"But you don't have toto climb the highest mountain in the world? What'swrong with this picture?"T he last time 10 or more people died on Everest was in 2015, during an avalanche. By some measures, the Everest machine has only gotten more out of. Last year, experienced climbers, ...
Mount Huashan is 138 km from Xian Xianyang Airport. Take a bus or a train from there to reach to Mount Huashan. The total trekking time is 3-5 hours. If you start the journey in the morning, you can comfortably return by sunset. Mt Huashan hike costs about 30 USD, depending on the ...
On their last runs in Peru, all three trucking teams are charged with delivering loads to a large, local festival, high into the Andes. Lisa and G.W. haul a load of bulls, some of which have G.W. running and diving out the bulls horns' reach. Veteran Hugh Rowland hauls a truck fu...
According to numbers reported by theCenters for Disease Control and Prevention,mosquitos have proven to be the deadliest among all animals in the world. Much of that is due to mosquito-borne illnesses. The CDC says an average of 2,400 people die every year in the U.S. just from the West...
Ice Road Truckers Alex Debogorski, Rick Yemm, and Lisa Kelly make a living driving the deadly ice roads of North America, but they’ve never seen anything like this. To prove they’re the best drivers in the world, the truckers head to India to take on the extreme mountain roads of th...
” Steck told me after Arnold’s climb. “If you run a hundred meters, if there is too much wind from behind, a record doesn’t count. A mountain is always different. I climbed the Hinterstoisser free; [Arnold] didn’t. I waited until the whole face was covered in snow; he didn...
3th century BC, Deadliest Blogger’s look at the man who shook Rome to its roots. Part of our series on the greatest generals in history. Breaching the Alps: Hannibal’s Icy Ordeal: 218 BC, an examination of how and why Hannibal chose to bring an army across the snowy Alps to attack...
And a strong burning sun in a cloudless sky. This is the world of the large deserts. And one of them is Taklamakan Desert, the largest desert of dunes in Asia. Let’s make a journey to this challenging place, and to be prepared for tips on how to visit Taklamakan Desert and get ...
Joe Wilcox, a 24-year-old graduate student at Brigham Young University, they hoped to climb Denali via the Muldrow Glacier on the north side of the mountain, a line that’s more remote—and less expensive to access—than the West Buttress option, which is the most common way up the ...
The most destructive landslide fell from Peru’s highest mountain, Mount Huascarán, located in the west-central Andes. Fast-moving snow and earth swallowed the village of Yungay, buried much of Ranrahirca, and devastated other villages in the area. The Indian Ocean Earthquake and Tsunami (...