![Marooned at Midnight (VI A3 5.11 R, 17 pitches, 700m) climbs a formation the Inuit call Umiguqjuaq. [Image] Sam England and Ryan Little](https://alpinist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/baffin-marooned-at-midnight-1-930x620.jpg)
Two Alabamans, Ryan Little, 26, and Sam England, 30, received an American Alpine Club Live Your Dream Grant to attempt the unclimbed Chinese Wall in… Read More »Alabamans ‘Marooned at Midnight’ for first ascent of an unclimbed wall on Baffin Island
![The world-class climbing destination of Indian Creek, Utah, is part of Bears Ears National Monument. Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke has suggested the possibility of shrinking the monument and submitted his final recommendation to President Donald Trump today, but the details of that recommendation have yet to be released. [Photo] Derek Franz](https://alpinist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/indian-creek-campsite-1-930x620.jpg)
Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke quietly submitted his recommendations to President Donald Trump today on whether to alter, reduce or rescind several national monuments, including Bears… Read More »Interior Secretary concludes review of national monuments but details have yet to be released
![[Photo] Francois Lebeau/Red Bull Content Pool](https://alpinist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/mora-mora-1-930x620.jpg)
Sasha DiGiulian and Edu Marin recently made the second free ascent of Mora Mora (8c or 5.14b, 700m) in Madagascar, which was first freed by… Read More »DiGiulian, Marin make second free ascent of Mora Mora (5.14b, 700m) in Madagascar
![Gasherbrum I (8080m): Satisfaction (ED+ M7 WI5+ 70°, 3000m) is the second line from the left. [Image] Marek Holecek](https://alpinist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/gasherbrum-satisfaction-1-930x620.jpg)
Marek Holecek has returned to the southwest face of Gasherbrum I (8080) five times since 2009 in a bid to complete a route up the… Read More »Czech climbers realize ‘Satisfaction’ on Gasherbrum’s southwest face
![[Image] Armando Montero](https://alpinist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/mirchi-praqpa-ri-1-930x620.jpg)
Three Chilean climbers–Andres Bosch, 29, Armando Montero, 36, and Alejandro “Jimmy” Mora, 39–set out for the Karakoram Range in mid-June to explore some unclimbed peaks… Read More »Chilean climbers reach two Karakoram summits near Broad Peak
![Hazel Findlay leads Tainted Love, aka Northern Soul (5.13d R), in Squamish, British Columbia [Photo] Jonny Baker](https://alpinist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/findlay-tainted-love-fa-1-930x620.jpg)
Hazel Findlay recently made the first ascent of the hard trad route Tainted Love, aka Northern Soul (5.13d R)–a thin and powerful stem-corner that is… Read More »Hazel Findlay sends a new stemming testpiece in Squamish at 5.13d R
![Mandi Franz explores the high country with Soleil the dog during an overnight trip on Independence Pass, Colorado. [Photo] Derek Franz](https://alpinist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/good-to-go-1-1-930x620.jpg)
Alpinist Digital Editor Derek Franz generally avoids the packaged, freeze-dried or dehydrated meals when he goes camping, but he sampled several Good To-Go meal varieties… Read More »Good To-Go backcountry meals: Nutritious and as good as dehydrated recipes can get
![Chacraraju Este's east face with The Devil's Reach Around (M6 5.10, 90*) marked in red. [Photo] Quentin Lindfield Roberts](https://alpinist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/chacraraju-1-930x620.jpg)
Canadian climbers Alik Berg and Quentin Lindfield Roberts completed a new route they called The Devil’s Reach Around (M6 5.10, 90°) on the east face… Read More »Canadians free climb Chacraraju’s east face headwall with ‘The Devil’s Reach Around’
![Carsten Von Birckhahn in Patagonia. [Photo] Martin Kroussottsi collection](https://alpinist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/carsten-von-birckhahn-1-930x620.jpg)
Carsten Von Birckhahn–a respected member of the international climbing community and brand manager for Edelrid–died in a paragliding accident in northern Italy on July 15… Read More »Carsten von Birckhahn is remembered for his kindness, passion and vision
![The La Sportiva Kataki shoes were made for routes like Scene of the Crime (5.12d) on Independence Pass, Colorado. [Photo] Mandi Franz](https://alpinist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/la-sportiva-kataki-1-1-930x620.jpg)
Derek Franz stepped into the new La Sportiva Kataki rock shoes and is impressed with their performance on “tiny little nothings.” He found that the… Read More »The La Sportiva Kataki: A great shoe for vertical to moderately overhanging rock climbs
![This photo taken during the helicopter search on July 1 shows where Mariano Galvan and Alberto Zerain disappeared on Nanga Parbat's Mazeno Ridge. [Photo] Alex Gavan](https://alpinist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/mazeno-ridge-2-930x620.jpg)
Mariano Galvan’s family organized a continued search effort after he and Alberto Zerain disappeared on Nanga Parbat (8125m) June 24. The men are presumed to… Read More »Family organizes continued search efforts for Galvan and Zerain on Nanga Parbat
![A deal was confirmed today that the summer Outdoor Retailer trade show will move to Denver, Colorado, next year. Pictured from left to right are Luis Benitez, director of Colorado's Outdoor Recreation Industry Office; Darrell Denny, executive vice president of Emerald Expositions; Amy Roberts, executive director, Outdoor Industry Association; Governor John Hickenlooper; Mayor Michael Hancock; Nick Sargent, president of SnowSports Industries America; Rachel Benedick, VP sales and service, Visit Denver; Marisa Nicholson, Outdoor Retailer show director; Richard Scharf, president and CEO, Visit Denver; Lieutenant Governor Donna Lynne. [Photo] Courtesy of Ground Floor Media](https://alpinist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/outdoor-retailer-summer-announcement-1-930x620.jpeg)
Colorado officials and Outdoor Retailer executives announced July 6 that Denver will host the huge, lucrative OR Summer Market trade show for the next five… Read More »Summer Outdoor Retailer is moving to Denver in 2018
