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The year 2006 recorded Mount Everest’s deadliest season on record since 1996 (the killer season that spawned Jon Krakauer’s Into Thin Air).
To tell the story of the 2006 season, which made global headlines due to the troubling circumstances surrounding the death of a climber, journalist Heil, a climber himself, gives [...]

While the climbers in the Himalaya wait for the opportunity to go up, the rest of us sit and watch with them, waiting for word on their successful summits and thinking about our own opportunities to explore high places. It turns out there are plenty of great mountains that even us mortals can tackle, and [...]

Each spring, just like clockwork, a young man’s (and woman’s!) heart turns to thoughts of sunshine, blooming flowers, and of course new gear! We’re all heading outside to take in the great weather, many of us for the first time in months, and nothing gets you excited about playing outside more than new outdoor equipment. [...]