Jimmy Chin is an Asian American elite athlete, known for his mountaineering prowess, and accomplishments throughout the world. In 2006 he achieved the first successful American ski descent from the ...

Alex Honnold is a Rock Star. Alex is an American climber known for his amazing feats climbing rock. He thrives on massive granite walls, with little to no protection, and often climbs alone. Honnold ...

Every year I go to UK documentary film festival Sheffield Doc Fest, and every year there's one doc that absolutely blows me away — this year I was lucky enough to see two such movies and one of them ...

There’s steady, scary thrill in the final third of Meru, the latest attempt to conquer the climb-and-tweak-the-nose-of-God mountaineering documentary, a genre that has yet to reach its apex. The ...

The documentary aims to capture not only the technical difficulties of high-altitude climbing but the personal cost and ...

At what point does the pursuit of challenging goals turn into a dangerous obsession? How far do you go to pursue your goals? Source: 11417994/Pixabay I have been asking myself this question ever since ...

There are two event formats in Olympic ski mountaineering, which make up three disciplines at the Milan Cortina Games: the sprint race (men's and women's disciplines) and the mixed relay race.

Often referred to as "skimo," ski mountaineering is the only new sport debuting at the 2026 Milan Cortina Winter Olympics, combining elements of Alpine and cross-country into a ski race with physical ...