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Hiking boots from the collaboration between <n>HELIOT EMIL</n> and <n>Diemme</n>.

Friday fold: Alpine cross sections by Albert Heim

A portrait of a fencer, 1955. Photo by <n>Andreas Feininger</n> for the <n>LIFE Picture Collection</n>.

<n>Fencing Pose</n>, a chronophotograph by <n>Étienne-Jules Marey</n>, c. 1890.

The <n>Oltre Terra Catalogue</n> by <n>Formafantasma</n>, designed by <n>Studio Joost Grootens</n> and <n>Dimitri Jeannottat</n>.

Fencers, McGill boxing, wrestling and fencing club, Montreal, 1925

Winter layers from <n>Sierra Designs</n> worn on a hike.

The <n>Osprey UNLTD</n> <n>AntiGravity pack</n>.

A photo from the <n>Pajak Sport</n> '<n>Adventure’s Breath</n>' campaign.

Testing <n>The North Face Summit Series™ Climb gear</n> on Ben Macdui, Scotland with <n>dreaded path</n>.

A climber on the Isle of Skye for the <n>Arc'teryx UK</n> <n>summer of climb</n> campaign.

IR-02 by <n>Heiko Prigge</n> for <n>collective454</n>, re-photographing panoramas of Swiss glaciers.

Site plan for the <n>Muuratsalo Experimental House</n> by architect <n>Alvar Aalto</n>. Image from the <n>Aalto Museum</n>.

<n>The Green Path</n>, from the editorial series <n>Phenomena</n>, supported by <n>Satisfy Running</n>.

Illustration of sword evolution from the 1929 book <n>Catalogue of European Court Swords and Hunting Swords</n>.

Map of Norway's <n>Jotunheimen mountains</n> from <n>Frank Farwell</n>'s story in <n>Backpacker</n> magazine, 1978.

A climber crosses a crevasse on <n>Mount Everest</n>.

Photographic print titled <n>Portrait of Fencer Wearing Sabre Mask</n>.

A field expedition in the landscapes of <n>Ben Macdui</n>, Scotland, testing <n>The North Face Summit Series Climb</n> gear.

"Alpinist Silhouette Climbing A Rock Cave Entrance Outdoor" by Stocksy Contributor "Ibex.media"

Climbing <n>Grossglockner</n>, Austria's highest peak, with mountain guide <n>tatjanagugganig</n>.

Photo by <n>Frank Garrott Coelho</n>, used as album art for <n>Jeembo</n>'s release <n>M.I.A.</n>

Photo by <n>Hubert Kang</n> for <n>Mountain Equipment Company</n>.

Pro skier <n>Craig Davis Murray</n> at <n>Mt. Baker</n> for <n>Arc'teryx</n>. Photo by <n>Tyler Ravelle</n>.

An image from the <n>Jacquemus</n> "<n>La Montagne</n>" collection.

<n>Animal Locomotion, Plate 349</n> (1887) by photographer <n>Eadweard Muybridge</n>.

German <n>Kastenbrust</n>-style <n>Breastplate</n>, ca. 1480-90. Photo by <n>The Metropolitan Museum of Art</n>.