![The Epaulette (West) Ridge of Mt. Waddington follows the right skyline. The bergschrund that the climbers jumped down at the end of the ridge below the summit is visible as a shadowed line, just below the horizon on the white slope. [Photo] Courtesy of John Scurlock](https://alpinist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/xwaddington-west-ridge-1-930x620.jpg.pagespeed.ic.pUZFussfk3.jpg)
On August 3-7, the Scottish alpinist Simon Richardson and Canadian alpinist Ian Welsted made what is likely the first complete ascent of the West Ridge… Read More »Simon Richardson and Ian Welsted complete first ascent of Waddington’s West Ridge
![Chris Kalman enjoying the comfort of the D4 Octapod portaledge at the top of the third pitch of Moonlight Buttress (V 5.12+), Zion National Park. [Photo] Nelson Klein](https://alpinist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/xd4-octapod-1-2-930x620.jpg.pagespeed.ic.HsfeLPELjn.jpg)
Chris Kalman details his experience with the D4 Octapod, a unique portaledge designed by the legendary big-wall gear inventor John Middendorf. Kalman tells the story… Read More »D4 Octapod: A unique portaledge that is lightweight, low-profile and easy to set up
![Chip Powell relishing the clean wide hand crack that marked the start of the headwall. [Photo] Chris Kalman](https://alpinist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/xmaxim-personal-escape-rope-1-2-930x620.jpg.pagespeed.ic.bDYp7t1EYl.jpg)
Chris Kalman recently took the 7mm Maxim Personal Escape Rope to the big wall jungle of Cochamo, Chile, where he used the tag line to… Read More »Maxim Personal Escape Rope: A tag line made for alpinists
![Alex Megos gets a grip on Fight Club (5.15b) at Raven's Crag near Banff, Canada. Megos made the first ascent of the route in August, establishing the country's first 5.15 as well as the second 5.15b in all of North America. A few days later Megos flashed The Path, a 5.14 R trad route. [Photo] Sonnie Trotter](https://alpinist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/xalex-megos-fight-club-930x620.jpg.pagespeed.ic.f6BZQPRcco.jpg)
Climbing phenom Alex Megos considers himself a “sport climber,” but that self-designation didn’t stop him from racking up to flash The Path, a 5.14 R… Read More »An interview with Alex Megos about the cross-disciplines of sport vs. trad climbing
The story of Cochamo can start anywhere. But since the trail is where all climbers now begin their adventures, that is where this story will… Read More »The Trail, the Road, and the Space Between
They call the Canadian Rockies’ Mt. Temple the Eiger of North America. Both peaks offer sheer north faces with steep imposing headwalls that soar 1500… Read More »Lion in Winter: Mt. Temple’s North Face
Between February 2 and 3, Colin Haley and Marc-Andre Leclerc–despite a constant barrage of falling ice, which bloodied Leclerc’s knuckles–completed the first integral ascent of… Read More »North Face of Cerro Torre Gets First Integral Ascent
![Miranda Oakley on the day of her successful solo NIAD. [Photo] Michael Levy](https://alpinist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/xmiranda-oakley-2-930x620.jpg.pagespeed.ic.eSrznTxrR9.jpg)
