Cassin Ridge Climb
In July 2012, Tom Livingstone and Tom Ripley made a two day ascent of the Cassin Ridge on the South Face of Denali.
Ueber Steigeisentechnik- Crampon Manufacturing in 1908
What the ice climbers of the future will be able to climb, I know not. But I find it hard to believe that we have already reached the limits of what is possible. — Oscar Eckenstein, 1908
Cornuau-Davaille Route, Les Droites
Marion Poitevin and Philippe Batoux climb the Cornuau-Davaille route on the north face of Les Droites.
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 the Golden Age of Polish Himalayan Climbing and the rescue that saved one man’s life. With illustrations by Ewa Labaj.
Joe Iurato’s Little Climbers
I’m trying to think of the best way to explain it. I got laid off in 2008 and fell back on my art pretty hard. It picked me up. In a sense I found myself falling out of climbing and I couldn’t figure out why. Maybe it was because of everything that had gone on.