![El Regalo de Mwono on the Central Tower, Torres del Paine, Patagonia (VI 5.13b, 1200m) was first climbed in the early 1990s by Paul Pritchard, Sean Smith, Noel Craine and Simon Yates and rated VI 5.10 A4. [Photo] Courtesy of Nico Favresse, Siebe Vanhee and Sean Villanueva O'Driscoll](https://alpinist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/el-regalo-de-mwono-1-930x620.jpg)
Belgian climbers Nico Favresse, Siebe Vanhee and Sean Villanueva O’Driscoll managed to squeak out a 19-day free ascent of the 1200-meter route El Regalo de… Read More »Three Belgian climbers free 1200-meter route on Central Tower of Torres del Paine
![Royal Robbins [Photo] