In this series, we consider the 10 largest islands in the world from the perspective of a self-propelled traveler. Today, #9: Great Britain.
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'It was easy,' said Bartek Ziemski, of his ski descent of Lhotse. 'After all, it was all downhill.' Clearly, a hard man in the Polish winter tradition.
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Hiking in the French Alps, Howell was bitten by an asp viper. Allergic to the venom, he went into anaphylactic shock and barely survived.
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A large Sherpa team has fixed the route to the top of Everest in record time. But jet stream winds will now make summiting impossible until at least May 18.
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Earlier, the trio also summited the unclimbed east peak of Jarkya Himal. They rested in Camp 2 for a couple of days, then went back up for the main peak.
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Several teams of Sherpas, taking shifts from Camp 4, summited Everest today, with some clients close behind. The long-delayed route is finally open.
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In an impressive, old-fashioned climb, Ziemski became the first to summit Lhotse in 2026, breaking trail with no previously fixed ropes. He then skied down.
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This potentially deadly infection, which recently affected cruise ship passengers, is actually more of a risk to anyone who sleeps or recreates outside.
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Phura Gyaljen Sherpa, 20, from Thame village left Camp 2 yesterday evening, loaded with gear. He reportedly slipped at around 7,000m, just below Camp 3.
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A batch of newly declassified UFO-related files includes enhanced images of lights on the moon seen by astronauts on two Apollo missions.
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Fed up with waiting, Mingma G of Imagine Nepal has decided to fix the ropes to the summit himself. Late today, the official team agreed to join him.
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The slide caught four people at around 7,000m as they were coming down from the summit. Rescuers unburied three but could not help Shelley Johannesen, 59.
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The best outdoor links of the past seven days, from the first fatal bear attack in Montana's Glacier National Park in 28 years to lots of Everest news.
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On May 10-11, 1996, a storm trapped dozens of climbers, killing eight. To understand the tragedy, we have to understand commercial climbing at the time.
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In this documentary, Miles and friend 'Ponch' paddle the Murray River. They feel bad about enjoying themselves on a beautiful but dying river.
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After two days of fierce wind, the weather has improved enough to allow Sherpas to reach the South Col, the location of the final camp before the summit.
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The latest reports from expeditions to Greenland, Svalbard, Nunavut, and the Northwest Territories. Some aborted before they began, others ended happily.
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The threesome are aiming for a new line on 6,974m Chaukhamba III and will attempt to climb alpine style -- rarely done on a wall of this magnitude.
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DNA samples, compared with the DNA from direct descendants of the crew, has identified three men from the 'Erebus' and one from the 'Terror.'
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A brief storm isn't a big deal in an average season on Everest, but the progress has already been so delayed that every hour counts.
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