On September 28, an experienced Korean climbing guide reportedly passed away in Yosemite, after rappelling off the end of his rope while descending from Sickle… Read More »Yosemite Climber Dies in Rappelling Accident on El Cap
Eight pitches up Crouching Tiger (5.12b) on the Chinese Puzzle Wall, a six-hour hike from the nearest trailhead, German and Canadian pro climbers Ines Papert… Read More »IPhone “SOS” Button Saves Injured Climber
Back in 2015, top alpinists Greg Boswell and Nick Bullock went to repeat a big mixed route on Mount Wilson in Jasper National Park when… Read More »That Time a Climber Fought Off a Grizzly Bear
The weather in Canada is cooling down as we head into the first month of fall, which means there’s no better time to head to… Read More »Five Secrets to Indoor Training for Climbing
Martin Keller, 45, spent over 150 days projecting Gateway, a hard problem in Cresciano, Switzerland. Keller works as a teacher and climbing coach, and is… Read More »Martin Keller, 45, Climbs V16 in Switzerland
Moments before a storm rolled in, Italian mountaineers Reinhold Messner and Hans Kammerlander charged up the blue alpine ice on the Northwest Face of 25,545-foot Annapurna… Read More »Guinness Has Revoked Reinhold Messner’s 8,000er Record. Climbers Protest.
At the end of every summer, Yosemite rangers and over 1,500 volunteers join together to recover stuff dropped by hikers and climbers over the years.… Read More »Trash Cleaned off Yosemite’s Half Dome
The Canadian Rockies are a series of mountain ranges that run north along the continental divide from the US/Canada border. They sit in western Alberta… Read More »10 Tips for Fall Alpine Climbing in the Canadian Rockies
Michael Piccolruaz, 27, has made the third ascent of Alasha, Chris Sharma’s epic deep water solo 5.14d in Port de Sóller, Mallorca. Piccolruaz finished 15th… Read More »Third Ascent of Alasha, Epic Psicobloc 5.14d
In early February, pro climber and dietician Amity Warme sent the Joshua Tree test piece, Stingray 5.13d. Located in the Wall Street Mill Area of… Read More »Amity Warme Climbs Hard Finger Crack in Joshua Tree
