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It takes one to know one
Climber Mark Synnott on witnessing Alex Honnold’s “Impossible” El Capitan free solo.
“I am Antarctica”: David Grann on The White Darkness
The author of The Lost City of Z goes to the ends of the Earth in search of another doomed adventurer, Frank Worsley
“Just a thing that I was supposed to do”
Jim Herrington on The Climbers, his 20-year quest to photograph the pioneers and legends of mountaineering.
A survivalist’s literary survival list
SEMI-RAD’s Brendan Leonard’s Cocktail Party Primer of some of the greatest adventure narratives.
Because he’s there
Leif Whittaker grew up in America's premier mountaineering family. What does that do to a person? As it turns out, enough to write a book.
High Exposure: Brendan Leonard on Sixty Meters to Anywhere
Is it more foolish to risk your life or risk wasting your life?
Case closed?
Carl Hoffman’s Savage Harvest explores the mysterious disappearance of Michael Rockerfeller. Did he perish at sea, or die at the hands of cannibals?
Jim Whittaker’s life on the edge
The first American to summit Mt. Everest shares his memories of the expedition on the eve of its 50th anniversary. Includes yeti content.