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Hansjörg Auer: No Turning Back

Hansjörg Auer: No Turning Back

“There is only one person you will have to bear for the rest of your life: yourself. That’s why being alone is so difficult. Even in the mountains, and not just because of safety. Being alone strips you naked, it makes you understand who you are, what is your value, the things that matter in life”.

Kimi Werner: Dive Into The Deep Unknown

Kimi Werner: Dive Into The Deep Unknown

Kimi Werner is a 37-year-old Hawaiian professional free diver and a decorated spear fisher. She has dived all five of the planet’s oceans, explored the Artic to the Antarctic, and has spent more time underwater than anywhere else. Then, for her love of the ocean, she quit the sport.

Japanese Climber Nobukazu Kuriki, 35, Dies on Everest

Japanese Climber Nobukazu Kuriki, 35, Dies on Everest

While moving down from Camp III to Camp II on Everest, Nobukazu Kuriki went missing after sending a radio message to his guides for help. Sherpa climbers found Kuriki dead at his camp. During Nobukazu Kuriki's eighth attempt at climbing Mount Everest, the Japanese climber sent out a

Black Diamond Drops Joe Kinder

Black Diamond Drops Joe Kinder

Ultra Resilience: The Tough Go Trail Running

Ultra Resilience: The Tough Go Trail Running

A trail runner and endurance athlete’s take on heartbreak, and how he copes when the going gets tough. Queenstown, New Zealand: 11:00pm and it was –3 degrees with heavy gale winds. While my flat mates were all cuddled up next to a fireplace in the cabin trying hard

Running a 100-Minute Mile at The Barkley Fall Classic

Running a 100-Minute Mile at The Barkley Fall Classic

It's around 2 pm of a much-awaited Saturday in the woods of Tennessee. I'm bleeding from scratches on my right leg, the toe of my right shoe is crushed and I barely have a few ounces of water left in my blue hydration pack. The last

Snow, Mud, Sweat and Tears: An Actif Epica First

Snow, Mud, Sweat and Tears: An Actif Epica First

It’s the middle of peak winter in Manitoba and tears are rolling down my face in pain and despair. I collapse onto a half-frozen pile of mud in the middle of nowhere, some place in South of Winnipeg in the freezing cold midnight. I’m not even sure where