Chris Kalman

An excerpt from Chris Kalman’s award winning book, “Dammed If You Don’t”

Today we’re sharing an excerpt from an award-winning book written by a longtime Alpinist contributor and former intern Chris Kalman and illustrated by Craig Muderlak.… Read More »An excerpt from Chris Kalman’s award winning book, “Dammed If You Don’t”

Between July 1 and 3, young Spanish climbers Jaume Peiro (20) and Alex Gonzalez (18) made the first ascent of the northwest spur of Chaupi… Read More »Young Spanish team establishes Big Fighter, a 740-meter route on Chaupi Huanca, Peru

On May 8, Christoph Schranz freed Ocha-Schau-Schuich (“Fear of Heights,” in his Tyrolean dialect). It took him 20 days of work spread out over three… Read More »Christoph Schranz establishes a 300-meter 8c (5.14b), ground up, in the Tyrolean Alps

From August 2 to 10, Vitaliy Musiyenko made the first traverse of Goliath–a linkup of gargantuan proportions along the Sierra Crest, in California’s Sierra Nevada… Read More »Vitaliy Musiyenko completes 32-mile Goliath Traverse in High Sierra

From April 18-25, 2021, Ryan Driscoll, Justin Guarino and Nick Aiello-Popeo made the first ascent of the north face (or Medusa Face) of Mt. Neacola,… Read More »Ryan Driscoll, Justin Guarino and Nick Aiello-Popeo Send The Medusa Face on Mt. Neacola

On April 17, 2021, Brette Harrington and Dylan Cunningham made the first ascent of the northeast face of Mt. Niblock in Banff National Park, in… Read More »Brette Harrington and Dylan Cunningham Make the First Ascent of the Northeast Face of Mt. Niblock in Banff National Park

On Jan 29, 2021, Brittany Goris made the first recorded female ascent of East Coast Fist Bump (5.14a), a single-pitch trad climb at the Waterfall… Read More »Arizonan Trad Testpiece East Coast Fist Bump (5.14a) Gets First Recorded Female and First Recorded Trans Ascents

From February 11 to 25, 2021, 1430-meter Cerro Huinay was climbed by four Chilean climbers: Nicolas Gutierrez, Pancho Herrera, Sebastian Rojas and Hernan Rodriguez. The… Read More »Cerro Huinay (1430m) in Chilean Patagonia Gets First Ascent

Chris Kalman continues his quest to find the best all-day, all-around climbing shoe. Everyone knows that a certain brand’s TC Pro has set the standard… Read More »Acopa JB: A high-top climbing shoe that competes with the TC Pro

The DMM Dragonfly Micro Cams are among the smallest and strongest cams ever made. Chris Kalman tested them on the thin cracks near his home… Read More »DMM Dragonfly: A pretty good cam, especially for small sizes

Chris Kalman checks out a little-known shoe company named Unparallel that makes climbing shoes eerily similar to the well-known designs made by Five Ten. He… Read More »Unparallel Up Lace: A new company presents a new take on a familiar shoe

Chris Kalman put the Scarpa Maestro Mid through the paces on different styles of climbs to see how they compared to his La Sportiva TC… Read More »Scarpa Maestro Mid: A worthy all-around shoe that rivals the TC Pro