![Ari Novak on Snow Leopard (HWI 7), Spiti Valley, India. [Photo] Austin Schmitz](https://alpinist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/piti-dharr-ice-fest-1-930x620.jpg)
The first Piti-Dharr International Ice Climbing Festival took place in India’s Spiti Valley on January 5-15. During the event, Indian climber Bharat Bhushan and Americans
… Read More »India’s first Piti-Dharr Ice Fest results in a flurry of first ascents
![Sam Hennesse. [Photo] Seth Timpano](https://alpinist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/aac-cutting-edge-grants-1.jpg)
Sam Hennessey, Chantel Astorga and Chris Wright are all receiving American Alpine Club Cutting Edge Grants this year. Hennessey plans to attempt the north face
… Read More »American Alpine Club announces three Cutting Edge Grant recipients
![[Illustration] Andreas Schmidt](https://alpinist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/a55-full-value-1-930x620.jpg)
In this 2016 Full Value story from Alpinist 55, Alpinist Digital Editor Derek Franz peers into the dark side of the dirtbag dream.
![Kyle Dempster in his elements. [Photo] Andrew Burr](https://alpinist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/kyle-dempster-packrafting-file-photo-1-930x620.jpeg)
The application period is now open for the second annual Kyle Dempster Solo Adventure Award. Applications are due by March 15 for trips taking place
… Read More »Application period opens for 2019 Kyle Dempster Solo Adventure Award
![Katie Ives. [Photo] David Swift](https://alpinist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/katie-ives-portrait-698x620.jpg)
Alpinist Editor-in-Chief Katie Ives has been selected as a judge for the 2019 Boardman Tasker Award for Mountain Literature. The other two judges are Roger
… Read More »Alpinist Editor-in-Chief selected as a judge for the Boardman Tasker Award
The American Alpine Club recently announced the award recipients who will be honored at the club’s annual benefit dinner on March 9 in San Francisco,
… Read More »American Alpine Club announces 2019 award recipients
![Whitney Clark (pictured), Josie McKee and Caro North received a 2018 Grit and Rock Award to attempt a first ascent on Arjuna (6230m) in India's Kishtwar Province. [Photo] Josie McKee](https://alpinist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/xwhitney-clark-on-arjuna-north-930x620.jpg.pagespeed.ic.FT_hS-4XyB.jpg)
The Grit and Rock First Ascent Expedition Award for female alpinists is now accepting applications until January 15, 2019. The program launched in October 2016
… Read More »Grit and Rock grant applications due by January 15
![Keita Kurakami (left) and Connor Herson after their respective free ascents of the Nose (VI 5.14a, 2,900') of El Capitan. [Photos] Keita Kurakami collection/Jim Herson](https://alpinist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/kurakami-herson-nose-ascents-1-930x620.jpg)
Two historic free ascents happened within the last several days on the Nose (VI 5.14a, 2,900′) of El Capitan: Keita Kurakami free climbed the route
![Derek Franz gets his bearings using the SPOT X 2-Way Satellite Messenger in Colorado's Flat Tops Wilderness in late October 2018. [Photo] Mandi Franz](https://alpinist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/spot-x-1-2-930x620.jpg)
Alpinist Digital Editor Derek Franz took the SPOT X 2-Way Satellite Messenger into the mountains and desert to test its capabilities. He appreciated the device’s
… Read More »SPOT X 2-Way Satellite Messenger: A worthy tool for explorers and risk-takers
![Madaleine Sorkin climbs by headlamp on Scenic Cruise in the Black Canyon on October 29. [Photo] Henna Taylor](https://alpinist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/black-canyon-grief-fund-linkup-1-1-930x620.jpg)
Madaleine Sorkin and Mary Harlan raised awareness for the Climbing Grief Fund by climbing two routes in the Black Canyon in a day on October
![Alan Rousseau, pictured here on the first ascent of Rungofarka's north ridge, India, in 2017, was a 2018 recipient of the American Alpine Club's Cutting Edge Grant. Applications for the 2019 Cutting Edge Grant are due by November 30. [Photo] Tino Villanueva](https://alpinist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/rungofarka-6-930x620.jpg)
The American Alpine Club is now accepting applications for its Cutting Edge Grant, the Jones Backcountry Adventure Grant and the Jones Live Like Liz Award–due
… Read More »American Alpine Club accepting applications for climbing and adventure grants
![Smith at the belay on Cyber Pasty Memorial (WI5+ M7+), Icefields Parkway, Alberta. [Photo] John Price](https://alpinist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/alp59-contraindications-7-930x620.jpg)
For the second year in a row, an Alpinist story has been selected for the Best Mountaineering Article Award in the Banff Mountain Book Competition.
… Read More »Alpinist story receives Best Mountaineering Article Award at Banff Book Competition
