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Alex Honnold and Tommy Caldwell set a new speed record on the Nose of El Capitan this morning, May 30, climbing the approximately 3,000-foot route… Read More »Alex Honnold and Tommy Caldwell set a new speed record on the Nose

Brette Harrington and Rose Pearson completed a new route on Mt. Blane–Life Compass (IV 5.10a M4+ 80 degrees, TD+, 980m)–in Alberta, Canada, in a 21.5-hour… Read More »Brette Harrington and Rose Pearson follow their ‘Life Compass’ to complete a new route in a 21.5-hour push in the Canadian Rockies

The Access Fund and American Alpine club are gathering once again in Washington, D.C., this week with a host of high-profile climbers to lobby Congress… Read More »Access Fund, Alpine Club and pro climbers return to lobby Capitol Hill

Doug Chabot, Danika Gilbert, David Roberts and Jeff Jackson are to be honored at the American Alpine Club’s Excellence in Climbing Celebration in Denver on… Read More »The American Alpine Club announces 2018 Excellence in Climbing award recipients

Tom Livingstone and Uisdean Hawthorn went to Alaska’s Revelation Range at the end of March, intent on trying a new route on Jezebel’s north face.… Read More »British climbers find ‘Fun or Fear’ in Alaska on Jezebel’s east face after attempting north face

A team of four Sherpa alpinists completed the first ascent of Langdung peak (6357m) in December 2017. Dawa Yangzum Sherpa, the team’s only woman and… Read More »Sherpa team succeeds on first ascent of Langdung (6357m) in Nepal