The Nutso 1910 Attempt to Plant a Flag on Denali's Summit—In Winter
The claim was an affront to Alaska and the frontier spirit. The mere idea that a certain Dr. Frederick Cook—of New York City no less—had climbed t...
Read moreThe claim was an affront to Alaska and the frontier spirit. The mere idea that a certain Dr. Frederick Cook—of New York City no less—had climbed t...
Read moreIn 1931, no one had climbed higher than Eric Shipton, a British coffee planter who cut his climbing teeth in Africa and made the first ascent of 7...
Read moreTired of being confused for a man and for the husband of her 20-something daughter she was traveling with throughout Cameroon, a 55-year-old Derv...
Read moreThere's an almost irresistible romance to it. Thor Heyerdahl's theory that the fantastic civilizations and architectural wonders of Central and So...
Read more“We learned so much from that one, silly boy.” Sherry McConkey delivers the hammer line at the close of McConkey, the documentary about the life o...
Read moreIt is an interesting thing. For some, their biggest physical accomplishments in life, their grandest adventures, come after only immense physical ...
Read moreBorn in 1908, Louise “Loulou” Boulaz reached her prime in the golden age of Swiss mountaineering, a time and place of abundant opportunity for any...
Read moreTo those with restless, wandering souls, the promise of a frontier, a hazy zone marking the edge of the known and what lies over the horizon, is a...
Read moreIn a career full of superhuman stories, Charlie Porter's 1975 climb on Baffin Island's Mt. Asgard stands out: He took a month just to ski in all hi...
Read moreFor thirty years, Dick Proenneke lived alone in the Alaskan wilderness. He lived in a cabin he built with his own hands. He had no running water a...
Read moreHistory’s greatest ocean rowing career started with a classified ad. It was 1972 and Peter Bird was selling velvet paintings door-to-door, the lat...
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