![Alex Honnold and Tommy Caldwell on top of El Capitan after climbing the Nose in 1 hour, 58 minutes, 7 seconds, on June 6. [Photo] REEL ROCK Film Tour, Sam Crossley](https://alpinist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/sub-2-hour-nose-record-5-930x620.jpeg)
After steadily improving their time on each speed ascent over the past several weeks, Tommy Caldwell and Alex Honnold have achieved their goal of climbing… Read More »Tommy Caldwell and Alex Honnold speed up the Nose in 1:58:07
![Tommy Caldwell and Alex Honnold on the summit of the Nose, El Capitan. [Photo] REEL ROCK Film Tour, Sam Crossley](https://alpinist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/caldwell-honnold-nose-record-1-930x620.jpeg)
Alex Honnold and Tommy Caldwell set a new speed record on the Nose of El Capitan this morning, May 30, climbing the approximately 3,000-foot route… Read More »Alex Honnold and Tommy Caldwell set a new speed record on the Nose
![Yosemite Park Superintendent Mike Reynolds speaks at the memorial service for Jim Bridwell on May 19. [Photo] Ed Hartouni](https://alpinist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/bridwell-memorial-1-930x620.jpg)
On Saturday, May 19, climbers from around the country gathered at the Lower River Amphitheater in Yosemite Valley to share their remembrances of Jim Bridwell.
![Madaleine Sorkin onsighting the crux pitch of Qualgeist (IV 5.12) on North Chasm View Wall in the Black Canyon of the Gunnison, Colorado, 2012. [Photo] Chris Noble](https://alpinist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/climbing-grief-fund-1-930x620.jpg)
On Memorial Day, May 28, Madaleine Sorkin and Mary Harlan will descend more than 2,000 feet into the Black Canyon of the Gunnison with the… Read More »Three Black Canyon routes in 24 hours: raising money for the Climbing Grief Fund
![Climber representatives pose in front of the nation's capital in Washington, DC, last week during the Access Fund and American Alpine Club's third annual Climb the Hill event, which included more than 60 delegates. [Photo] Stephen Gosling](https://alpinist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/climb-the-hill-2018-recap-1-3-640x620.jpg)
On May 9-11, some of the nation’s most prominent climbers took off their down jackets and donned suits on Capitol Hill to advocate for public… Read More »Highlights from Climb the Hill 2018
![Life Compass (IV 5.10a M4+ 80 degrees, TD+, 980m) on Alberta, Canada's Mt. Blane. [Image] Brette Harrington](https://alpinist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/life-compass-mt-blane-1-930x620.jpg)
Brette Harrington and Rose Pearson completed a new route on Mt. Blane–Life Compass (IV 5.10a M4+ 80 degrees, TD+, 980m)–in Alberta, Canada, in a 21.5-hour… Read More »Brette Harrington and Rose Pearson follow their ‘Life Compass’ to complete a new route in a 21.5-hour push in the Canadian Rockies
![Flashback from 2017: (left to right) Sasha DiGiulian, Caroline Gleich, Libby Sauter, Quinn Brett and Katie Boue flex after a Congressional briefing in the U.S. Senate last year. All of them returned to Washington, D.C., this week for the third annual Climb the Hill event. [Photo] Derek Franz](https://alpinist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/climb-the-hill-7-930x620.jpg)
The Access Fund and American Alpine club are gathering once again in Washington, D.C., this week with a host of high-profile climbers to lobby Congress… Read More »Access Fund, Alpine Club and pro climbers return to lobby Capitol Hill
![From left to right: Danika Gilbert, David Roberts, Doug Chabot and Jeff Jackson. [Image] Courtesy of the American Alpine Club](https://alpinist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/aac-excellence-awards-preview-1-930x400.jpg)
Doug Chabot, Danika Gilbert, David Roberts and Jeff Jackson are to be honored at the American Alpine Club’s Excellence in Climbing Celebration in Denver on… Read More »The American Alpine Club announces 2018 Excellence in Climbing award recipients
![Tom Livingstone on the summit ridge of Jezebel after climbing a new route-- Fun or Fear (AI 6 R M6+, 90 degrees, ca. 1200m)--up the mountain's east face with Uisdean Hawthorn. [Photo] Uisdean Hawthorn](https://alpinist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/fun-or-fear-1-930x620.jpg)
Tom Livingstone and Uisdean Hawthorn went to Alaska’s Revelation Range at the end of March, intent on trying a new route on Jezebel’s north face.… Read More »British climbers find ‘Fun or Fear’ in Alaska on Jezebel’s east face after attempting north face
![[Photo] Derek Franz](https://alpinist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/franz-image-930x620.jpg)
Alpinist, the American Alpine Club, the Access Fund and other climbing organizations across the country are partnering to launch a survey on the occurrence of… Read More »Survey: Sexual harassment/assault in the climbing environment
![Summit group photo on Langdung (6357m), Nepal, December 20. [Photo] Courtesy Dawa Yangzum Sherpa](https://alpinist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/langdung-first-ascent-1-1-930x620.jpg)
A team of four Sherpa alpinists completed the first ascent of Langdung peak (6357m) in December 2017. Dawa Yangzum Sherpa, the team’s only woman and… Read More »Sherpa team succeeds on first ascent of Langdung (6357m) in Nepal
Anthony Marra, Jessica Kelley and Alex Gaber are the first recipients of the inaugural Kyle Dempster Solo Adventure Award, which was created to honor the… Read More »Kyle Dempster Solo Adventure Award recipients announced
