
The year was 1640. The place was the English colony of Virginia. The air was thick with humidity and the smell of curing tobacco. In…

The year was 1860. The month was August. The air in Minnesota was thick with heat and the dust of carriage wheels. In the growing…

February 11th, 1990, 4:47 a.m. Tokyo’s Lexington Queen nightclub. The kind of place where champagne costs more than most people’s monthly rent, where the music…

In September of 2017, 28-year-old software engineer David Kellerman disappeared while attempting a solo climb in Glacier National Park. Search teams combed the mountain faces…

When Derek Lawson began his ascent of Denali on March 15th, 2018, the 33-year-old mechanical engineer from Denver had no way of knowing that his…

When 38-year-old Derek Lansing failed to return from what should have been a routine 3-day bear hunting expedition in the remote wilderness surrounding Ketchan, Alaska,…

In August of 2003, 29-year-old wilderness photographer Arthur Lions and his close friend, 31-year-old biology teacher Joshua Brown, set out on a 5-day hike through…

In March of 2017, 37-year-old experienced climber Derek Pullman set out alone to conquer the frozen north face of Mount Silverton in the Colorado Rockies.…

At 10:47 p.m. on December 11th, 1942, Lieutenant Lester Gamble throttled PT37 through black waters off Guadal Canal, watching 11 Japanese destroyers move south. 28…

At 2 minutes past 3:00 a.m. on August 21st, 1942, Private Al Schmid crouched behind a Browning 30 caliber machine gun on the west bank…





