travel The human and financial cost to summit Mount Everest is staggering Seamus Bellamy

video Watch this climber's timelapse of Mount Everest at night Andrea James

futility closet In the 1930s, an Englishman decided to fly to Mount Everest and climb it alone Futility Closet

Environment Nepal is banning single-use plastic on and around Mt. Everest David Pescovitz

crowded places Look at this crowded line of people waiting for their turn to climb Mt Everest Mark Frauenfelder

oceans Wealthy adventurer just became the first person to touch the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean David Pescovitz

travel Overtourism: the plague affecting the world's most interesting places Andrea James

futility closet In 1924, two British mountaineers disappeared trying to conquer Mount Everest. No one knows if they succeeded. Futility Closet

mountains Explore Mount Everest in 3D Rob Beschizza

Science Anti-PUA: Fascinating profile of the data-driven "love science" pioneers Cory Doctorow

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Entertainment “Meru,” a new film on the quest to scale an “unclimbable“ mountain in India Mark Frauenfelder

NASA Fly over Pluto in animated New Horizons video. Here are the amazing images NASA released from Pluto Fly By today. Xeni Jardin