Tommy Caldwell’s autobiography, The Push, is as daring as his multitude of world-class climbing accomplishments, which range from 5.14 and 5.15 sport routes around the… Read More »Tommy Caldwell is honest and vulnerable in his autobiography ‘The Push’
![In this photo that was taken through a telescope from the ground, Alex Honnold carefully makes his way across the highly technical, friction-dependent moves low on the Freerider route (VI 5.13a, 3,000') during his historic ropeless ascent of El Capitan, June 3. [Photo] Tom Evans](https://alpinist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/honnold-freerider-solo-1-930x620.jpg)
Alex Honnold became the first person to free solo El Capitan via the Freerider route (VI 5.13a, 3,000′) on June 3, which is indisputably a… Read More »The world gasps in the aftermath of Alex Honnold’s free solo of El Capitan’s Freerider (5.13a, 3,000′)
![With Yosemite Falls rumbling to his left, Jon Cardwell face climbs into the final 5.12 splitter crack on Pitch 13 of the Misty Wall (5.13, 1,700') during a free ascent with Sasha DiGiulian on May 27. Cardwell had previously freed the individual pitches with Marcus Garcia last autumn, but the recent ascent is the first time the route has been free climbed in a continuous push, which took about 14.5 hours. [Photo] Marcus Garcia](https://alpinist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/yosemite-legacy-project-1-930x620.jpg)
The Legacy Restoration Project is an emerging program to clean up forgotten routes as a way to remind climbers of the potential that still lies… Read More »Legacy Restoration Project begets another high-end route: Yosemite’s Misty Wall (5.13)
![The Salt Palace Convention Center in Salt Lake City, Utah, will host the Outdoor Retailer at least one more time this July. [Photo] hakkun, Wikimedia](https://alpinist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/patagonia-or-1-930x620.jpg)
Emerald Expositions–the company that owns Outdoor Retailer–announced May 24 that it has acquired the SnowSports Industries America (SIA) Snow Show and that the winter OR… Read More »Outdoor Retailer winter trade show is merging with SIA Snow Show in Denver
![The east face of the Ship's Prow with MantraMandala (VI A3+, 450m) marked in red. [Photo] Marek Raganowicz](https://alpinist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/marek-ships-prow-1-930x620.jpg)
Though he intended to do some solo climbing, Marek Raganowicz hadn’t planned on spending the entire six weeks alone among the polar bears on Baffin… Read More »Marek Raganowicz solos two new routes on the Ship’s Prow in Baffin Island
![Max Barlerin and Quinn Brett celebrate on top of the Leaning Wall in Zion after Brett's free ascent of Spaceshot (IV 5.13a) on May 2. [Photo] Max Barlerin](https://alpinist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/brett-space-shot-1-930x620.jpg)
Quinn Brett made what is likely the first female free ascent of Spaceshot (IV 5.13a, 9 pitches) in Zion National Park, Utah, on May 1-2,… Read More »Quinn Brett makes probable first female free ascent of Spaceshot (5.13a) in Zion
![The delegation of Colorado climbers walks through the rain from the House to the Senate while lobbying Congress in Washington, DC, on May 11 as part of the Climb the Hill event organized by the Access Fund and American Alpine Club. [Photo] Derek Franz](https://alpinist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/climb-the-hill-1-930x620.jpg)
Approximately 50 climbers lobbied Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, as part of the Access Fund and American Alpine Club’s Climb the Hill event on May… Read More »Climber delegation lobbies Congress on behalf of public lands
![Derek Franz stays warm at a breezy belay with NW Alpine's Eyebright jacket atop Pitch 4 of Horse and Pony Show (III 5.11d) on the obscure Grizzly Creek Wall in Glenwood Canyon, Colorado. [Photo] Craig Helm](https://alpinist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/nw-alpine-eyebright-1-2-930x620.jpg)
Alpinist Digital Editor Derek Franz tested the NW Alpine Eyebright ultralight shell jacket, one of the lightest and most durable in its class because of… Read More »NW Alpine Eyebright Jacket: Burly and ultralight
![A climber leads Three Strikes You're Out (5.11, 90') on the Battle of the Bulge Buttress in Indian Creek, Utah. The area is part of Bears Ears National Monument where US Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke is conducting a visit as part of his review of all national monuments designated in the last 21 years--as ordered by President Donald Trump in April. Conservation groups fear the unprecedented review could result in these monuments being rescinded or reduced. [Photo] Derek Franz](https://alpinist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/three-strikes-indian-creek-930x620.jpg)
US Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke’s visit to Utah is underway as he begins his review of national monuments following President Donald Trump’s recent executive order.… Read More »Interior Secretary arrives in Utah for tour of national monuments under review
![Mt. Huntington's South Ridge. [Photo] Clint Helander](https://alpinist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/huntington-south-ridge-1-930x620.jpg)
Clint Helander and Jess Roskelley stepped off the plane on Alaska’s Tokositna Glacier April 18 and immediately committed to Mt. Huntington’s South Ridge, which had… Read More »The ‘Gauntlet’: Two Americans make first ascent of Huntington’s Complete South Ridge
![Scott Bennett and Graham Zimmerman are receiving the American Alpine Club's Cutting Edge Award for their 2015 ascent of K6 West (7040m) by a new route on the Southwest Ridge (M6 90 degrees, 1800m) at a benefit celebration in Denver on June 3. The event will also recognize David Morton and Melissa Arnot Reid, Sean and Timmy O'Neill, Doug Walker and Sean Patrick for their contributions to social and environmental causes around the world. [Photo] Courtesy of the American Alpine Club](https://alpinist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/aac-climbing-excellence-awards.jpg)
Tickets are now available for the American Alpine Club’s second annual Excellence in Climbing Awards celebration in Denver on June 3. The event will honor… Read More »American Alpine Club presents its second annual Excellence in Climbing Awards
![Ueli Steck on Punta Margherita (4066m), one of six 4000-meter summits along the Italian/French Grandes Jorasses ridge traverse that Steck climbed in a 62-day push to climb all 82 4000-meter summits in the Alps in 2015. [Photo] Courtesy Ueli Steck](https://alpinist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/ueli-5.jpg)
Swiss alpinist Ueli Steck was found dead on April 30 near Camp 2 on Mt. Everest (8848m) after he apparently fell while climbing 7861-meter Nuptse… Read More »Ueli Steck found dead after an apparent fall on Nuptse while acclimatizing
