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The Outdoor Alliance, a coalition of national groups representing human powered outdoor recreation, hosted a partnership summit in Golden, Colorado  earlier this month. Inspired in part by Obama’s America’s Great Outdoors initiative, the summit’s goal is to increase public-private partnerships leading to greater stewardship, protection and enjoyment of public lands… Read the rest

Pro-life mountaineers around the world rejoiced today as 0-year-old American climber and fetus-rights activist Frankie Valentine completed his historic ascent of Mount Everest.
“They told him he lacked the backbone,” said Jordan Romero, who set the previous record for youngest person to climb the world’s highest mountain in 2010 when… Read the rest

For most people, climbing a mountain as challenging as Everest is an impossible feat. For others, it is a worthwhile challenge–one that can be potentially deadly for even the most skilled climbers. But for Nepalese climber Sudarshan Gautam, summitting Mount Everest will prove not only to be the biggest challenge… Read the rest

13-year-old Jordan Romero wants to become the youngest person in the world to summit Mount Everest. So, accompanied by his dad and his dad’s girlfriend, he’s started making the climb. Although Romero has climbed five of the Seven Summits, he’s aware that Everest is an entirely different beast… One that… Read the rest

“Victory!” shouted South Korea’s self-described climbing addict Oh Eun Sun, 44, when she reached the top of Annapurna, a 26,545-foot mountain. As if this isn’t an accomplishment in itself, the shout of enthusiasm wasn’t just concerning Sun’s journey to the top: This was the record-breaking climb, the last peak the… Read the rest

History goes as follows: In 1924, George Mallory and Andrew Irvine set off to summit Mount Everest, but never returned (Mallory’s body was discovered in 1999, Irvine’s remains missing). In 1954, Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay become the first men to officially and successfully summit the mountain, and are… Read the rest

If pop culture has taught us anything, it’s that high school seniors are worried about two things: where they’re going to go to college and whether or not they will still be a virgin by the time they get there. But seventeen-year-old Johnny Collinson has spent his high school years… Read the rest

It weighs in at 2.4 ounces, unfolds to 20 liters worth of space, and compresses down enough to dangle from your keychain. One review argues that the daypack is convenient, but that it’s just a “basic sack” that would work better for trips to the grocery store than serious hikes.… Read the rest

On Tuesday, after six days of unglamorous climbing, actress Jessica Biel reached the summit of Africa’s highest peak. It was an emotional accomplishment for the twenty-seven-year-old actress, who began crying immediately upon reaching the top.
Biel, who climbed the 19,340-foot mountain as part of the Summit on the Summit campaign… Read the rest