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While you won’t find crowds of people at your local bike store who have made this amazing journey, those who have will tell you it was a life-changing experience, and almost always a positive one. If you’re thinking of trying it out for yourself, talk to as many people as you can to get tips about training...
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In 1856, while surveying the peaks of the Karakorum Range in northwest Pakistan, Thomas Montgomerie spotted two gigantic, towering mountains and named them K1 (Karakorum 1) and K2...
Soaring to an elevation of 20,320 feet, the south peak of Denali (also known as Mt. McKinley) is the highest point in North America. The Aleut Athabascan people, native to Alaska, named the mountain...
Located 4 degrees south of the equator in the Papua province of Indonesia, Carstensz Pyramid (elevation 16,023 feet) is the highest point on the Oceanic..
The Caucasus Mountain Range rises up between the Black Sea and Caspian Sea, dividing Europe (to the north) from Asia (to the south). Located in Russia, north of the main Caucasus Range, the two...
Whether you’re joining a guided expedition or organizing a private climb, ascents of 8,000-meter peaks require a long list of highly specialized gear...
Every four years, the Winter Olympic athletes show us the very best in skiing, skating, bobsled, luge, and more. But one of the most awe inspiring sports has got to be ski jumping. Wearing impossibly...
The view from the summit of Mount Vinson has been described as other-worldly. You are likely standing under an indescribably bright blue sky, gazing out at thousands of square miles...
Climbing the Seven Summits, the highest peak on each of the seven continents, was an idea invented in the early 1980s by Dick Bass, a wealthy, middle-aged...
The safest way to learn rock climbing is at an indoor climbing gym. These indoor gyms are popping up all over. They’re in all 50 states and on every continent in...
Aconcagua (elev. 22,840 ft.) is the tallest mountain in the Americas and, outside of Asia, the tallest mountain in the world. Towering 4,000 feet above neighboring peaks in the Argentinian Andes, the...