![Kyle Dempster soloed up to 6000 meters on Vigne peak to gain a better look around at the huge peaks surrounding him on the Baltoro Glacier in 2014. He'd traveled there to attempt Gasherbrum IV's Shining Wall with Urban Novak, but they called off their expedition after learning that some Slovenian friends of Novak's were missing, and Novak felt the need to return home to be with the surviving friends and family. Dempster commended Novak's decision, recalling the loss of his own cousin in a rappelling accident on Baffin Island in 2005. [Photo] Kyle Dempster](https://alpinist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/xlemonade-5.jpg.pagespeed.ic.e6_nFXIdpW.jpg)
Today marks the official opening of the application period for the inaugural Kyle Dempster Solo Adventure Award. Applications are due by March 15 for trips… Read More »Application period opens for inaugural Kyle Dempster Solo Adventure Award
![The red line shows the route taken by Marc-Andre Leclerc and Tom Livingstone on January 3 for the first winter ascent of the Navigator Wall on Canada's Mt. Slesse. They estimated the difficulties to be M7+ R or Scottish VIII or IV, according to Livingstone. [Photo] Marc-Andre Leclerc](https://alpinist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/navigator-wall-winter-ascent-1-930x620.jpg)
The first few days of January provided good conditions for Marc-Andre Leclerc and Tom Livingstone to make the first winter ascent of Mt. Slesse’s Navigator… Read More »Good conditions result in new winter ascents of Slesse’s Navigator Wall and satellite peaks
![Hauling the pig with the Sterling WorkPro static rope on Prodigal Sun, Zion National Park. [Photo] Derek Franz](https://alpinist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/xsterling-workpro-1-1-930x620.jpg.pagespeed.ic.gKo0NKw-xL.jpg)
Alpinist Digital Editor Derek Franz recently used the Sterling WorkPro static line to haul a 100-pound bag on his first solo big wall. The WorkPro… Read More »Sterling WorkPro: A static rope that is supple with a high strength-to-weight ratio
![Lockhart Basin is one of the areas no longer included in the two smaller national monuments that replaced the former Bears Ears Monument. [Photo] Tim Peterson, courtesy of Bears Ears Inter-Tribal Coalition](https://alpinist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/monument-feature-1-1-930x620.jpg)
Alpinist Digital Editor Derek Franz documents the 11-month saga over Bears Ears National Monument, which was recently reduced by 85 percent of its original size… Read More »Strange Days: A look back on the previous 11 months surrounding Bears Ears National Monument and a glance at the future
![The author enjoys the comfort of the Mountain Equipment Xeros 800-fill, Russian Goose Down sleeping bag inside his bivy sack on the second morning of his solo ascent of Prodigal Sun (V 5.7 C2, 900') in Zion National Park, October 22. [Photo] Derek Franz](https://alpinist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/xmountain-equipment-xeros-sleeping-bag-1-1-930x620.jpg.pagespeed.ic.-HBiiR69K-.jpg)
Alpinist Digital Editor Derek Franz used the Mountain Equipment Xeros 800-fill, Russian Goose Down bag in warm, sweaty conditions as well as cold, wet ones,… Read More »Mountain Equipment Xeros 7-degree F down sleeping bag: Among the best in its class
![Barbara Zangerl on Pitch 22, Magic Mushroom (5.14a). [Photo] Francois Lebeau](https://alpinist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/zangerl-magic-mushroom-930x620.jpg)
It’s been another productive season for climbers on El Capitan: Jacopo Larcher and Barbara Zangerl made a rare free ascent of Magic Mushroom (VI 5.14a,… Read More »Larcher and Zangerl make a rare free ascent of El Cap’s Magic Mushroom (5.14a) at the end of another busy season for the Big Stone
![Jacob's Chair and Long Canyon are no longer included in the two smaller national monuments that replaced the former Bears Ears Monument. [Photo] Tim Peterson, courtesy of Bears Ears Inter-Tribal Coalition](https://alpinist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/bears-ears-tribal-coalition-photo-10-930x620.jpg)
On December 4, President Donald Trump signed two proclamations to shrink Utah’s Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monuments by more than half of their… Read More »National legal fight begins after Trump alters Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante Monuments by more than half
![Looking east from the summit of North Six Shooter in Indian Creek, Utah, provides a glimpse of the 1.35-million-acre Bears Ears National Monument. South Six Shooter is in the foreground and Bridger Jack Butte and pinnacles are in the middle ground. The Abajo Mountains are in the background to the right and the La Sal Mountains are just out of view to the left. Canyonlands National Park lies behind the photographer, just a few miles to the west. [Photo] Derek Franz](https://alpinist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/bears-ears-1-930x620.jpg)
President Donald Trump is scheduled to visit Salt Lake City, Utah, on Monday, Dec. 4, and he is expected to announce plans to slash the… Read More »Trump heading to Utah and is expected to reduce size of two national monuments
![The south face of Nuptse with the new route marked by the thin red line. [Photo] Courtesy of Helias Millerioux, Benjamin Guigonnet, Frederic Degoulet](https://alpinist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/nuptse-south-face-1-930x620.jpg)
On October 14-21, Helias Millerioux, Benjamin Guigonnet, Frederic Degoulet completed a risky new route on Nuptse’s south face in mostly alpine style, fixing only two… Read More »French team completes new route on Nuptse’s south face
![Fred Beckey at a previous American Alpine Club event. Beckey passed away October 30 at age 94. [Photo] Jim Aikman](https://alpinist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/aac-2018-benefit-dinner-announcement-1-930x620.jpg)
Tickets are now available for the American Alpine Club’s annual benefit dinner weekend on February 23-24 in Boston, Massachusetts. This year’s event will honor the… Read More »Registration open for American Alpine Club’s Annual Benefit Dinner
![Fred Beckey in 2012. [Photo] Jerry Dodrill](https://alpinist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/fred-beckey-1-930x620.jpg)
Fred Beckey, one of the most prolific alpinists the world has ever known, died October 30 at age 94 in Seattle, Washington.
Alpinist contributor Nick Bullock was recently named the winner of Banff Mountain Book Awards’ “Mountaineering Article” category for his story, “Threshold Shift,” which appeared in… Read More »Alpinist story by Nick Bullock named best ‘Mountaineering Article’ at Banff
