![Max Barlerin and Quinn Brett celebrate on top of the Leaning Wall in Zion after Brett's free ascent of Spaceshot (IV 5.13a) on May 2. [Photo] Max Barlerin](https://alpinist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/brett-space-shot-1-930x620.jpg)
Quinn Brett made what is likely the first female free ascent of Spaceshot (IV 5.13a, 9 pitches) in Zion National Park, Utah, on May 1-2,… Read More »Quinn Brett makes probable first female free ascent of Spaceshot (5.13a) in Zion
![After a long rightward traverse on the second ice band, climbing some moderate ice to join the Bjoernberg-Ireland route. [Photo] Colin Haley](https://alpinist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/haley-hunter-north-buttress-solo-1-930x620.jpg)
Colin Haley completed one of his longstanding projects on May 12 with the first solo ascent of the North Buttress of Begguya (Mt. Hunter) which… Read More »Colin Haley solos North Buttress of Begguya (Mt. Hunter) round-trip in 17 hours
![The delegation of Colorado climbers walks through the rain from the House to the Senate while lobbying Congress in Washington, DC, on May 11 as part of the Climb the Hill event organized by the Access Fund and American Alpine Club. [Photo] Derek Franz](https://alpinist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/xclimb-the-hill-1-930x620.jpg.pagespeed.ic.yPHRQUFaP5.jpg)
Approximately 50 climbers lobbied Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, as part of the Access Fund and American Alpine Club’s Climb the Hill event on May… Read More »Climber delegation lobbies Congress on behalf of public lands
![A climber leads Three Strikes You're Out (5.11, 90') on the Battle of the Bulge Buttress in Indian Creek, Utah. The area is part of Bears Ears National Monument where US Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke is conducting a visit as part of his review of all national monuments designated in the last 21 years--as ordered by President Donald Trump in April. Conservation groups fear the unprecedented review could result in these monuments being rescinded or reduced. [Photo] Derek Franz](https://alpinist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/xthree-strikes-indian-creek-930x620.jpg.pagespeed.ic.MTm4wW5w7G.jpg)
US Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke’s visit to Utah is underway as he begins his review of national monuments following President Donald Trump’s recent executive order.… Read More »Interior Secretary arrives in Utah for tour of national monuments under review
![Mt. Huntington's South Ridge. [Photo] Clint Helander](https://alpinist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/xhuntington-south-ridge-1-930x620.jpg.pagespeed.ic.OWCIfmvMAI.jpg)
Clint Helander and Jess Roskelley stepped off the plane on Alaska’s Tokositna Glacier April 18 and immediately committed to Mt. Huntington’s South Ridge, which had… Read More »The ‘Gauntlet’: Two Americans make first ascent of Huntington’s Complete South Ridge
![Scott Bennett and Graham Zimmerman are receiving the American Alpine Club's Cutting Edge Award for their 2015 ascent of K6 West (7040m) by a new route on the Southwest Ridge (M6 90 degrees, 1800m) at a benefit celebration in Denver on June 3. The event will also recognize David Morton and Melissa Arnot Reid, Sean and Timmy O'Neill, Doug Walker and Sean Patrick for their contributions to social and environmental causes around the world. [Photo] Courtesy of the American Alpine Club](https://alpinist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/xaac-climbing-excellence-awards.jpg.pagespeed.ic.P4Y0SMmuTM.jpg)
Tickets are now available for the American Alpine Club’s second annual Excellence in Climbing Awards celebration in Denver on June 3. The event will honor… Read More »American Alpine Club presents its second annual Excellence in Climbing Awards
![Ueli Steck on Punta Margherita (4066m), one of six 4000-meter summits along the Italian/French Grandes Jorasses ridge traverse that Steck climbed in a 62-day push to climb all 82 4000-meter summits in the Alps in 2015. [Photo] Courtesy Ueli Steck](https://alpinist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/xueli-5.jpg.pagespeed.ic.wkEMYuZTy4.jpg)
Swiss alpinist Ueli Steck was found dead on April 30 near Camp 2 on Mt. Everest (8848m) after he apparently fell while climbing 7861-meter Nuptse… Read More »Ueli Steck found dead after an apparent fall on Nuptse while acclimatizing
![North Six Shooter towers over the valley of Indian Creek, Utah. Just east of Canyonlands National Park, this area is now included in Bears Ears National Monument, which was designated by former President Barack Obama on December 28, 2016. [Photo] Derek Franz](https://alpinist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/xbears-ears-north-six-shooter-930x620.jpg.pagespeed.ic.UGfo1n0Onv.jpg)
President Donald Trump signed an executive order to review Bears Ears and all national monuments designated in the last 21 years. The order was issued… Read More »Trump signs executive order to review Bears Ears and all national monuments designated in the last 21 years
![Keita Kurakami leads Hakuhatsuki, or Gray Haired Demon, (5.13d R) as a rope solo. After taking a groundfall attempting to redpoint the route as a rope solo, he decided to follow the crack all the way to the top of the cliff instead of ending at the bolt anchors. He named the extended route The Votive Light (5.13d/14a R). [Photo] Kenichi Moriyama](https://alpinist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/xvotive-light-1-930x620.jpg.pagespeed.ic.nmkWGMOKA_.jpg)
Keita Kurakami endures a ground fall before succeeding on the first ascent of another new trad route in Japan. He linked a previously existing 5.13d… Read More »Keita Kurakami sees The Votive Light (5.13d/14a R trad) in Yukawa, Japan
![Nick Bullock and Paul Ramsden's North Buttress route (ED+ 1600m) on Nyainqentangla South East. Their descent on the east ridge is marked in green. [Photo] Nick Bullock](https://alpinist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/british-alpinists-1-768x620.jpg)
The Piolets d’Or jury is giving awards to two climbing teams this year for the 2016 first ascents on North Buttress of Nyainqentangla South East… Read More »Jury selects two teams for Piolets d’Or awards this year for 2016 ascents
![Barbara Zangerl carries a cam in her mouth to save energy for placing it during her greenpoint bid of Switzerland's Gondo Crack (5.14b R). The route was bolted 15 years ago and remained unclimbed until the end of March when Zangerl and her partner, Jacopo Larcher, did the first ascents using the bolts. In early April the two then sent the route using removable protection, skipping the bolts and risking huge falls from the crux. [Photo] Richard Felderer](https://alpinist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/gondo-crack-1-930x620.jpg)
Barbara Zangerl and Jacopo Larcher made the first ascents of Switzerland’s Gondo Crack (5.14b R) in early April. The 17-meter line was a 15-year project… Read More »Two climbers send Switzerland’s longstanding Gondo Crack project (5.14b R) on trad gear
![Nathan Martinez and Steve Dilk sit atop North Six Shooter in Indian Creek, Utah, in 2013. The area is now included in Bears Ears National Monument. Canyonlands National Park is in the background. [Photo] Derek Franz](https://alpinist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/bears-ears-3-930x620.jpg)
April is likely to be a pivotal time for the future of Bears Ears National Monument in Utah. U.S. Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke is poised… Read More »Good news and bad news for public land, and an in-depth look at the politics surrounding Bears Ears National Monument
