![Marcin Tomaszewksi leads a pitch during the first ascent of Titanic (M5 5.10c A3 WI4, 1800m) on the North Face of the Eiger (3970m), which he completed with Tom Ballard on November 30 to December 6. [Photo] Tom Ballard](https://alpinist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/eiger-titanic-1-930x620.jpg)
Tom Ballard and Marcin Tomaszewksi have only climbed together three times, but all those climbs have been first ascents. They added another hard new route… Read More »First ascent of ‘Titanic’ adds another chapter to the Eiger North Face
![Shelika (6045m), south face, northeast of Jindong. [Photo] Tom Nakamura](https://alpinist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/hidden-mountains-of-tibet-1-930x620.jpg)
Eighty-two-year-old Japanese mountaineer Tamotsu “Tom” Nakamura has been exploring and documenting the seldom-visited regions of Tibet for the last 25 years. In this feature he… Read More »Nakamura unveils hidden mountains of southern Tibet
![The red line marks the route and camps of Moveable Feast (ED2 M7 WI5 5c A3, 1400m) on Thalay Sagar (6904m), India. [Photo] Courtesy of Dmitry Golovchenko and Mountain.RU.](https://alpinist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/thalay-sagar-moveable-feast-1-1-930x620.jpg)
The golden trio of Dmitry Golovchenko, Dmitry Grigoriev and Sergey Nilov score another Russian Golden Axe for their alpine-style first ascent of Moveable Feast (ED2… Read More »Russians win Golden Axe for Moveable Feast on Thalay Sagar
![Jacopo Larcher climbs The Nipple pitch (5.13d) on Zodiac (VI 5.13d) at sunset. [Photo] Francois Lebeau and Black Diamond Equipment](https://alpinist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/zodiac-free-1-930x620.jpg)
Barbara Zangerl and Jacopo Larcher recently made the third free ascent of Zodiac (VI 5.13d) on El Capitan after a 13-year period in which no… Read More »Zangerl and Larcher make the third free ascent of Zodiac on El Capitan
![Jim Detterline in his element on the upper section of Kiener's Route on the East Face of Longs Peak (14,259'), July 2010. [Photo] Lisa Foster](https://alpinist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/detterline-1.jpg)
Jim Detterline participated in more than 1,200 rescues in his long career as a climbing ranger in Rocky Mountain National Park. He was well loved… Read More »Jim Detterline touched many lives as a climbing ranger in Rocky Mountain Nat’l Park
![Adam Ondra celebrates on Wino Tower after finishing the most difficult pitches of the El Capitan's Dawn Wall (VI 5.14d). [Photo] Heinz Zak and Black Diamond Equipment](https://alpinist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/ondra-dawn-wall-1-930x620.jpg)
Adam Ondra sets a new precedent on the second free ascent of El Capitan’s Dawn Wall (VI 5.14d) by blazing up the route in fewer… Read More »Adam Ondra Frees the Dawn Wall
![Pete Whittaker sends the Boulder Problem variation (5.13a) on El Capitan's Freerider (VI 5.12d or 5.13a). [Photo] Dustin Moore](https://alpinist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/whittaker-freerider-rope-solo-1-930x620.jpg)
Pete Whittaker rope solos El Capitan’s Freerider (VI 5.12d) all free in 20 hours, 6 minutes, becoming the first person to do it in a… Read More »Pete Whittaker rope solos El Cap’s Freerider all free in a day
![Junko Tabei climbs Somoni Peak (7495m), formerly known as Communism Peak, in 1985. [Photo] Jaan Kunnap](https://alpinist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/junko-tabei-obit-1-930x620.jpg)
Junko Tabei was more than the first woman to summit the highest peak on Earth, she was a trailblazer for women in the mountains, a… Read More »Junko Tabei, first woman to summit Everest, dies at 77
![Josie McKee leading the last block to the top of Lost Arrow Spire on Day 2. [Photo] Quinn Brett](https://alpinist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/tour-de-ditch-1-930x620.jpg)
![Masha Gordon of the UK is the founder of The Grit & Rock First Ascent Expedition Award [Photo] Masha Gordon collection](https://alpinist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/new-climbing-grant-for-female-first-ascents-1-1-742x620.jpg)
![Topo of 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-1-1-768x620.jpg)