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Best Places to See Nature After Dark
The sun may power most of our world—but some things come alive only at night
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The Beautiful Canadian Rockies Shine in the Photography of Chris Burkard
Known for his work with surfers, Burkard traveled to a much colder climate to immerse himself in a new world
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Everest Climbers Now Prohibited From Taking One Deadly Route
Nepal announces that the Khumbu Icefall, where 16 sherpa were killed last year, is now off-limits
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Two Climbers Made It Up El Capitan Via an Impossibly Vertical Wall
It took just three weeks for Tommy Caldwell and Kevin Jorgensen to make free-climbing history
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Two Climbers Are Free-Climbing One of Yosemite’s Hardest Routes
Two athletes are halfway through an impressive 32-pitch climb up El Capitan’s Dawn Wall
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The Deadly Dilemma Facing Romania’s Brown Bears
Around the Carpathian Mountains, frustrated farmers and high-paying sport hunters are helping to set the highest bear hunting quotas yet allowed
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How One Crop Allowed Humans to Conquer the Himalaya
Hardy barley enabled us to survive at altitudes that were previously beyond reach
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San Gabriel Mountains Designated A National Monument
President Obama grants federal protection to half of the California mountain range
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The Real Cougars of Malibu Have Lives Full of Murder, Bad Sex and Poison
But a simple bridge over the freeway could help save the charismatic big cats
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Guadalupe Mountains Wilderness
Exposed fossil reef, rough hiking and extreme weather
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This 71-Year-Old Just Set a Record With His 1,673th Ascent of Mt. Fuji
The mountaineer says that now he’s ready to tackle Everest
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Six Hikers Are Missing in Mt. Rainier’s Worst Climbing Accident Since 1981
The climbers are still missing, but authorities suspect they were buried by an avalanche
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This Scientist Fell Down a 70-Foot Crevasse in the Himalayas But Managed to Claw His Way Out
Rescue teams finally reached him the following day
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An Avalanche on Mount Everest Made This the Deadliest Day in the Mountain’s History
With at least 12 dead, today is worse than the day in 1996 when eight people were killed in a storm
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Mount Everest Formed Because of India’s Relentless Push Against Asia
Just think of India as a giant Himalayas bulldozer
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If We’re Going to Climb Mountains, First the Earth Needs to Make Them
Temujin Doran’s video explores the processes that affect mountain evolution
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Mount Everest Climbers Are Now Required to Haul Nearly 20 Pounds of Garbage Off the Mountain
The new rule is meant to help tackle the estimated 50 tons of garbage currently sitting on the mountain
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A history of climbing the world’s tallest mountain
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Everest Pioneer Sir Edmund Hillary Dies
Take a look back at the 50th anniversary of his ascent of Mount Everest
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