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This largest island in Indonesia has been home to people for 70,000 years, but populated Sumatra still shares space with vast swaths of wild jungle.
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Everest has brought us another story of miraculous survival. Hillary Dawa Sherpa, missing for a week and left for dead, crawled back from above Camp 3.
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Pirates used a hideout at Nassau in the Bahamas during the "Golden Age" of piracy. Marine archaeologists have found new evidence of their activities.
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Hillary Dawa Sherpa went missing on May 29 while descending from near Everest's summit. What happened, and why did his employer not launch a rescue attempt?
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New research suggests that DEET, a widely used ingredient in insect repellants, can attract mosquitoes if they learn to associate the smell with feeding.
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An elite international team has set off to try a new big wall route on Tahu Rutum. The 6,651m peak has been climbed only once before.
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American Wesley Tils, 33, is one week into an ambitious 12,800km walk across the United States, travelling from east to west.
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Rescue teams in a remote area of Laos are still trying to rescue two people from a flooded cave system. On May 20, seven villagers entered a cave in a mountainous area of the central Xaysomboun province to look for gold. While deep inside, flash floods sub
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Everest is not quite empty and the reason is alarming: a Sherpa guide has been missing since May 29. It is unclear whether anyone has attempted a rescue.
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After a week spent high on the mountain, a helicopter has finally airlifted three climbers stuck at Camp 2 to safety.
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The best outdoor adventure links of the past seven days, from the mountain rescue of an OnlyFans model to the discovery of a legendary Italian alpinist.
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Drifter's Escape documents climber Connor Herson's attempts at a first ascent of what may be the most difficult trad climb ever completed.
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For the second day, clouds kept the helicopter from landing to retrieve the three, who are running short of food and fuel.
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Three Latvian climbers have died in an accident on Mt. McKinley in Alaska. Rescue services have evacuated a fourth climber, who is in a critical condition.
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Today marks both Everest Day -- the anniversary of the first ascent in 1953 -- and the official end of the climbing season, as the Khumbu Icefall closes.
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Most expeditions on the Greenland Ice Sheet have finished, but in the Canadian Arctic, some veteran adventurers embrace late spring conditions.
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Jamieson Hatt completed a 1,160-mile trail in Wisconsin with everything on his back from the beginning.
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This series explores the 10 largest islands in the world from the perspective of an adventurous traveler looking for new possibilities. Today, #7: Honshu
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Tyler Andrews is safely down after summiting Everest in record time, using oxygen. He says he won't return to the South Side to try for the no-O2 record.
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Saulius Damulevicius fell sick on his way down and needed help from Camp 3 to Camp 2. However, the rescue was not as dramatic as early reports suggested.
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