El Sendero Luminoso: Footage from Honnold’s Free Solo
Footage from Alex Honnold’s free solo of El Sendero Luminoso (V 5.12d), El Potrero Chico, Mexico.
El Potrero Free Solo: A Q&A with Alex Honnold
Alex Honnold talks about the most technically demanding and involved big wall he’s yet soloed, and why it was so easy.
Oxford Climbers Find Mishaps, Tomfoolery and New Routes in Greenland
During a five-week climbing bonanza this summer, Oxford University Mountaineering Club members Tom Codrington, Jacob Cook, Ian Faulkner and Peter Hill sailed among the granite cliffs of Greenland, establishing six new big-wall routes, including two up the thrice-attempted Horn of Upernivik Island (1700m). Along the way, Seal hunters shot bullets over their heads, one rogue husky ate vital climbing equipment, and they made memories they would eradicate from their minds if they could.
