![David Allfrey, Kieran Brownie and Paul McSorley's route, El Abrazo de la Serpiente (Embrace of the Serpent; V 5.11c R/X 660m), on Cerro Pajarito is shown in red, as seen from Cerro Diablo. [Photo] Paul McSorley](https://alpinist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/cerro-pajarito-2-930x620.jpg)
On February 1, Dave Allfrey, Kieran Brownie and Paul McSorley completed a new route up the unclimbed northwest face of Cerro Pajarito in the Cerros… Read More »A sweltering, runout adventure on Colombia’s Cerro Pajarito
![Billy Westbay, Jim Bridwell and John Long after the first one-day ascent of the Nose in 1975. [Photo] Courtesy of StoneMastersPress](https://alpinist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/westbay-bridwell-long-533x620.jpg)
Jim Bridwell died this morning, February 16, in Palm Springs, California, after months of suffering from illness. He was 73. Nicknamed “the Bird,” Bridwell has… Read More »Climbing legend Jim ‘the Bird’ Bridwell dies at age 73
![The Grit and Rock First Ascent Award recipients this year, in alphabetical order, from top left-to-right, are: Katie Bono, Cecilia Buil, Whitney Clark, Ixchel Foord, Ilana Jesse, Josie McKee, Nina Neverov, Caro North, Alena Panova and Anna Torretta. [Image] Derek Franz](https://alpinist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/grit-and-rock-award-2018-1.jpg)
Grit and Rock recently announced the recipients of its 2018 First Ascent Award, a grant that is dedicated to promoting mountain exploration and first ascents… Read More »2018 Grit and Rock First Ascent Award recipients announced
![Nanga Parbat (8126m). [Photo] Guilhem Vellut, Wikimedia](https://alpinist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/mazeno-ridge-1-930x620.jpg)
Elisabeth Revol of France has been rescued and Tomek Mackiewicz of Poland is presumed dead on Nanga Parbat (8126m) in Pakistan after completing the second… Read More »Elisabeth Revol rescued and Tomek Mackiewicz presumed dead on Nanga Parbat
![Whitney Clark explores unknown terrain on a peak above Sphinx Lake in Kings Canyon, California. [Photo] Tad McCrea](https://alpinist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/sterling-fusion-nano-ix-1-930x620.jpg)
The American Alpine Club recently announced that Whitney Clark, Ryan Johnson, Kurt Ross and Alan Rousseau will receive Cutting Edge Grants this year, totaling $20,000.… Read More »American Alpine Club announces recipients for Cutting Edge Grants
![Kyle Dempster soloed up to 6000 meters on Vigne peak to gain a better look around at the huge peaks surrounding him on the Baltoro Glacier in 2014. He'd traveled there to attempt Gasherbrum IV's Shining Wall with Urban Novak, but they called off their expedition after learning that some Slovenian friends of Novak's were missing, and Novak felt the need to return home to be with the surviving friends and family. Dempster commended Novak's decision, recalling the loss of his own cousin in a rappelling accident on Baffin Island in 2005. [Photo] Kyle Dempster](https://alpinist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/lemonade-5.jpg)
Today marks the official opening of the application period for the inaugural Kyle Dempster Solo Adventure Award. Applications are due by March 15 for trips… Read More »Application period opens for inaugural Kyle Dempster Solo Adventure Award
![The red line shows the route taken by Marc-Andre Leclerc and Tom Livingstone on January 3 for the first winter ascent of the Navigator Wall on Canada's Mt. Slesse. They estimated the difficulties to be M7+ R or Scottish VIII or IV, according to Livingstone. [Photo] Marc-Andre Leclerc](https://alpinist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/navigator-wall-winter-ascent-1-930x620.jpg)
The first few days of January provided good conditions for Marc-Andre Leclerc and Tom Livingstone to make the first winter ascent of Mt. Slesse’s Navigator… Read More »Good conditions result in new winter ascents of Slesse’s Navigator Wall and satellite peaks
![Hauling the pig with the Sterling WorkPro static rope on Prodigal Sun, Zion National Park. [Photo] Derek Franz](https://alpinist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/sterling-workpro-1-1-930x620.jpg)
Alpinist Digital Editor Derek Franz recently used the Sterling WorkPro static line to haul a 100-pound bag on his first solo big wall. The WorkPro… Read More »Sterling WorkPro: A static rope that is supple with a high strength-to-weight ratio
![Lockhart Basin is one of the areas no longer included in the two smaller national monuments that replaced the former Bears Ears Monument. [Photo] Tim Peterson, courtesy of Bears Ears Inter-Tribal Coalition](https://alpinist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/monument-feature-1-1-930x620.jpg)
Alpinist Digital Editor Derek Franz documents the 11-month saga over Bears Ears National Monument, which was recently reduced by 85 percent of its original size… Read More »Strange Days: A look back on the previous 11 months surrounding Bears Ears National Monument and a glance at the future
![The author enjoys the comfort of the Mountain Equipment Xeros 800-fill, Russian Goose Down sleeping bag inside his bivy sack on the second morning of his solo ascent of Prodigal Sun (V 5.7 C2, 900') in Zion National Park, October 22. [Photo] Derek Franz](https://alpinist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/mountain-equipment-xeros-sleeping-bag-1-1-930x620.jpg)
Alpinist Digital Editor Derek Franz used the Mountain Equipment Xeros 800-fill, Russian Goose Down bag in warm, sweaty conditions as well as cold, wet ones,… Read More »Mountain Equipment Xeros 7-degree F down sleeping bag: Among the best in its class
![Barbara Zangerl on Pitch 22, Magic Mushroom (5.14a). [Photo] Francois Lebeau](https://alpinist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/zangerl-magic-mushroom-930x620.jpg)
It’s been another productive season for climbers on El Capitan: Jacopo Larcher and Barbara Zangerl made a rare free ascent of Magic Mushroom (VI 5.14a,… Read More »Larcher and Zangerl make a rare free ascent of El Cap’s Magic Mushroom (5.14a) at the end of another busy season for the Big Stone
![Jacob's Chair and Long Canyon are no longer included in the two smaller national monuments that replaced the former Bears Ears Monument. [Photo] Tim Peterson, courtesy of Bears Ears Inter-Tribal Coalition](https://alpinist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/bears-ears-tribal-coalition-photo-10-930x620.jpg)
On December 4, President Donald Trump signed two proclamations to shrink Utah’s Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monuments by more than half of their… Read More »National legal fight begins after Trump alters Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante Monuments by more than half
