The mountains are calling and I must go, and I will work on while I can, studying incessantly.
- John Muir
A team of ten Nepalese climbers and Sherpas have made the first-ever winter summit of K2 at approximately 5pm local time on January 16th, 2021, making their mark on mountaineering history with the last remaining winter ascent of an 8,000-metre peak. Seven Summits Treks Base Camp leader Chhang Dawa Sherpa said in a Facebook post,
There is a place that people from all over the world go to in search of the answers to life’s questions. Whether suffering a loss, hoping to find direction, or stuck at a crossroads in life, thousands of people every year take part in an ancient tradition to walk to the Santiago de Compostela cathedral
From comic strips to feature films, these characters in fiction have entertained us and taken us to explore a myriad of worlds unknown. Ranging from the exploits of the daring archeologist Indiana Jones to the expeditions undertaken by the hobbits of The Shire to a common childhood favourite, Dora the Explorer—we have accompanied these characters
When we think of “death” we think permanence. The death of a coral reef, the death of a glacier, the death of a person, means they aren’t coming back. Ever. In the caving world, however, when a cave “dies,” it only means the cave is over for humans. It gets too small, is filled with
Who would volunteer to spend an entire year living in isolation on the coldest, most remote continent on the planet? Stuck in extremely cramped living quarters in an inherently dangerous workplace environment with almost zero contact with the outside world – it sounds more like a punishment than a job. On second thought, with daily
An Unexpected Visitor  One day at breakfast, my wife Jennifer says to me, “darling, have you ever thought of walking to the South Pole?” When you have been married for 40-some years and your wife says that to you at breakfast, the thing is not to answer too quickly. The way forward is actually to
