready to be deployed, weather hampered any material progress in the rescue effort to locate Tom Ballard and Daniele Nardi on Nanga Parbat throughout Friday, March 1 in Pakistan. Ballard, a 30-year old British climber, and Nardi, a 42-year-old Italian climber, have been missing since Su...
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This article first appeared on https://explorersweb.com. The original can be read here.
The helicopter searching the Diamir side of Nanga Parbat for missing climbers Daniele Nardi and Tom Ballard has just spotted a tent at Camp 3, invaded by snow, in an area of avalanche debris. Nardi and Ballard last reported from aroun...
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Troubling winter news from Nanga Parbat for the second year running: two alpinists—this time the Italian alpinist Daniele Nardi and the British alpinist Tom Ballard—who were attempting a winter ascent of the Mummery Rib, on the Diamir Face, are overdue and may be stranded high on the mountain.
Nardi and Ballard were last...
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This article first appeared on https://explorersweb.com. The original can be read here.
Update, Feb. 26: Both K2 teams are back in Base Camp due to high wind conditions. News expected later today from Nanga Parbat.
In a last-ditch effort to salvage expeditions stymied so far by wind and snow, teams are moving up K2 an...
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