Seventeen years after Doug Coombs and Mark Newcomb’s first descent, in 1996, Havell became the first woman to ski the Otter Body Route. When Doug Coombs first eyed the Otterbody Route off the Grand ...

Chris Korbulic chronicles a trying first complete descent attempt of the Bishop River deep in changing wilderness of southern British Columbia. The Bishop River in southwest British Columbia is ...

Matthew Tufts and Thor Retzlaff have made the first ski descent of the north face of the 3,580m Lautaro volcano in Chilean Patagonia. Tufts and Retzlaff headed to the volcano two weeks ago.

Dane Jackson kayaks what is likely the largest rapid ever paddled during a first descent of the last un-run rapid of the Indus River's Rondu Gorge. On a fall trip with fellow kayakers Evan Moore ...

The entire chamber is about 450 feet (137 meters), from top to bottom." For the story — "Volcano Pictures: First Descent Into a Magma Chamber" — Than interviewed Quick, associate vice president for ...