Category : Explorers

The Hidden Treasure: Kongur Tagh, 1981

Kris Annapurna

04/01/2022

Kongur Tagh (7,719m) lies in the Kashgar Mountains, near the eastern edge of the Pamirs. It is in one of the most remote areas of China, wit...

100 Great Explorers of the Last 100 Years

explorersweb

04/01/2022

Explorers

BY MARTIN WALSH, ANGELA BENAVIDES, ASH ROUTEN, KRIS ANNAPURNA, REBECCA MCPHEE, SAM ANDERSON, BRYON DORR, SEIJI ISHII, GALYA MORRELL, JERRY K...

Great Explorers: Rockwell Kent

Fiann Paul

04/01/2022

Arctic Explorers

“I don’t want petty self-expression...I want the rhythm of eternity,” Rockwell Kent once said about his life. And so he lived. Kent expre...

Cho Oyu 1964 and the Strange Double Life of Fritz Stammberger

Kris Annapurna

24/12/2021

8000ers Explorers History

The almanacs of climbing history prefer not to include it. The lists of ascents prefer not to list it. This is the story of Cho Oyu in 1964 ...

Changing Times: Three Prominent Female IFMGA Mountain Guides

Jilli Cluff

23/11/2021

Explorers Survival

Women make up less than 2% of all mountain guides certified by the International Federation of Mountain Guides Association (IFMGA). Here, we...

50 Years Ago: The Worst Mountain Disaster in British History

Jilli Cluff

22/11/2021

Explorers History Survival

Fifty years ago this week, the UK experienced the worst mountaineering debacle in modern history. Five adolescent students and their guide p...

New Zealand Explorers: Laura Dekker

Alex Myall

17/11/2021

Explorers Oceans

When minors do extraordinary things, controversy follows. That rule was no different for Laura Dekker. Bucking opposition from the authoriti...

Great Explorers: the Inuit Shaman Qitdlarssuaq

Jerry Kobalenko

12/11/2021

Arctic Explorers

The Qitdlarssuaq story has not been made into a movie yet, but it should be. It has all the ingredients of epic drama: murder, magic, rivalr...

Great Explorers: Fredrik Hjalmar Johansen

Alex Myall

02/11/2021

Arctic Explorers

While Fridtjof Nansen and Roald Amundsen sought fame and attention, Fredrik Hjalmar Johansen preferred obscurity. Yet Johansen was integral ...

“Don’t Let a Polar Bear Eat My Remains”: Paul Bjorvig’s Adventures on Franz Josef Land

lawrence millman

01/11/2021

Arctic Explorers History

The Norwegian Paul Bjorvig (1857-1935) usually isn’t considered a explorer, yet compared with some of the pre-Monty Pythonesque individuals ...

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