![The author appreciating the sticky rubber of the Salewa Wildfire Edge approach shoes during a log crossing on a backpack trip in western Colorado last June. [Photo] Mandi Franz](https://alpinist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/xsalewa-wildfire-edge-1-2-930x620.jpeg.pagespeed.ic.dqy4vEV0_K.jpg)
Alpinist Digital Editor Derek Franz has been wearing the Salewa Wildfire Edge approach shoes everywhere for the last several months. He reports that the shoes… Read More »Salewa Wildfire Edge: Technical approach shoes to keep up with the mountain goats
![This illustration by Andreas Schmidt appeared with Sara Aranda's Full Value story, Into Darkness We Go, in Alpinist 62. [Illustration] Andreas Schmidt](https://alpinist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/a62-full-value-aranda-930x620.jpg)
Two stories from Alpinist 62 (2018) have been selected for the “Notables Lists” for Best American Essays and Best American Sports Writing, respectively: Sara Ann… Read More »Two Alpinist stories receive honorable mentions in Best American anthologies
![Phil Powers at an American Alpine Club Benefit Dinner with Doug Walker, a former president of the AAC who died in an avalanche in 2016. [Photo] Jim Aikman](https://alpinist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/phil-powers-1-930x620.jpg)
American Alpine Club CEO Phil Powers announced yesterday, October 1, that he plans to retire after 14 years. He will remain CEO until this winter,… Read More »American Alpine Club CEO Phil Powers to step down in summer 2020
![The author linking moves on Magnetar (5.13d) at Rifle Mountain Park, Colorado, last May. [Photo] Karissa Frye](https://alpinist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/lowa-rocket-1-2-930x620.jpeg)
After extensive testing, Alpinist Digital Editor Derek Franz reports that the Lowa Rockets are best suited for toe- and heel-hooking, with a secure fit that… Read More »Lowa Rocket: climbing shoes made for heel/toe hooking
![The cover of Alpinist 66 features Lonnie Kauk climbing Magic Line (5.14c) in Yosemite Valley. The story is on the long list for Best Mountaineering Article in the Banff Mountain Book Competition. 13 Feet Under by Jayme Moye is from the same issue and is also on the Banff longlist in the same category. [Photo] Jim Thornburg](https://alpinist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/banff-book-comp-1-930x620.jpg)
Two stories from Alpinist 66 are on the longlist for Best Mountaineering Article in the 2019 Banff competition: “13 Feet Under” By Jayme Moye, and… Read More »Two Alpinist stories included on the longlist for Banff Mountain Book Competition; Boardman Tasker shortlist also announced
![Mt. Hooker with Gambling in the Winds (V 5.12+, 2,000') drawn in red. [Photo] Austin Siadak](https://alpinist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/gambling-in-the-winds-1-930x620.jpg)
In 2015, Hayden Kennedy and Whit Magro spent a week in Wyoming’s Wind River Range establishing a route over new terrain over halfway up the… Read More »Friends complete Hayden Kennedy’s vision on Mt. Hooker: Gambling in the Winds (V 5.12+)
![Derek Franz enjoying coffee and oatmeal made with the Sea to Summit Alpha Pot Cookset during a backpack trip in western Colorado last June. [Photo] Mandi Franz](https://alpinist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/xsea-to-summit-alpha-pot-cookset-1-2-930x620.jpg.pagespeed.ic.dU3OoXiCmr.jpg)
Alpinist Digital Editor Derek Franz tested the Sea to Summit Alpha Pot Cookset and awarded it five stars for its “lightweight, compact, self-contained and user… Read More »Sea to Summit Alpha Pot Cookset 2.1: Light, compact, self-contained and user friendly
![The west faces of Gasherbrum IV, V, VI, and VII. The peak of Gasherbrum II is just barely visible behind the southern ridge of Gasherbrum IV. Gasherbrum I (Hidden Peak) is hidden behind Gasherbrum V. [Photo] Florian Ederer, Wikimedia](https://alpinist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/gasherbrum-vii-rescue-1-930x620.jpg)
On July 20 Cala Cimenti, of Italy, became the first person to stand on top of 6955-meter Gasherbrum VII. Cimenti’s elation, however, was soon cut… Read More »Fall during ski descent on Gasherbrum VII results in dramatic rescue from 6300m
![Chashkin I (6035m), Pakistan. [Photo] Tico Gangulee](https://alpinist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/chashkin-fa-1-930x620.jpg)
On June 20, in a round-trip from his advanced base camp that took approximately 11 hours, Tico Gangulee free soloed the first ascent–and first ski… Read More »Tico Gangulee solos the first ascent and first ski descent of Chashkin I (6035m)
![Derek Franz discovering just how much effort it can take to activate the Beal Escaper after a short rappel from the top of Elephant Rock. [Photo] Mandi Franz](https://alpinist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/beal-escaper-2-2-668x620.jpg)
Alpinist Digital Editor Derek Franz tested the Beal Escaper, which the company describes as a “detachable abseil system” that enables climbers to rappel on a… Read More »Beal Escaper: A scary but handy tool for when you need to rappel with one rope
![The northwest face of Chamlang (7321m) with the line of UFO (ABO M6, WI5, 2500m) marked in red. [Photo] Zdenek Hak and Marek Holecek collection](https://alpinist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/chamlang-1-1-930x620.jpg)
Czech climbers Marek Holecek and Zdenek Hak teamed up for another huge, demanding route on May 16-23, this time on the northwest face of Chamlang… Read More »Zdenek Hak and Marek Holecek complete the first ascent of Chamlang’s northwest face
![Ten-year-old Selah Schneiter leads the bolt ladder to Boot Flake on the Nose, El Capitan, Yosemite. [Photo] Schneiter family collection](https://alpinist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/selah-schneiter-elcap-1-930x620.jpg)
Ten-year-old Selah Schneiter of Glenwood Springs, Colorado, climbed the Nose of El Capitan (VI 5.8 C2, 2,900′) on June 13 after a casual five-day ascent… Read More »10-year-old Selah Schneiter climbs the Nose of El Capitan
