After about a decade, he re-focused on trad, multi-pitch, and big wall climbing outside Japan. ... “A thousand days of lapis lazuli” — up the Moai Face of Mt. Mizugaki.

From Madagascar's towering pinnacles to China's majestic cliffs, the world is filled with awe-inspiring places for climbers, whether you're sport climbing, bouldering, or even free soloing.

Researchers have unearthed a new 5-foot-tall moai statue created by Indigenous Rapa Nui people on Easter Island.. Volunteers from three Chilean universities made the discovery on Feb. 21 in a dry ...

Many more sea walls will almost certainly be needed to protect the rest of the moai, but the pandemic has set back funding. Covid also took away much of the island’s main source of income ...

There are nearly 1,000 moai on Easter Island made from volcanic tuff, according to Dr. Terry Hunt, professor of archeology at the University of Arizona who has been studying the statues and the ...