Six of seven summits under her feet, 42-year-old Sikkim climber scales Mt Vinson Massif

Manita Pradhan, a 42-year-old mountaineer from Sikkim, scaled Mount Vinson Massif, the highest peak in Antarctica at over ...

Ecuador’s Volcanoes Make Great Stepping Stones For Bigger Peaks

Ecuador has several dormant volcanoes not only challenging in themselves, but great practice for bigger peaks. Here is a ...
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I’ve Worn This Packable Puffer From Alaska to Antarctica—and It Keeps Me Warm No Matter Where I Go

I’ve had this jacket since 2016, and it’s still going strong, some 30-plus countries later. The cruise company gifted it to me since I was working for them, ...
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Aconcagua Summit: A Kind Of Hell Up Near Heaven, If That Makes Sense

Climbing the final 3,500 vertical feet of terrain on the world’s peak mountain outside of Asia is not only physically demanding, but mentally, too. In Part 1 of this series about Argentina’a Aconcagua ...
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Rarefied air: Rockford-raised climber bags the Seven Summits

Steve Stevens still doesn’t have an answer to a question he was first asked in August, right after he’d finished climbing Mount Elbrus. The 18,510-foot peak in Russia is the tallest mountain in Europe ...