Stats News Explorersweb - the pioneers checkpoint

A screen shot from video fed to media, along with world record claims, showing Helen and her guide kiting at Antarctica. Compare the difference in style.

Antarctica: Helen Skelton world record hoax (and how you can help kill it)

UK media report today that Helen Skelton set a new world record at Antarctica. The claim is false and you could help to kill it.

LATEST NEWS

Antarctica World Records

Antarctica: Help kill Skelton hoax

Polar special: routes, hypes, and records

Best of ExplorersWeb: Special mention

AdventureStats Polar Section UPDATED

AdventureStats Polar Rules and Definitions

Roz Savage: record or not?

Himalaya current: Korean stats and more

Bear Grylls latest: "not about records"

Good bye, Walter Bonatti

K2 editorial: end of a womens' era

Preliminary Pak summit stats

2011 Himalaya/Everest preliminary stats

Pakistan 2010/2011 winter stats heads-up

Apa Sherpa's Everest summit no 21

Everest south side rope fixing special

Age and Everest: Fruit flies vs. seniors

Abele Blanc summits Annapurna

Final List of Everest and Himalaya

Karakoram list of Expeditions

2011 Himalaya preliminary list of expeditions

Pakistan season's end climbing stats

More about Eide’s SP world record

Eide bags SP solo speed ski world record

First Everest 2011 sign-up: David Tait

Edurne Pasaban interview: The fight is over

Eun-Sun final: Pasaban takes the throne

ExWeb Oh Eun-Sun report, part 2: the Scoop

Oh Eun-Sun loses summit record, part 1

South Georgia Shackleton Crossing

Sean Burch, Nepal Goodwill Ambassador

Mountaineering in Antarctica by Damien Gildea

Paul Landry 2: History on Axel Heiberg

Paul Landry 1: Russians excited to see Lenin

The image proof: Stangl did not summit K2

Karakoram winter: G1 and BP teams confirmed

Miss Oh summit picture: What's your take?

Christian Stangl's K2 summit controversy

Korean Federation questions Oh's KG claim

AdvStats on Annapurna debate: summits valid

Two around-the-world cycling speed records

Iceland update: Trek completed

COMMENTS

faheem on
Winter Pakistan...
Feb 04, 2012 06:18 am EST

one of the Russian climber figures are wasted...

Cristina Vesbach on
Berserk tragedy:...
Feb 01, 2012 04:00 pm EST

I am sorry for your loss. I think what sail...

Gustav Skaar on
Berserk tragedy:...
Jan 29, 2012 07:10 am EST

The last Viking. Good luck Jarle! Greetings...

Lina Nordin on
Berserk tragedy:...
Jan 27, 2012 03:41 pm EST

Greetings from Norway Jarle Andhøy! We...

Jørgen Ree on
Berserk tragedy:...
Jan 27, 2012 08:17 am EST

It was one of his earlier trips. I am a...

steelsil on
Berserk tragedy:...
Jan 26, 2012 10:46 pm EST

You certainly don't sink a ship in...

Matthew Clarke on
ExplorersWeb polar...
Jan 26, 2012 08:16 pm EST

Get over it. I can claim the record from York...

Allen on
Himalaya current:...
Jan 26, 2012 06:50 am EST

This is going to be yet another French...

Nic Oatridge on
Mario Merelli in...
Jan 25, 2012 06:58 pm EST

So sad, to have climbed all those mighty...

AngelaExplorersWeb on
Winter Pakistan:...
Jan 24, 2012 08:18 am EST

You're right. There was a mistake at...

Allen on
Winter Pakistan:...
Jan 24, 2012 07:54 am EST

That's Chogolisa not K2...

Correne_Coetzer on
Antarctic wrap-up:...
Jan 23, 2012 07:11 pm EST

‘Solo/Alone’ requires that the...

Ana Lago on
...
Jan 23, 2012 06:08 am EST

Could you please doublecheck the information...

Naiknam Karim on
Mario Merelli in...
Jan 22, 2012 07:49 pm EST

Very sad to learn about the tragic demise of...

nazirsabirk281 on
Winter K2: Bring It...
Jan 20, 2012 09:32 pm EST

This winter conditions sound lots harsher on...

Charles Miske on
Winter K2: Bring It...
Jan 19, 2012 07:33 pm EST

wishing you all very best of luck...

