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3 days ago | explorersweb.com | Ash Routen

In two weeks, Dave Greene and Gaia Aish will set out on a 1,700km canoe and bike journey through northwestern Canada to the shores of the Arctic Ocean. The pair, who are life partners as well as teammates, will start biking from the Yukon-British Columbia border. After 100km, they will retrieve their canoe at Johnsons Crossing, a small settlement at the head of the Teslin River. They then swap pedal power for paddle power, stowing their bikes in the canoe.

5 days ago | explorersweb.com | Angela Benavides

Tyler Andrews left Everest Base Camp at about 9:30 pm Nepal time (late morning Eastern Time) to attempt a one-way, no-oxygen speed record up the world’s highest mountain. He has already reached the Khumbu Icefall. He began at night for strategic reasons:He will cross the Khumbu Icefall at its coldest, when it is more stable and less busy. Most climbers start crossing at least four hours later. During the Icefall stage, he will be supported by regular climbing/running partner Chris Fisher.

6 days ago | explorersweb.com | Angela Benavides

There’s summit news from three of Nepal’s 8,000’ers. Several climbers have succeeded without supplementary oxygen. MakaluSo far, Piotr Krzyzowski of Poland is the only climber among today’s summiters who has not used bottled oxygen. Seven Summit Treks has posted a list of 12 other summiters, all with O2 and Sherpa support. Saulius Damulevicius of Lithuania has summited as well, but it is not clear whether he eventually decided to use oxygen or not.

6 days ago | explorersweb.com | Ash Routen

Sled expeditions remain underway on Canada’s Ellesmere Island and in the Northwest Passage, while other journeys have recently concluded in Siberia, Iceland, and on Baffin Island. The Arctic spring is at its peak. The long days are brilliantly sunny. You can still get frostbite in a wind, but on a calm day, even just an undershirt may be too warm.

6 days ago | explorersweb.com | Angela Benavides

As the Sherpa team fixed the last meters of rope to the 8,849m summit of Everest today, the Khumbu Icefall and the Lhotse Face became increasingly busy. The first wave of climbers is on its way up. At least one of them will be running past them without bottled oxygen and in running shoes. American Tyler Andrews, 35, sets off tomorrow to attempt an FKT (Fastest Known Time) up Everest. Andrews considers this the climax of his career. He believes he can summit from Base Camp within a day.