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Get Out And Trek announces LGBTQ+ Outdoor Equality Index
A Get Out And Trek (GOAT) climbing event in Kent, Connecticut. [Photo] Courtesy of GOAT The Vermont-based adventure company Get Out And Trek (GOAT) announced on May 14 that they are developing the...
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Mitsu Iwasaki begins duties as the American Alpine Club's new CEO on August 3
Mitsu Iwasaki will assume duties as the new Chief Executive Officer of the American Alpine Club on August 3. [Photo] Courtesy of the American Alpine Club The American Alpine Club announced yesterday...
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Coronavirus Update: doctors tell us what to know before going back to the...
This illustration, created at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), reveals ultrastructural morphology exhibited by coronaviruses. Note the spikes that adorn the outer surface of the...
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"A Thousand Ways to Kiss the Ground" is now available to watch with donations...
Today marks the release of the long-anticipated film, "A Thousand Ways to Kiss the Ground," directed by Henna Taylor. The film release is in conjunction with a fundraiser for the Climbing Grief Fund...
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Alex Honnold and Tommy Caldwell complete "Continental Divide Ultimate Linkup"...
Alex Honnold and Tommy Caldwell can be seen standing on the summit of the Sharkstooth (12,630') in Rocky Mountain National Park at sunrise on Saturday, July 18, during their "Continental Divide...
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Four "significant ascents" announced for 2020 Piolets d'Or
The northwest face of Chamlang (7321m) with UFO Line (ABO: M6, WI5, 2500m) marked in red. [Photo] Zdenek Hak and Marek Holecek collection The Piolets d'Or committee has announced the selection of four...
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Two new 5.13 routes freed on the Diamond of Longs Peak (Neniisotoyou'u) on...
Chris Weidner sends the last pitch (5.12d) of Gambler's Fallacy (5.13b, 9 pitches) on the Diamond of Longs Peak (Neniisotoyou'u), with Bruce Miller belaying on August 9. Weidner's redpoint was the...
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Five books are on the Boardman-Tasker shortlist for 2020
This image shows the five books that are on the shortlist for the 2020 Boardman-Tasker award. [Image] BoardmanTasker.com Five books are on the shortlist for the Boardman-Tasker Award this year, and...
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Two Alpinist stories are candidates for Best Mountaineering Article in the...
Alpinist 67 (Autumn 2019) and Alpinist 68 (Winter 2019-20) include stories that are finalists in the category for Best Mountaineering Article at the 2020 Banff Mountain Film and Book Festival. The...
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Transcendental Linkup: Five routes up to 5.12a totaling 2,400' on Pikes Peak...
Noah McKelvin and Luke Negley after pounding a birthday-cake flavored protein shake with Finger Fanger (5.10a, 500') looming behind them on the north face of Pikes Peak, Colorado. [Photo]...
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Climb the Hill goes virtual: Zoom panels focus on public lands and DEI
A screenshot of the Climb the Hill panel that took place on Zoom, Wednesday, September 23. The discussion focused on public lands and the environment. Normally, Climb the Hill is an in-person event...
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5Point, Banff and No Man's Land film festivals go virtual this October
Three film festivals are holding virtual events in the coming weeks: the 5Point Film Festival is October 14-18; Banff Mountain Film is October 31 through November 8; and No Man's Land is hosting a...
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American-Scottish team climb a new route on the Emperor Face of...
Topo of Running in the Shadows (VI AI5 M6 A0, 2000m) on the Emperor Face of Yuh-hai-has-kun (Mt. Robson). [Photo] Uisdean Hawthorn Between September 30 and October 2, climbers Ethan Berman (US) and...
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Editors, publishers form Outdoor Media for Inclusion to amplify diverse...
A group of publishers and editors who oversee consumer and B2B outdoor media titles have formed the working group Outdoor Media for Inclusion (OM4I) to provide more opportunities for journalists and...
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Quentin Roberts and Alik Berg tick the first known ascent of Mt. Forbes' East...
Mt. Forbes (3612m) with the East Face line (M4 WI3) climbed by Quentin Roberts and Alik Berg drawn in red. [Photo] John Scurlock The east face of Mt. Forbes (3612m) in the Canadian Rockies has...
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Priti and Jeff Wright complete the first ascent of K6 Central (7100m)
Priti and Jeff Wright atop K6 Central (7100m). [Photo] Priti and Jeff Wright collection Early last month, Jeff and Priti Wright, a husband-wife team from Seattle, Washington, completed the third...
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Emily Harrington becomes first woman to send El Capitan's Golden Gate in a day
Emily Harrington leading the Golden Desert pitch (5.13a) near the top of El Capitan. [Photo] Jon Glassberg, Louder Than 11 Late on November 4, Emily Harrington climbed over the lip of El Capitan...
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An apology from Alpinist
After Alpinist 72 went to press, we found that reproductions we had printed of historical images from a 1970s-era magazine appeared to contain some offensive and anti-LGBTQA+ writing. As a result of...
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Lauren Shartell becomes the second US woman to send the Lightning
Lauren Shartell refines moves on the Lightning (M12+/M13-) in the Rigid Designator Amphitheatre, Vail, Colorado, the day before she redpointed the route on November 8. She's now the second US woman to...
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Luka Lindic and Ines Papert find big new routes close to home in Austria
Newlyweds Luka Lindic and Ines Papert on their new route Wolke 7 (aka: "Cloud 9," 5.13b, 380m), on the Hinteres Feuerhorndl, Reiteralm. [Photo] Klaus Fengler When newlyweds Luka Lindic and Ines Papert...
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