Cherie Banks on
Berserk tragedy:...
Jan 19, 2012 06:40 pm EST

Hi, Im Lenny Banks mom who is still trying to...

HAATE HAATE on
Mario Merelli in...
Jan 19, 2012 03:34 pm EST

sad news...

EXPLORERSWEB AT A GLANCE

INTERVIEW

Nanga Parbat: interview with Denis Urubko

EVEREST

Winter Pakistan commentary by Louis Rousseau

TECHNOLOGY

$795 Thuraya XT, $895 SG 2520, NOVA and more

POLAR

Antarctica update: Dixie and Sam pass 5,000km

OCEANS

Berserk in international waters

STATS

Antarctica World Records

AIR

ExplorersWeb 2011 Awards: Everest paraglide

REVIEW

ExplorersWeb 2011 Year in Review

SPACE

Don Pettit enroute Space UPDATE

WORLD

Tina to Havel: Goodbye Mr. President

MEDICAL

Ice wounds: pics of Antarctica battle scars

EDITOR'S CHOICE

Space shuttle editorial: why we explore

1.
Edurne Pasaban
14 8000'ers

2.
Cecilie & Ryan
Antarctica Crossing

3.
Sabin Basnyat & crew
Himalaya heli rescues

4.
Reid Stowe
Mars Ocean Odyssey

5.
Jessica Watson
Solo sail

6.
Erden Eruc
Indian Ocean Row

7.
Joao and Piotr
14 8000'ers

8.
Peter 1st & Northwest passage
North Pole

Special Mentions:

Dan & Amelia - NP

Valery - Base Jump

JL Etienne - NP Ballon

Stafford & Cho - Amazon

RATNA PARK & THE SOUQ

Prince Harry to climb Everest... by encountersnepal

Chad Kellogg 2003 Denali... by mountainter

New article on the camera and... by Pete Poston

Visit Lumbini Year 2012(Nepal) by encountersnepal

New Mallory & Irvine Forum by Pete Poston

STATS LATEST NEWS

Antarctica: Scott's moment of truth, Helen Skelton's hoax, and a few real World Records

Antarctica: Helen Skelton world record hoax (and how you can help kill it)

ExplorersWeb polar special: starting points, distances, records and Helen Skelton

Best of ExplorersWeb 2011 Awards - Special mention

AdventureStats Polar Rules and Definitions

Roz Savage in Mauritius: record or not?

Bear Grylls latest: "Mountain is not about records"

The one is gone: Walter Bonatti passes away at 81

K2 editorial: end of an era in womens' Himalaya

K2 watch and preliminary Karakoram summit stats

Preliminary stats: Himalaya and Everest 2011 spring review

Pakistan 2010/2011 stats heads-up: chronicle of the winter firsts

World Record: Apa Sherpa's Everest summit no 21

Rope fixing on Everest south side: Adrian's first-person perspective

Age and Everest: Fruit flies vs. seniors stats rerun

This adventure that we have shared: Abele Blanc summits Annapurna

Final List of Everest and Himalaya expeditions posted

Karakoram list of Expeditions: preview of 2011

2011 climbing season kick-off: Everest and Himalaya preliminary list of expeditions!

Antarctic ski wrap-up: More about Christian Eide’s world record; and the last day of Hannah and Willem

Breaking news: Christian Eide bags the South Pole solo speed ski world record

First teams signing up for Everest 2011: David Tait is back

ExWeb interview with Edurne Pasaban: The fight is over

ExWeb interview with Christoph Höbenreich: South Georgia, a place for experienced ice and snow climbers and skiers

Sean Burch, Nepal Goodwill Ambassador

'Mountaineering in Antarctica: Climbing the Frozen South' written by Damien Gildea

ExWeb interview with Paul Landry (final), “Axel Heiberg is steeped in polar history”

ExWeb interview with Paul Landry (Part 1), “The Russians were super excited to see the photos of Lenin”

