![The author with a standard New Mexico rack, ca. 1982--hexes and saddle wedges...sad times, he reflects. [Photo] Nestor Solano](https://alpinist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/catching-ludwig-1b-930x620.jpg)
Catching Ludwig
In this Climbing Life story from Alpinist 65, Cameron M. Burns learns to belay from an eccentric mentor before braving his way up Castleton Tower… Read More »Catching Ludwig
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Cameron Burns
Back(side) Pain
“Sixty-five Sierra routes that first summer; about a dozen the next, a fifth of them first ascents. Brutal-as-hell approaches with seventy-pound packs, decrepit knees and… Read More »Back(side) Pain