![Noah McKelvin and Luke Negley after pounding a birthday-cake flavored protein shake with Finger Fanger (5.10a, 500') looming behind them on the north face of Pikes Peak, Colorado. [Photo] McKelvin/Negley collection](https://alpinist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/pikes-peak-transcendental-linkup-1-930x620.jpg)
Transcendental Linkup: Five routes up to 5.12a totaling 2,400′ on Pikes Peak in 21 hours
On August 22, Noah McKelvin (28) and Luke Negley (20) climbed five major formations on Colorado’s Pikes Peak in a single push. On the way… Read More »Transcendental Linkup: Five routes up to 5.12a totaling 2,400′ on Pikes Peak in 21 hours
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![Base camp on the frozen Nipissis River below the M51 cliff, in Nitassinan, the Innu name for this land that overlaps with northeastern Quebec. [Photo] Maarten van Haeren](https://alpinist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/the-country-of-winter-1-930x620.jpg)