FEATURES

Antarctica Anniversary Special: AdventureStats Polar Section Updated

Himalaya current: Korea in focus, stats and more

Pakistan 2010 season's end climbing statistics

ExWeb Oh Eun-Sun report, final: Edurne Pasaban takes the throne

ExWeb Oh Eun-Sun special report, part 2: the Scoop

ExWeb special report, part 1: Oh Eun-Sun loses summit status at AdventureStats

Christian Stangl's K2 summit controversy

Korean Alpine Federation questions Miss Oh's Kangchenjunga 2009 summit

1960-2010: Dhaulagiri 50 years anniversary special

StatCrunch, take 3: ladies of thin air - beyond Wanda's footprints

INTERVIEWS

ExWeb interview with Edurne Pasaban: The fight is over

ExWeb interview with Christoph Höbenreich: South Georgia, a place for experienced ice and snow climbers and skiers

ExWeb interview with Paul Landry (final), “Axel Heiberg is steeped in polar history”

ExWeb interview with Paul Landry (Part 1), “The Russians were super excited to see the photos of Lenin”

Jorge Egocheaga: "I stopped 12 meters from K2's highest point"

Everest, North Pole, South Pole - ExWeb's interview with Three Poles pioneer: Erling Kagge

AdventureStats K2 update, images and interviews with survivors

ExWeb interview, Inaki Ochoa part 2: "At best we might be able to postpone the death of Everest"

ExWeb interview: She's a perfect 10! Nives Meroi comes out clean on Shisha Pangma

EDITOR'S CHOICE

Best of ExplorersWeb 2011 Awards - Special mention

ExWeb fall 2009 Shisha Pangma special report final: false summit claims - and the winner is...

ExWeb special: Pen Hadow's video - the ultimate British record claim?

Great Exploration Hoaxes - calling David Roberts

Byron Smith's Everest summit claim: A question of honor and trust

The rules of Adventure

CLASSIC

Teen sails ExWeb Circumnavigation special: What is around the world ?

Best of ExplorersWeb 2008 Award Winner: K2, Gerard McDonnell

ExWeb's 2008 end of season Antarctica report: Kids of Amundsen

AdventureStats Special: The twelve truths of Everest

AdventureStats Special: What is Solo?

AdventureStats update: The Three Poles

AdventureStats Special: The unclimbed faces of K2

ExWeb Special - Fruit flies vs. climbers: A Guide to a Perfect Life

Alert to senior climbers: Beware of dangerous Everest study

Exploration claims: There! It's mine!

LATEST EXWEB NEWS

Antarctica update: Sam and Dixie weathering a storm beyond 5,000km

Winter GI commentary: ExWeb interview with Louis Rousseau, "It’s a mixed challenge of survival and mountaineering"

Pakistan wrap-up: details on Nanga Parbat new route attempt

Live from winter Nanga Parbat: ExWeb interview with Denis Urubko

Ice wounds: Antarctica battle scars in tales and pictures

Antarctica: Dixie Dansercoer and Sam Deltour bag kiting world record

Winter Pakistan wrap-up: C3 on Nanga, 7000m on K2, 6000 on GI

Berserk in international waters

Antarctica world (and sportsmanship) record: Aleks Gamme crosses finish line with Cas & Jonesy

Berserker on yet another illegal trip

Pakistan wrap-up: climbers push altitude through winter storm

ExWeb interview with Ryan Waters: "The polar community tends to be very helpful to each other"

Antarctica update: Gamme holding at Hercules Inlet, Sebastian and Eric traverse done

Winter Pakistan: Russians rebuild C1 and C2 in blizzard, GI teams in BC

Antarctica Grand Finale: Records and Sportsmanship

Teen sailor: Dekker finishes her voyage

Johan's Journey Pole2Pole (almost) finished

Pakistan wrap: Mario's legacy remembered at home and on Nanga Parbat

Winter Pakistan: K2 hurricane story in pictures

Solo Voyager Rounds Cape Horn

Antarctica wrapup: More arrivals - Larramendi, British Military Scott team, Weber & Archer

Mario Merelli in fatal climbing accident

Captain Scott's Antarctica, January 17, 1912: The Pole, yes, but not as expected

Antarctica: Scott's moment of truth, Helen Skelton's hoax, and a few real World Records

Antarctica: Helen Skelton world record hoax (and how you can help kill it)

New solo Atlantic rowing record by Brown

Winter Pakistan: K2 near wipeout, Simone & Denis route decided, G1 on the move, Ireland in the game

Lost Submarine HMS Olympus discovered outside Malta