As roughly one-third of the world’s population – nearly 2.5 billion people – enter into or remain under a coronavirus-related quarantine, taking the time to do some indoor exercises is a healthy and productive way to pass the time. Whether you had planned that first mountaineering or rock climbing trip of the summer or

When you own your breath, nobody can steal your peace. The saying is so old that no one is sure who originally coined it. However, when heading out on a high altitude or polar adventure, the storied mantra serves us well. Paradoxically, breathing is both an automatic reflex – something so easy that we

Situated in the northern reaches of Washington State, in the heart of the Cascade Range, climbing Mount Baker has long been an objective for mountaineering enthusiasts. Rising to 3,286 meters (10,781 feet) in elevation, Mount Baker is the third highest peak in Washington and the fifth-highest in the Cascade Range. On a clear day, its

Japan is no newcomer when it comes to the Olympics. It participated for the first time in the 1912 Fifth Olympiad, and it hosted the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, the 1972 Winter Olympics in Sapporo, and the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano. Not to mention, that it has 439 Summer Olympic and 58

The world’s southernmost continent is also its most mysterious. With a permanent population of only 1,000 people, Antarctica serves as a final frontier in terms of terrestrial exploration. Governed by the Antarctic Treaty System, military and industrial activities are banned on the continent, leaving its glaciers, mountains and seas in pristine condition. Simply put,