Weekend Warm-Up: Cycling the World
McKenzie Barney’s new documentary follows her solo bike‑packing odyssey across five continents, from a reclaimed bike in Ho Chi Minh City to the Cape of Good Hope, then on to New Zealand and Australia. The film captures stark landscapes, extreme weather and encounters with political unrest in Sudan and Ethiopia, while emphasizing minimalist travel and personal resilience. Partnering with her fellow cyclist Jim, Barney traverses 11 countries north from Istanbul and later rides south from Cairo to Cape Town. The narrative culminates in a relentless push through South America’s high‑altitude passes and Oceania’s rugged coastlines.
Weekend Warm-Up: Canoeing Australia's Most Contested River
Beau Miles and river expert Brian "Ponch" Poncho spend four days paddling the Murray River in a new documentary that spotlights Australia’s most contested waterway. The film follows their quest to source only food grown within the Murray basin, revealing...
A 40,000Km Walk Around The World
Australian adventurer Alexander Campbell, 31, is three years into a 40,000 km global trek that began in Sydney on 12 February 2023. He has already covered 20,000 km in 1,177 days, traversing the Middle East, South and Central Asia, and Europe, with ocean legs...
Koreans Bag First Ascent of Sato Peak Near Kangchenjunga
A three‑person South Korean team led by Ahn Chi‑young completed the first confirmed ascent of Sato Peak, a 6,220‑meter mountain in the Kangchenjunga region of Nepal, after a five‑day, alpine‑style push up the southeast face. The climbers established three high...
Everest Work Delayed Again as Authorities Ban Cargo Drones
Local Nepalese authorities have abruptly revoked the license that allowed Airlift Technologies to operate cargo drones on Mount Everest, halting a service that was delivering oxygen cylinders, gear, and planned waste removal. Both the Chinese‑made DJI FlyCart 100 and the...
Weekend Warm-Up: The Lost Forest
A team of ecologists and UK free‑climbers documented an untouched forest atop Mount Lico in northern Mozambique, first spotted via satellite imagery. The expedition required a 125‑meter, 500‑meter‑high granite climb to reach the basin, where scientists gathered soil cores, carbon...
Manaslu: To Turn Back the Clock on an 8,000m Peak, Go in the Off-Season
Ukrainian climber Alexandr Moroz and Russian partner Mark Ablovacky tackled Nepal’s 8,000‑meter Manaslu in April, opting for an off‑season, self‑sufficient ascent. With only two spring permits issued, they climbed without supplemental oxygen, Sherpa support, or fixed ropes, and set up...
A 19m-Long Giant Octopus Roamed the Cretaceous Seas
Scientists publishing in Science report that fossilized beaks indicate a Cretaceous octopus reaching roughly 19 meters—about the length of an 18‑wheel truck—making it potentially the largest invertebrate ever recorded. These eight‑armed, finned cephalopods lived 66‑145 million years ago, predating the last dinosaurs,...
Two Climbers Will Have Manaslu to Themselves This Spring
Kyrgyz climbers Alexandr Moroz and Mark Ablovacky are attempting a solo, alpine‑style ascent of Manaslu (8,163 m) in the spring, holding the only permit issued so far. They forgo base camps, fixed ropes and Sherpa support, carrying all gear themselves. At...
Inuit Man Lost For Three Days Without Food or Shelter in Blizzard -- Then Wins Volleyball Tournament
Peter Qayutinuak Jr., an Inuit from Taloyoak, Nunavut, became separated from his snowmobile group during a blizzard while traveling 140 km to a volleyball tournament in Gjoa Haven. He endured three days without food or shelter in -30 °C temperatures, navigating by stars...
Extreme Skier to Attempt No-Oxygen Climb and Ski Descent of Lhotse
Polish extreme skier Bartek Ziemski, 37, is preparing to climb and ski down Lhotse, the world’s fourth‑highest mountain at 8,516 m, without supplemental oxygen or Sherpa assistance. He is already at Everest Base Camp, where he will share the ascent route...
A Woman Is Riding 25,000Km on Horseback Across the Americas
Canadian explorer Olivia Cazes, 30, is one year into a 25,000‑km horseback trek from Ushuaia, Argentina to Prudhoe Bay, Alaska, following the Pan‑American Highway. After a partner withdrew, she upgraded gear and resumed the journey in January, balancing it with...
Adventure Links of the Week
ExplorersWeb’s weekly roundup spotlights a diverse set of adventure stories that captured attention in early April. Highlights include French photographer Thomas Fotomas’ surreal surf imagery, a pet parrot’s underwater submarine tour in the Bahamas, and the emerging “Alpine divorce” trend describing...
Fewer Americans, But Many Chinese, in the Himalaya This Year
The Nepal Department of Tourism reports that U.S. climbers with permits for peaks above 6,000 m dropped from 115 last year to 71 this season, a near‑40% decline. In contrast, Chinese expeditions surged to 89 permits, the highest national tally for...
Ocean Rowing Roundup for April
Dave “Dinger” Bell continues his unprecedented solo, unsupported row from Peru toward Mauritius, having covered 11,200 km—almost half of the 24,000 km journey—in 155 days despite weather‑forced pace cuts and sweltering cabin conditions. In April he ramped up from one to 11...