“The former Kazakh and now Russian citizen Denis Urubko has reached the summit of Kangchenjunga (8,586m), establishing a minor variation on the lower face to access the north ridge.”

““Antarctica?! Who goes there?” That’s what flew out of my father’s mouth when I told him where I was headed. Having spent all of their lives in Illinois, it was difficult for my family to wrap their brains around what would draw me to such a remote and harsh continent.”

“Alaska’s Brooks Range is one of the more remote and rugged mountain ranges on the planet. It stretches for 700 miles (1100 km) across the northern part of that state, in a region that is almost entirely uninhabited, but is home to a collection of wildlife that includes large herds of caribou, as well as moose, bear, and other large animals.”

“Two polar explorers made history on Tuesday by becoming the first to circumnavigate the Greenland ice sheet by snowkiting. Dixie Dansercoer of Belgium and Eric McNair-Landry of Canada completed the 2,513.4-mile Greenland ICE Expedition in 55 days.”

“The interminably hot, backbreaking days of hiking the 2,200-mile spine of eastern North America seems like an appropriate place to dream of the relative ease of paddling. In 2012, friends Brad Tallent and Austin Graham backpacked the length of the Appalachian Trail.”

“In order to complete the Grand Slam, an explorer must summit each of the 7 Summits (tallest mountains on each of the seven continents), and visit both the North and South Pole. Ryan has previously climbed each of the mountains and skied to the South Pole, but he needed an unsupported expedition to the North Pole to fill out his resume.”

“In 2011, Mike Ranta realized his dream of canoeing the old voyageur highway from Rocky Mountain House, Alberta, to Montreal, Quebec. Now, the 42-year-old and his dog, Spitz (whom he found on the 2011 expedition), are back at it again, attempting a 5,000-mile, single-season crossing of Canada, from Vancouver, B.C., to Cape Breton, Nova Scotia.”

“After two weeks of successful first descents in the dangerous and cartel-controlled state of Michoacan, Mexico, our crew had one last river to explore.”

“As a kid, Alex Chacon would look at the globe and wonder what other parts of the world looked like. Once he graduated from the University of Texas, he sold everything and climbed aboard a motorcycle for an epic trip to see the world.”

“Regan Kennedy and Josh Muller spent six weeks in Rocklands, South Africa, testing themselves on the sandstone boulders and enjoying the simple life of a climbing trip. We caught up with Regan to get the scoop on the newly developed area.”

“From kayaking among calving glaciers in Patagonia’s Torres del Paine National Park to soaking in thermal hot springs in the Atacama Desert, a trip to Chile can provide a lifetime of adventures. Here are three of our favorites.”

“We set out on an ambitious mission— to traverse the Weminuche Wilderness and attempt to climb and ski five Centennial summits along the way. At 500,000 acres, the Weminuche Wilderness area in the San Juan mountains is Colorado’s largest and many of the peaks require exhaustive approaches (the Maroon Bells / Snowmass Wilderness is 181,000 acres just to compare).”