![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
![North Six Shooter towers over the valley of Indian Creek, Utah. Just east of Canyonlands National Park, this area is now included in Bears Ears National Monument, which was designated by former President Barack Obama on December 28, 2016. [Photo] Derek Franz](https://alpinist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/bears-ears-north-six-shooter-930x620.jpg)
President Donald Trump signed an executive order to review Bears Ears and all national monuments designated in the last 21 years. The order was issued
![Keita Kurakami leads Hakuhatsuki, or Gray Haired Demon, (5.13d R) as a rope solo. After taking a groundfall attempting to redpoint the route as a rope solo, he decided to follow the crack all the way to the top of the cliff instead of ending at the bolt anchors. He named the extended route The Votive Light (5.13d/14a R). [Photo] Kenichi Moriyama](https://alpinist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/votive-light-1-930x620.jpg)
Keita Kurakami endures a ground fall before succeeding on the first ascent of another new trad route in Japan. He linked a previously existing 5.13d
… Read More »Keita Kurakami sees The Votive Light (5.13d/14a R trad) in Yukawa, Japan
![Nick Bullock and Paul Ramsden's North Buttress route (ED+ 1600m) on Nyainqentangla South East. Their descent on the east ridge is marked in green. [Photo] Nick Bullock](https://alpinist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/british-alpinists-1-768x620.jpg)
The Piolets d’Or jury is giving awards to two climbing teams this year for the 2016 first ascents on North Buttress of Nyainqentangla South East
… Read More »Jury selects two teams for Piolets d’Or awards this year for 2016 ascents
![Barbara Zangerl carries a cam in her mouth to save energy for placing it during her greenpoint bid of Switzerland's Gondo Crack (5.14b R). The route was bolted 15 years ago and remained unclimbed until the end of March when Zangerl and her partner, Jacopo Larcher, did the first ascents using the bolts. In early April the two then sent the route using removable protection, skipping the bolts and risking huge falls from the crux. [Photo] Richard Felderer](https://alpinist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/gondo-crack-1-930x620.jpg)
Barbara Zangerl and Jacopo Larcher made the first ascents of Switzerland’s Gondo Crack (5.14b R) in early April. The 17-meter line was a 15-year project
… Read More »Two climbers send Switzerland’s longstanding Gondo Crack project (5.14b R) on trad gear
![Nathan Martinez and Steve Dilk sit atop North Six Shooter in Indian Creek, Utah, in 2013. The area is now included in Bears Ears National Monument. Canyonlands National Park is in the background. [Photo] Derek Franz](https://alpinist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/bears-ears-3-930x620.jpg)
April is likely to be a pivotal time for the future of Bears Ears National Monument in Utah. U.S. Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke is poised
![The author enjoys the Julbo Explorer 2.0 sunglasses on a backcountry ski run in Colorado. Mt. Sopris (12,966'), left, Capitol Peak (14,131') and other summits in the famous Elk Range are visible in the background. [Photo] Derek Franz](https://alpinist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/julbo-explorer-2-main-1-930x620.jpg)
Julbo sunglasses continue to stand the test of time and perform as well as ever with modern technology. The Explorer 2.0, which is complete with
… Read More »Julbo Explorer 2.0: A worthy new member to a long, proud lineage of sunglasses
![El Regalo de Mwono on the Central Tower, Torres del Paine, Patagonia (VI 5.13b, 1200m) was first climbed in the early 1990s by Paul Pritchard, Sean Smith, Noel Craine and Simon Yates and rated VI 5.10 A4. [Photo] Courtesy of Nico Favresse, Siebe Vanhee and Sean Villanueva O'Driscoll](https://alpinist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/xel-regalo-de-mwono-1-930x620.jpg.pagespeed.ic.DIHjdVJlD0.jpg)
Belgian climbers Nico Favresse, Siebe Vanhee and Sean Villanueva O’Driscoll managed to squeak out a 19-day free ascent of the 1200-meter route El Regalo de
… Read More »Three Belgian climbers free 1200-meter route on Central Tower of Torres del Paine
![Royal Robbins [Photo] Tom Frost](https://alpinist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/xroyal-robbins-obit-1-480x620.jpg.pagespeed.ic.UlFyzL6sBt.jpg)
Royal Robbins (1935-2017) is remembered as a courageous visionary, from climbing the walls of Yosemite and the Alps, to kayaking raging rivers, and navigating his
… Read More »1935-2017: Big-wall pioneer and world explorer Royal Robbins remembered
![Alpinist Digital Editor Derek Franz enjoys a good seat for belaying a toprope in Gallatin Canyon, Montana. Sitting while belaying from the ground is never an ideal practice. Four prominent climbing organizations are partnering to standardize the way safety practices are taught across the country. [Photo] Mandi Franz](https://alpinist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/xfour-clubs-partner-to-set-climbing-ed-standards-930x620.jpg.pagespeed.ic.KL6aQwIvDY.jpg)
The American Alpine Club recently announced that it is collaborating with the Colorado Mountain Club, the Mazamas and The Mountaineers “to promote improvements in climbing
… Read More »Four organizations team up to enhance standards for climbing ed, public policy
![El Valor del Miedo (M6 A2 90+ degrees, 1000m) on Cerro Murallon's east face is marked in red.[Photo] Ragni di Lecco](https://alpinist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/xel-valor-del-miedo-1-930x620.jpg.pagespeed.ic.hfDPYavqj2.jpg)
Three Italians completed a route up the middle of Cerro Murallon’s east face in early February that was first attempted in 1999. They named their
… Read More »Three Italians complete an unfinished route on Cerro Murallon’s east face
![Lowe during a September 1973 trip to the High Sierra where he and John Weiland climbed the Northeast Corner (V 5.10-) of Keeler Needle . During the ascent they carried 25 nuts and 25 pins. Lowe wrote in the 1975 American Alpine Journal, We could have used more nuts. [Photo] Jeff Lowe collection/jeffloweclimber.com](https://alpinist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/xlowe-2-2-540x620.jpg.pagespeed.ic.NmDnuzY-VF.jpg)
Jeff Lowe will receive the Piolet d’Or Lifetime Achievement Award in April.
