Ice Climbing

Fuji-san is the most climbed mountain in the world. If you are in good shape, there is a way to avoid the traffic for a more peaceful Mt. Fuji experience during the off-season.

Glancing down to check my footing, I tried to ignore the forty meters of rope snaking down below me without a single piece of pro...

Japan’s most accomplished “yama girl” is sharing her love of the outdoors to help inspire and empower marginalized children ...

Hokkaido is the promised land for powderhounds everywhere. It is situated to be the perfect catcher’s mitt for Siberia’s low pres...

Ice climbers of all levels – and ages – have found a “sweet spot” among the eight peaks of Southern Nagano. According to l...

"There are only three real sports: Mountaineering, race car driving and bullfighting." —Ernest Hemingway Hemingway was ont...

Ice Climbing. Hearing the words sends a chill through my bones. The advice I received from Japan-based climber Jeff Jensen, as I ...

The innate desire to explore the space between what is real and what exists only in our dreams has been part of the human conditi...