Marek Raganowicz solos two new routes on the Ship's Prow in Baffin Island
[This story has been updated to clarify the details of Raganowicz's original plans.--Ed] Though he intended to do some solo climbing, Marek Raganowicz hadn't planned on spending the entire six weeks...
View ArticleOutdoor Retailer winter trade show is merging with SIA Snow Show in Denver
Emerald Expositions LLC--the company that owns Outdoor Retailer--announced May 24 that it has acquired the SnowSports Industries America (SIA) Snow Show and that the winter OR trade show will now be...
View ArticleLegacy Restoration Project begets another high-end route: Yosemite's Misty...
With Yosemite Falls rumbling to his left, Jon Cardwell face climbs into the final 5.12 splitter crack on Pitch 13 of the Misty Wall (5.13, 1,700') during a free ascent with Sasha DiGiulian on May 27....
View ArticleResearchers, activists and climbers respond to Trump's withdrawal from...
[Photo] Jay Mantri, courtesy of StockSnap On June 1, President Trump announced that the U.S. was withdrawing from the Paris Climate Accord. A total of 194 countries committed to the 2015 agreement,...
View ArticleThe world gasps in the aftermath of Alex Honnold's free solo of El Capitan's...
In this photo that was taken through a telescope on the ground, Alex Honnold carefully makes his way across the highly technical, friction-dependent moves (5.11) low on the Freerider route (VI 5.13a,...
View ArticleZinke's interim report recommends reducing Bears Ears National Monument
Ryan Franz down climbs from the summit of Bridger Jack Butte to access a rappel station in April 2015. The King of Pain pinnacle is in the background. The area is part of the Bears Ears National...
View ArticleKilian Jornet completes two fast and light ascents of Everest in one week
Kilian Jornet points to Mt. Everest's shrouded summit while acclimatizing for his first speed ascent of the North Col route. [Photo] Sebastien Montaz-Rosset/Kilian Jornet collection Kilian Jornet...
View ArticleKatie Bono sets probable women's speed record on Denali at 21 hours, 6 minutes
Katie Bono trains at 13,500 feet on Denali, June 1, to prepare for her speed ascent on June 13-14 in which she set a probable female round-trip record of 21 hours, 6 minutes. That time is the third or...
View ArticleClimbers missing and presumed dead on Nanga Parbat's Mazeno Ridge
Nanga Parbat's Diamir Face with the Mazeno Ridge extending toward the foreground. [Photo] Guilhem Vellut, Wikimedia Mariano Galvan and Alberto Zerain are presumed to have died in an avalanche at...
View ArticleSummer Outdoor Retailer is moving to Denver in 2018
A deal was confirmed July 6 that the summer Outdoor Retailer trade show will move to Denver, Colorado, next year. Pictured from left to right are Luis Benitez, director of Colorado's Outdoor...
View ArticleFamily organizes continued search efforts for Galvan and Zerain on Nanga Parbat
This photo taken during the helicopter search on July 1 shows where Mariano Galvan and Alberto Zerain disappeared on Nanga Parbat's Mazeno Ridge. [Photo] Alex Gavan Mariano Galvan's family has...
View ArticleCarsten von Birckhahn is remembered for his kindness, passion and vision
Carsten Von Birckhahn in Patagonia. [Photo] Martin Kroussottsi collection Carsten von Birckhahn--a respected member of the international climbing community and brand manager for Edelrid--died in a...
View ArticleCanadians free climb Chacraraju's east face headwall with 'The Devil's Reach...
Chacraraju Este's east face with The Devil's Reach Around (M6 5.10, 90°) marked in red. [Photo] Quentin Lindfield Roberts Canadian climbers Alik Berg and Quentin Lindfield Roberts completed a new...
View ArticleHazel Findlay sends a new stemming testpiece in Squamish at 5.13d R
Hazel Findlay leads Tainted Love, aka Northern Soul (5.13d R), in Squamish, British Columbia. [Photo] Jonny Baker Hazel Findlay recently made the first ascent of the hard trad route Tainted Love, aka...
View ArticleChilean climbers reach two unclimbed Karakoram summits near Broad Peak
[Image] Armando Montero Three Chilean climbers--Andres Bosch, 29, Armando Montero, 36, and Alejandro "Jimmy" Mora, 39--set out for the Karakoram Range in mid-June to explore some unclimbed peaks...
View ArticleCzech climbers realize 'Satisfaction' on Gasherbrum's southwest face
Gasherbrum I (8080m): Satisfaction (ED+ M7 WI5+ 70°, 3000m) is the second line from the left. [Image] Marek Holecek Marek Holecek has returned to the southwest face of Gasherbrum I (8080) five times...
View ArticleAlpinist Magazine announces Alpinist Podcast season 1: The Voices Behind the...
Alpinist Associate Editor and Podcast Host Paula Wright in the sound booth. [Photo] Alpinist collection Jeffersonville, VT August 21, 2017--In collaboration with Dispatch Radio, Height of Land...
View ArticleDiGiulian, Marin make second free ascent of Mora Mora (5.14b, 700m) in...
[Photo] Francois Lebeau/Red Bull Content Pool Sasha DiGiulian and Edu Marin recently made the second free ascent of Mora Mora (8c or 5.14b, 700m) in Madagascar, which was first freed by Adam Ondra in...
View ArticleInterior Secretary concludes review of national monuments but details have...
The world-class climbing destination of Indian Creek, Utah, is part of Bears Ears National Monument, an area that is culturally significant for at least five Native American tribes. Interior Secretary...
View ArticleAlabamans 'Marooned at Midnight' for first ascent of an unclimbed wall on...
Marooned at Midnight (VI A3 5.11 R, 17 pitches, 700m) climbs a formation the Inuit call Umiguqjuaq. [Image] Sam England and Ryan Little Two Alabamans, Ryan Little, 26, and Sam England, 30, received an...
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