Diary of Yosemite’s Climber Stewards: On Patrol
Up to 3,000-foot vertical walls, 5,000 routes, 1,200 square miles, 150-180 days of climbing per year and two (count them) two full-time Yosemite climbing rangers.… Read More »Diary of Yosemite’s Climber Stewards: On Patrol
The Lho La Tragedy: Beginning of the End
In 1989 an avalanche struck six Polish climbers descending from the West Ridge of Everest. Bernadette McDonald and Jerzy Porebski recount the disaster that ended… Read More »The Lho La Tragedy: Beginning of the End
Bird’s Eye View
No climber has had a greater influence on American climbing than the Bird. The view from the top, forty years on.