On Friday, Tracee Metcalfe became the first U.S. woman to scale all 14 of the world’s 8,000m peaks. She did so by summiting Tibet’s Shisha Pangma. At 8,027m, it is the lowest of the 14. “It was magical,” Metcalfe told ExplorersWeb. The 50-year-old internal medicine physician from Vail, Colorado, added some details about the summit […] The post Tracee Metcalfe Becomes First U.S. Woman to Climb the World’s Highest Peaks appeared first on Explorersweb ..read more

Yesterday, a helicopter from the Indian Air Force picked up Fay Manners and Michelle Dvorak after a French climbing party helped the two climbers down Chaukhmaba III. The past three days have been full of tension. Now, visibly exhausted but happy to have survived such a close call, Manners has shared some details of what […] The post How Fay Manners and Michelle Dvorak Survived the Ordeal on Chaukhamba III appeared first on Explorersweb ..read more

The U.S. expedition aiming to film a ski descent of the Hornbein Couloir on the North Side of Everest has aborted its attempt. Details are few, but a short report in The Himalayan Times blames poor conditions on the route and too little remaining time for why they called off the attempt above Camp 3. […] The post Americans Abort Attempt to Ski Everest’s Hornbein Couloir appeared first on Explorersweb ..read more

After two team members summited on Oct. 5, a second group from the Russian Dhaulagiri Expedition has gone quiet while pushing for the summit. Expedition outfitter, Pemba Jangbu Sherpa told The Himalayan Times that team leader Alexander Dusheyko, Oleg Kruglov, Vladimir Chistikov, Mikhail Nosenko, and Dmitrii Shpilevoi have been out of contact since yesterday. What […] The post Dhaulagiri: Five Climbers Missing After Summit Push appeared first on Explorersweb ..read more

Some days ago, we wondered about the identities of the two unnamed climbers with a Makalu climbing permit for this fall. It turns out that the mystery pair are Ukrainians Mykyta Balabanov and Mykhailo Fomin. The climbers are totally alone on the mountain, hoping to open a new route in alpine style. As with other […] The post Ukrainian Piolet D’Or Pair To Attempt New Route on Makalu appeared first on Explorersweb ..read more

When we’re not outdoors, we get our adventure fix by exploring social media and the web. Here are some of the best adventure links we’ve discovered this week. The Hardest Night: On Oct. 3, 1984, Tim Macartney-Snape and Greg Mortimer became the first Australians to climb Everest. The rest of their party had turned back […] The post Adventure Links of the Week  appeared first on Explorersweb ..read more

Climbers Iker and Eneko Pou have just informed ExplorerWeb that a French party has successfully reached Fay Manners and Michelle Dvorak. The two women have been stranded at 6,500m for two days on Chaukhamba III (6,974m) in the Garhwal Himalaya. According to Iker Pou, Manners’ social media agent told him that Manners and Dvorak have […] The post Breaking: Fay Manners and Michelle Dvorak Rescued! appeared first on Explorersweb ..read more

Search and rescue efforts on 6,974m Chaukhamba III in India’s Garhwal Himalaya failed today to locate Fay Manners and Michelle Dvorak. The two elite women climbers have been missing for two days. At last word, they were stranded at 6,500m after their bag of climbing gear, food and other equipment fell into a deep gorge. […] The post Update: Efforts To Rescue Fay Manners and Michelle Dvorak Fail on Saturday appeared first on Explorersweb ..read more

Elite alpinists Fay Manners of the UK and Michelle Dvorak of the U.S. have been missing for over 36 hours at 6,500m on Chaukhamba III. The 6,974m peak lies in the Gangotri group of mountains in India’s Garhwal Himalaya. The two women started their expedition from Delhi on September 15. Two days ago, they  reportedly […] The post Fay Manners and Michelle Dvorak Reported Missing In Garhwal Himalaya appeared first on Explorersweb ..read more

The potentially life-sapping cold of continental Siberia requires a specific lifestyle. In Yakutia, the world’s largest administrative and territorial region, people must adapt to long, brutal winters with average temperatures of -50°C. The lowest temperature recorded was -71°C, the coldest on Earth outside Antarctica. Keep busy, keep warm This short documentary gives a snapshot of […] The post Weekend Warm-Up: One Day in the Coldest Village on Earth appeared first on Explorersweb ..read more