![Madaleine Sorkin leads a pitch on her September 7 redpoint of The Honeymoon is over (V 5.13c) on the Diamond of Longs Peak in Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado. Sorkin became the first woman and fifth person to send the route, which sits entirely above 13,000 feet and is one of the hardest lines in the world at that altitude. [Photo] Henna Taylor](https://i0.wp.com/alpinist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/madaleine-sorkin-becomes-first-woman-to-send-th.jpg?resize=930%2C620&ssl=1)
![The author climbing Hidden Gully (WI3-4, 650'), Smugglers' Notch, VT in early-season. [Photo] Sam Fox Knapp](https://i0.wp.com/alpinist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/arcteryx-acrux-ar-mountaineering-boots-in-use-1.jpg?resize=930%2C620&ssl=1)
Light, Low Profile and Hard to Break In: Arc’teryx Acrux AR Mountaineering Boots
Chris Van Leuven reviews the Arc’teryx Acrux AR Mountaineering Boots, crafted to be the “lowest volume weatherproof double boot ever made,” the company says.
![Left: Scott Adamson at the base of pitch 3 during the first ascent of The One Who Knocks WI6 M5 R/X, Reid's Peak, Uintas, Utah. Right: Kyle Dempster at the Superbowl Sunday BBQ at the top of Pitch 2 on the Great White Icicle, Little Cottonwood Canyon, Utah. [Photos] Nathan Smith](https://i0.wp.com/alpinist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/scott-adamson-kyle-dempster.jpg?resize=930%2C620&ssl=1)
Adamson, Dempster Remembered for Love, Tenacity
Kyle Dempster and Scott Adamson were at home in wild and remote mountains. But their sense of passion and commitment spread beyond the bold routes they climbed to the people with whom they shared their lives. On Alpinist.com, Derek Franz writes about the disappearance of the two men on the north face of the Ogre II. Friends of the two climbers remember their tenacity and love.
![Kyle Dempster on a rainy day in Salt Lake City. [Photo] Nathan Smith](https://i0.wp.com/alpinist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/kyle-dempster-remembering.jpg?resize=930%2C620&ssl=1)
In Memory of Kyle Dempster
On September 3, 2016, the search for Kyle Dempster and Scott Adamson, missing on the Ogre II in Pakistan, was called off. Here, a friend and climbing partner Scott Robertson writes a tribute to Kyle. We will be working on more stories about Kyle and Scott in the weeks ahead.
![Ogre II (6980m) above the Choktoi Glacier in Pakistan. [Photo] Courtesy of Kyle Dempster](https://i0.wp.com/alpinist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/ogre-2-1.jpg?resize=930%2C620&ssl=1)
![Adam Stack on the hike in to the base of Mt. Hooker (12,504'). [Photo] Tommy Caldwell](https://i0.wp.com/alpinist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/adam-hiking-to-base.jpg?resize=930%2C620&ssl=1)
![The Adidas Terrex Solo approach shoes after a season in Yosemite. [Photo] Josh Huckaby](https://i0.wp.com/alpinist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/adidas-terrex-solo-approach-shoe-2016-fb-1.jpg?resize=930%2C620&ssl=1)
Adidas Terrex Solo Approach Shoe 2016
YOSAR team member Josh Huckaby reviews the Adidas Terrex Solo approach shoes: “The Terrex Solos felt light on my feet, and have just enough support for extended carry outs down the dusty trails around Yosemite National Park.”
![Cirque of the Towers. [Photo] Doug Kofsky](https://i0.wp.com/alpinist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/wind-river-universe-dick-dorworthefbbbfefbbbf.jpg?resize=930%2C620&ssl=1)
Wind River Universe
Dick Dorworth reflects on the changes that the last forty-five years have brought to the Wind River Range: “On a clear day, the surface of Lonesome Lake reflects the sweeping silver walls of the Cirque of Towers, a glacier-polished mirror to the climber who cares (dares?) to gaze into it and to take those visions back to the larger world.”