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Front Range Flood Limits Crag Access
Photos taken by Scott Bennett of Fourmile Canyon, north of Boulder. Erosion from the floods late last month caused several road closures and has limited access to climbing along the Front Range of...
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Indian Government Lowers Peak Fees for 777-Day Campaign
Dongkya Group, Sikkim, India. For the next two years, the Indian Government will reduce peak fees in the country by 50 percent, while the state of Uttarakhand will waive their fees completely, as part...
View ArticleNewsFlash: Ueli Steck Solos Annapurna South Face
Newsflash: The following newsflash is a preliminary report posted as a service to our readers. Alpinist has not confirmed the veracity of its contents but will post a story in detail when more...
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UPDATED: Ueli Steck's Annapurna South Face Solo
[Video] Don Bowie October 14 Update: On the morning of October 9, Dan Patitucci and Tenji Sherpa awoke in their tent and gazed at the South Face of Annapurna. "My dream was that Ueli stood on the...
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NEWSFLASH: Annapurna South Face Climbed in Alpine Style, Again
The South Face of Annapurna (8091m). [Photo] Gianni Scopinaro Newsflash: The following newsflash is a preliminary report posted as a service to our readers. Alpinist has not confirmed the veracity of...
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Annapurna South Face Ascensionists Evacuated with Frostbite
Helicopter rescue near Lazio, Italy. [Photo] Rupertsciamenna After initial reports of their alpine-style ascent of Annapurna's South Face, news of Stephane Benoist and Yannick Graziani was scarce. On...
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A Seven-Day FA in the Kishtwar Himalaya
Mick Fowler on the summit of Shiva in 2012 with Kishtwar Kailash (6451m) in the background. Fowler recently returned with his longtime climbing partner, Paul Ramsden, to climb the peak's first ascent...
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Ammon McNeely Recovering After BASE Jumping Accident
Ammon McNeely, recovering from a violent BASE jumping accident earlier this week, shouts at would-be rescuers from El Capitan. An 80-foot fall had just gashed his head, but McNeely refused an...
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New M9 WI6+R Raises Bar on Colorado's Mt. Evans
Silhouette (WI6+R M9, 120m), Black Wall, Mt. Evans (14,265'), Colorado. This route, climbing out of a cave and onto delicate icicles, is the most difficult route yet established on Mt. Evans. [Photo]...
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Frenchmen Forge New Line on the Sacred Gaurishankar
South Face of Gaurishankar (7134m), showing the line of ascent taken by Mathieu Detrie, Pierre Labbre, Mathieu Maynadier, and Jerome Para after waiting nearly a month for clear weather. The four...
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Allfrey, Honnold Become Fastest to Wrestle Alligator Route
Alex Honnold follows the crux pitch, once graded A5, lead by his partner Dave Allfrey on their 16-hour ascent of Excalibur (VI 5.10 A3+), El Capitan. The Allfrey-Honnold partnership has ticked a...
View Article2014 Lyman Spitzer Cutting Edge Award Winners Announced
The American Alpine Club is proud to announce its 2014 Lyman Spitzer Cutting Edge Awards. This grant, made possible by the generous support of Lyman Spitzer Jr., promotes state-of-the-art,...
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Maureau, Mercier Win at Ouray 2014
Photographers capture third-place finisher Will Mayo's transition off of the highest "gold nugget" on the Gold Digger competition route at the Ouray Ice Festival yesterday. The three hanging logs...
View Article2014 Mugs Stump Recipients Announced!
The recipients of the 2014 Mugs Stump Award were announced today. The award, a collaborative effort of Alpinist Magazine, Black Diamond Equipment, Ltd., Mountain Gear, Patagonia, Inc., and W.L. Gore...
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In the Alps, Climbers Establish Two Boltless WI7s
Robert Jasper follows a pitch of The Black Death (WI7 M8 E5, 250m) at Kandersteg in the Bernese Oberland district of Switzerland. Jasper added "E5" to the route's grade from his own grading system....
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New Zealand Alpine Club Invents New Climbing Event
Castle Hill Basin, on New Zealand's South Island. The NZAC's first Bouldergaining race will take place there next month. [Photo] courtesy John Palmer The New Zealand Alpine Club (NZAC) will hold the...
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Piolets d'Or Committee Considers Ascents for 2014 Nomination
More than 70 ascents make up the Piolets d'Or's "Super Big List" this year. The collection of 2013 climbs, compiled by Claude Gardien and Lindsay Griffin (editor-in-chief of Vertical and senior editor...
View ArticleAlpinist Chad Kellogg Killed by Rockfall
American alpinist Chad Kellogg was killed by rockfall while climbing in Patagonia on Friday. Rolando Garibotti wrote on SuperTopo.com: Over two days Chad Kellogg and Jens Holsten climbed the...
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Caldwell, Honnold Finish 5k Fitz Roy Traverse
[The following report was courteously provided by Rolando Garibotti. Please visit Pataclimb.com for more information about the 2013-2014 climbing season.--Ed.] The Fitz Roy Traverse (5.11d C1 65...
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American Climber Charlie Porter Dies in Punta Arenas
Charlie Porter: 1951-2014 [Photo] courtesy Ralf Gantzhorn Charlie Porter, the scientist and famously private American climber who established a half-dozen of El Capitan's most stunning routes, soloed...
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