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Virgin Earth: Mike Libecki Heads Back to Greenland to Climb Massive Tower

Virgin Earth: Mike Libecki Heads Back to Greenland to Climb Massive Tower

Standing over 1,000 feet taller than Yosemite’s El Capitan, the tower that Mike Libecki, Ethan Pringle, Keith Ladzinski and Andy Mann are hoping to climb over the next month is the kind of thing most climbers dream of. In a remote corner of Greenland, they’ll battle the

First Ascent of Huge Arch in China

First Ascent of Huge Arch in China

China is home to some of the world’s most spectacular natural arches, providing rock climbers adventures aplenty. A new arch was just recently climbed and it’s one of the biggest yet... The first time that Eben Farnworth rode the new high-speed train between Guilin and Yangshuo in China’

The Second Ascent of Konkankada

The Second Ascent of Konkankada

28 years after the first ascent, two Indian climbers send a big wall climb in South India's Sahyadri range. In Southwest India's Maharashtra state is the Sahyadri range, filled with climbing potential. 'Konkankada' is situated on the south-west face of the famed Harishchandragad Fort

Alpinists Mick Fowler and Paul Ramsden the first to summit Kishtwar Kailash

Alpinists Mick Fowler and Paul Ramsden the first to summit Kishtwar Kailash

Having set their eyes on this massif in 1993, their ten-year climbing partnership brought them back 20 years later to see it through till the summit Named after the politically unstable district of Kishtwar in the state of Jammu and Kashmir, northern India, Kishtwar Kailash (6,451 mts / 21,165