![Carsten Von Birckhahn in Patagonia. [Photo] Martin Kroussottsi collection](https://alpinist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/carsten-von-birckhahn-1-930x620.jpg)
Carsten Von Birckhahn–a respected member of the international climbing community and brand manager for Edelrid–died in a paragliding accident in northern Italy on July 15… Read More »Carsten von Birckhahn is remembered for his kindness, passion and vision
![This photo taken during the helicopter search on July 1 shows where Mariano Galvan and Alberto Zerain disappeared on Nanga Parbat's Mazeno Ridge. [Photo] Alex Gavan](https://alpinist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/mazeno-ridge-2-930x620.jpg)
Mariano Galvan’s family organized a continued search effort after he and Alberto Zerain disappeared on Nanga Parbat (8125m) June 24. The men are presumed to… Read More »Family organizes continued search efforts for Galvan and Zerain on Nanga Parbat
![A deal was confirmed today that the summer Outdoor Retailer trade show will move to Denver, Colorado, next year. Pictured from left to right are Luis Benitez, director of Colorado's Outdoor Recreation Industry Office; Darrell Denny, executive vice president of Emerald Expositions; Amy Roberts, executive director, Outdoor Industry Association; Governor John Hickenlooper; Mayor Michael Hancock; Nick Sargent, president of SnowSports Industries America; Rachel Benedick, VP sales and service, Visit Denver; Marisa Nicholson, Outdoor Retailer show director; Richard Scharf, president and CEO, Visit Denver; Lieutenant Governor Donna Lynne. [Photo] Courtesy of Ground Floor Media](https://alpinist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/outdoor-retailer-summer-announcement-1-930x620.jpeg)
Colorado officials and Outdoor Retailer executives announced July 6 that Denver will host the huge, lucrative OR Summer Market trade show for the next five… Read More »Summer Outdoor Retailer is moving to Denver in 2018
![Nanga Parbat's Diamir Face with the Mazeno Ridge extending toward the foreground. [Photo] Guilhem Vellut, Wikimedia](https://alpinist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/mazeno-ridge-1-1-930x620.jpg)
Mariano Galvan and Alberto Zerain are presumed to have died in an avalanche at around 6000 meters on Nanga Parbat (8125m). The two climbers had… Read More »Climbers missing and presumed dead on Nanga Parbat’s Mazeno Ridge
![Katie Bono trains at 13,500 feet on Denali, June 1, to prepare for her speed ascent on June 13-14 in which she set a probable female round-trip record of 21 hours, 6 minutes. That time is the third or fourth fastest time overall. [Photo] Savannah Cummins](https://alpinist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/katie-bono-denali-1-1-930x620.jpg)
On June 13-14, Katie Bono completed a round-trip ascent of Denali’s West Buttress in 21 hours, 6 minutes. This is likely a female speed record,… Read More »Katie Bono sets probable women’s speed record on Denali at 21 hours, 6 minutes
![Kilian Jornet points to Mt. Everest's shrouded summit while acclimatizing for his first speed ascent of the North Col route. [Photo] Sebastien Montaz-Rosset/Kilian Jornet collection](https://alpinist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/kilian-jornet-everest-speed-ascents-1-930x620.jpg)
Spanish climber and ultra-runner Kilian Jornet completed two rapid Everest ascents without using fixed ropes or bottled oxygen on the North Col route in one… Read More »Kilian Jornet completes two fast and light ascents of Everest in one week
![Ryan Franz down climbs from the summit of Bridger Jack Butte to access a rappel station in April 2015. The King of Pain pinnacle is in the background. The area is part of the Bears Ears National Monument designated by outgoing President Barack Obama on December 28, 2016. [Photo] Derek Franz](https://alpinist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/zinke-interim-report-on-bears-ears-930x620.jpg)
Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke’s interim report on Bears Ears National Monument recommends “revising” or reducing the monument’s boundaries while keeping some areas protected. On April… Read More »Zinke’s interim report recommends reducing Bears Ears National Monument
![In this photo that was taken through a telescope from the ground, Alex Honnold carefully makes his way across the highly technical, friction-dependent moves low on the Freerider route (VI 5.13a, 3,000') during his historic ropeless ascent of El Capitan, June 3. [Photo] Tom Evans](https://alpinist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/honnold-freerider-solo-1-930x620.jpg)
Alex Honnold became the first person to free solo El Capitan via the Freerider route (VI 5.13a, 3,000′) on June 3, which is indisputably a… Read More »The world gasps in the aftermath of Alex Honnold’s free solo of El Capitan’s Freerider (5.13a, 3,000′)
![Photo] Jay Mantri, courtesy of StockSnap](https://alpinist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/climate-accord-and-climate-change-1-930x620.jpg)
“I would like to see the climbing community speak about their experiences of witnessing climate change, and their love for the mountains with anyone and… Read More »Researchers, activists and climbers respond to Trump’s withdrawal from Climate Accord
![With Yosemite Falls rumbling to his left, Jon Cardwell face climbs into the final 5.12 splitter crack on Pitch 13 of the Misty Wall (5.13, 1,700') during a free ascent with Sasha DiGiulian on May 27. Cardwell had previously freed the individual pitches with Marcus Garcia last autumn, but the recent ascent is the first time the route has been free climbed in a continuous push, which took about 14.5 hours. [Photo] Marcus Garcia](https://alpinist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/yosemite-legacy-project-1-930x620.jpg)
The Legacy Restoration Project is an emerging program to clean up forgotten routes as a way to remind climbers of the potential that still lies… Read More »Legacy Restoration Project begets another high-end route: Yosemite’s Misty Wall (5.13)
![The Salt Palace Convention Center in Salt Lake City, Utah, will host the Outdoor Retailer at least one more time this July. [Photo] hakkun, Wikimedia](https://alpinist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/patagonia-or-1-930x620.jpg)
Emerald Expositions–the company that owns Outdoor Retailer–announced May 24 that it has acquired the SnowSports Industries America (SIA) Snow Show and that the winter OR… Read More »Outdoor Retailer winter trade show is merging with SIA Snow Show in Denver
![The east face of the Ship's Prow with MantraMandala (VI A3+, 450m) marked in red. [Photo] Marek Raganowicz](https://alpinist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/marek-ships-prow-1-930x620.jpg)
Though he intended to do some solo climbing, Marek Raganowicz hadn’t planned on spending the entire six weeks alone among the polar bears on Baffin… Read More »Marek Raganowicz solos two new routes on the Ship’s Prow in Baffin Island
