"I just want to know if Ran is still alive," Arabella Pepper told me a few days ago. The sister of Virginia Fiennes, the late wife of explorer Sir Ranulph Fiennes, last heard from her brother-in-law during a 1-hour meeting in an exclusive London care home. "He told me he feels lonely, that he misses his friends and family, that he's afraid of contacting anyone because (REDACTED) monitors his phone calls, and that he has been left without money or credit cards and can't even b

Conrad Anker betrays fellow mountaineer; sides with Nirmal Purja Reinhold Messner reacts to the brewing scandal The recent New York Times...

An anonymous tip led to the unraveling of one the world's most famous mountaineers. Read how the social media campaign targeting Nirmal Purja sparked the mountaineering community's #MeToo movement. Published August 13, 2023 UPDATE (1 August 2026): Nirmal Purja's agency reported his death today, following a tragic avalanche that also killed nine other climbers on Broad Peak in Pakistan. UPDATE (31 May 2024): The New York Times today published its first article on Nirmal Purja'

Dr. Richard Fuisz, the retired CIA operative, reached into his jacket pocket and produced a brand new Fujifilm X-Pro1 camera. “Here,...