Forget the rental and the Saturday 7 a.m. Avis line. Public transport covers every hike worth doing this spring—and the ...

You see, Smith, a climber cyclist, has ascended steadily both nationally and internationally over the last few seasons, and ...

A massive, unstable chunk of ice, roughly the size of a 10-story building, is blocking the Nepali access route of Mount Everest, stranding hundreds of climbers who are left unsure of when they’ll ...

Dean Potter was a prolific rock climber and BASE jumper until his 2015 death in a wingsuit flying accident in Yosemite National Park at age 43. He skyrocketed to fame following his appearance in the ...

“He was an athlete and an artist.” Did he also seek death? In The Dark Wizard, a four-part HBO docuseries directed by Peter Mortimer and Nick Rosen, we meet Dean Potter, pioneering free climber, BASE ...

Discover the high-stakes world of free solo climbing in HBO Max's new 4-part docuseries featuring Alex Honnold and The Dark Wizard, Dean Potter.

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Rock-climber Alex Honnold has made a name for himself surviving death-defying vertical ascents without safety precautions, as seen in the 2018 documentary Free Solo and this year’s Netflix special ...

The four-part documentary series, "The Dark Wizard," chronicles legendary climber and BASE jumper Dean Potter and premieres on Tuesday, April 14.

On the evening of May 16, 2015, Dean Potter and fellow climber Graham Hunt stood atop Taft Point, a granite overlook thousands of feet above Yosemite Valley. Below them, the valley floor stretched ...

Dean Potter, one of the most revered rock climbers of all time, died in a BASE-jumping accident in May 2015 Dean Potter is known as one of the most prolific rock climbers, slackliners and BASE jumpers ...