From March 27-28, Matt Cornell, Jackson Marvell and Alan Rousseau climbed a new route on Mt. Dickey. They named their route Heavy is the Hand… Read More »Heavy is the Hand: New Route on Mt. Dickey’s south face
At the end of June, David Göttler (Germany) and Tiphaine Duperier and Boris Langenstein (France), climbed Nanga Parbat (8125m) via the Schell Route on the… Read More »Alpine-style ascent of Nanga Parbat with paraglide and ski descents
Thanks to community pressure lawmakers removed an amendment to sell off more than 500,000 acres of public land in Utah and Nevada. However, the final… Read More »Update: Public Land Sell-Offs Removed from House Bill, But Major Environmental Threats Remain
Whenever there is an ascent that breaks away from expected norms in terms of tactics, style, difficulty, whatever—it is usually worth a second look, if… Read More »A discussion of mixed reactions to a mixed winter ascent of the Diamond
Colorado climbers Jesse Huey, Matt Segal and their Canadian friend Quentin Roberts recently completed a winter, mixed-style free ascent of D7 on the Diamond of… Read More »A mixed-style free ascent of the Diamond in winter, sans crampons
This feature story by Michael Gardner originally appeared in Alpinist 77 (Spring 2022). On October 7, 2024, Gardner fell to his death while attempting Jannu… Read More »Worth the Weight?
![Aim For the Bushes (AI6 M6 X, 5,250) on the east face of Mt. Dickey, Ruth Gorge, Alaska. [Photo] Matt Cornell, Jackson Marvell and Alan Rousseau collection](https://alpinist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/xmt-dickey-aim-for-the-bushes-1-930x620.jpg.pagespeed.ic.2sQTbITL8T.jpg)
Over a three-day push from March 31 to April 2, Matt Cornell, Jackson Marvell and Alan Rousseau climbed a new route on the east face… Read More »New route on Mt. Dickey, Alaska: Aim For the Bushes
![Ed Webster overlooking the valley of Indian Creek and the shadow of the Bridger Jack spires, 1984. [Photo] Jeff Achey](https://alpinist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/xed-webster-1-930x620.jpg.pagespeed.ic.Ae1CYjWJzg.jpg)
One of climbing’s great Renaissance men, Ed Webster, 66, died of natural causes at his Maine home on November 22. Friend and climbing historian Jeff… Read More »Remembering Ed Webster: 1956-2022
![Abbey Collins on the summit of Mt. Beelzebub (7,280') in Alaska's Chugach Mountains, 2021. [Photo] Andrew Holman](https://alpinist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/xabbey-collins-1-930x620.jpg.pagespeed.ic.MwV4WBHj4z.jpg)
Alpinist is delighted to welcome Abbey Collins to its team as an assistant editor. She returns to the East Coast from Alaska to work from… Read More »Alpinist hires Abbey Collins as assistant editor
![Derek Franz and friends avoiding the usual mule train of climbers on Pingora's Northeast Buttress (5.8)--one of the Fifty Crowded Classics of North America--by climbing it in drizzly weather in 2019, Wind River Range, Wyoming. [Photo] Derek Franz](https://alpinist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/xderek-franz-pingora-2019-900x620.jpg.pagespeed.ic.2a3FSvXXD7.jpg)
Alpinist has named Derek Franz as the new editor-in-chief. Franz began freelancing for the magazine in 2011 and joined the Alpinist staff as digital editor… Read More »Derek Franz begins new role as editor-in-chief of Alpinist
![Madaleine Sorkin during her free ascent of the Dunn-Westbay Direct (IV 5.14-, 4 pitches, 1,000') on the Diamond of Longs Peak (Neniisotoyou'u, 14,255') on August 10. [Photo] Henna Taylor](https://alpinist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/xmadaleine-sorkin-dunn-westbay-direct-longs-peak-930x620.jpg.pagespeed.ic.u3DbWJGJkx.jpg)
On August 10, Madaleine Sorkin, 40, enjoyed a no-falls day on the Dunn-Westbay Direct (IV 5.14-, 4 pitches, 1,000′) on the Diamond of Longs Peak… Read More »Madaleine Sorkin becomes the first woman to free climb Dunn-Westbay Direct (5.14-)
![Francois Franz Cazzanelli and Pietro Picco climbing the Aosta Valley Express variation (AI 90° M6 85°, 1400m) up to Camp 2 (ca. 6000m) on the Kinshofer Route on Nanga Parbat (8125m). [Photo] Courtesy of Yodel press agency](https://alpinist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/xnanga-parbat-aosta-express-1-930x620.jpeg.pagespeed.ic.D2OIz6BrA2.jpg)
In late June and early July, a group of climbing guides from Italy’s Aosta Valley completed a variation to Camp 2 and a speed ascent… Read More »A new variation to Camp 2 and a speed ascent on Nanga Parbat
