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C.A.M.P. Corsa Ice Axe: Too Light for a Real Challenge
The Corsa is ideal for low-angle glacier travel, moderate ski mountaineering and adventure racing but, if there’s a chance you might find yourself in more serious terrain, you’ll wish you packed something more hefty.
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Short Pitches Writing Contest Winner
In April, Alpinist launched its first online writing contest, Short Pitches. After receiving more than fifty entries, we had a tough job to do: pick one.
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Steve Colligan, The British One-Wheel Wonder
Why, I wonder, would someone unicycle? Furthermore, why would someone ride down a 5.5 on a unicycle–a new sport called municycling?
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Millet Peuterey 40: The Brawny Ski-Mountaineering Pack
The Millet Peuterey 40 is marketed as a “versatile summer/winter mountaineering pack for one-to-two day excursions,” but at 4.2 pounds, this little pack weighs in heavy for its limited capacity.
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Luxury Liner
Follow Earl Wiggins, Ed Webster and Bryan Becker up the first ascent of the desert classic, Supercrack.
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A Tribute to Climbing Cuisine
After spending a couple hours more than planned on an ice climb and descending in the dark, I can recall one of my most satisfying meals being found beneath the passenger’s seat of our waiting Range Rover…
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Inspirations, Part VII: Glen Denny
During the long, cold bivouacs, quotes from Magnone’s book kept coming back to me…
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Marmot Kingpin Jacket: Versatile in Winter
This jacket is ideal for colder, higher-altitude alpine climbs like those found in the Canadian Rockies, Alps and Andes, making it an amazingly versatile jacket for cold-weather use.
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So Many Causes but Only One Route
The third (sort of unpunished) summit bid this summer of the New York Times Building, NYC suggests some very important conclusions about the instability of the climbing scene in Manhattan.
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