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Book Review: One Mountain Thousand Summits
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Freddie Wilkinson explores the 2008 climbing disaster on the Savage Mountain.
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On the Trails of the Glaciers
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Climber Fabiano Ventura brings awareness to receding glaciers in the Karakoram through new photographs, shot 100 years after those taken on early expeditions to the range.
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Climbing and Art
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Peter Beal grapples with ethics, beauty and the ever-evolving art of climbing.
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Reel Rock Film Tour: Boulder
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Reporting in from the Boulder premiere of the fifth annual Reel Rock Film Tour.
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Monte Sarmiento: Photos from Tierra del Fuego
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Ralf Gantzhorn presents 16 striking images from the top of the bottom of the world.
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Book Review: The Mountain Within
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It is reasonable to say at this point in history–now that popular climbing media has existed for decades–that there are climbing superstars: athletes that combine a definitive personality with difficult and stylistically charged climbs. Alexander Huber is certainly one of those superstars…
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The Warrior’s Way: Arno Ilgner Discusses Fear in Climbing
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In his quest to discover why some climbers are fearful and others brazen, Ilgner developed the Warrior’s Way, a program to help climbers become aware of–and deal with–their apprehensions.
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Book of Dreams
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Dozens of Yosemite Valley pioneers have been mailing a single book among them for months, gathering signatures to produce a unique retrospective and a way to raise money for Jim Bridwell.
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Pen, Paper and a Mountainside: Expedition Diaries from Mt. Logan
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Open the mountain journals of four climbers–John Evans, Jock Glidden, David Jones and Steve House–to find their past and future inspirations and motivations.
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Pros Raise Funds to Support Layton Kor
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For four days in May, Tommy Caldwell temporarily shelved his dreams of freeing Mescalito for a more important objective…
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Nakamura: Sichuan’s Most Outstanding Unclimbed Peaks
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Tamotsu Nakamura presents a list of the top 16 outstanding unclimbed summits in China’s West Sichuan Highlands.
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The Continuum Project: Zion
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Rob Pizem and Mike Anderson free their latest Zion route: Shake That Bear (5.12+ R, 11 pitches).
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Aaron Mulkey: Patriarch of Cody Ice
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Mulkey has spent many fruitless days trudging in his boots, hunting vast swaths of land and isolated canyons for ice that may not exist…
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Video: Ueli Steck Solos La Ginat
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Ueli Steck solos the Ginat route (ED: V M4+ 85 degrees, 1000m) on film.
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The Continuum Project: Elephant’s Perch
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Join Sarah Watson and Majka Burhardt on the classic Direct Beckey Route (V 5.11a), Elephant’s Perch, Sawtooth Range, Idaho.
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180 South: Conquerors of the Useless
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Inspired by a film from 1968, Jeff Johnson and Chris Malloy find their own way to Patagonia, learning the true meaning of adventure along the way.
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Adirondacks Lost and Found
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Matt McCormick presents a brief modern history of climbing in the Adirondacks, with photos by Dave Vuono.
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The Continuum Project: Lion’s Head
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Lion’s Head is a peaceful port village in Ontario, Canada surrounded by spectacular limestone cliffs…
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Smuggs: Everyman’s Ice Fest
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Alden Pellett climbs a new route, Bob Timmer awes the crowd, and a reporter gets terrorized at the fourth annual Smuggs Ice Bash.
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The Continuum Project: Icefall Brook
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Jon Walsh and Ian Welsted establish a beautiful new mixed line in Icefall Brook, a remote amphitheater of ice in British Columbia.
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WayPoint Namibia
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When a team of American climbers establishes Southern Crossing (V 5.11+, 1,300′) on the Brandberg in Namibia, their journey of understanding has just begun.
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Interview: Will Gadd and 24 Hours of Ice
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Will Gadd speaks about his “endless ascent” at Ouray, in which he climbed more than 25,000′ in a single day and raised over $15,000 for the dZi Foundation.
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The Continuum Project: Norway
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Guy Lacelle solos a 180-meter WI6 free solo in Hemsedal, Norway.
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Video: Guy Lacelle, Legend
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Dozens upon dozens of climbers–competitors, festivalgoers and friends–organized a celebration of Guy’s life. The result was an emotional but heartening gathering that shook not only the climbers in attendance, but those in the greater community, those who had heard that a legend, in life, was no more.
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Sean McCabe: A Vibrant Life
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Alpinist celebrates the life of artist Sean McCabe, whose boldness on canvas–and as a family man, teacher, skier and climber–will be profoundly missed.
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The Continuum Project: Nepal
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Watch as Audrey Gariepy, Ines Papert and Jen Olson tackle a new route on the Hungo Face of Kwangde Shar (6093m) in Nepal.
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The Continuum Project
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Gain perspective on the motivations and courage of some of the world’s top climbers in a new film by Chris Alstrin.
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John Bachar: A Stonemaster Remembered
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Rick Accomazzo, Lynn Hill, John Gill, Dave Yerian and Ron Gomez give tribute to the “alpha Stonemaster,” John Bachar.
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Craggin’ Classic ’09: A Rockin’ Good Time
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more than 200 climbers from at least 13 countries found themselves in high spirits for 48 hours of boozing, schmoozing, caffeinating and climbing–in that order, and then all over again.
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Psycho Vertical
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“There is no emotion, no fear, no doubt. There is only the correct option.”
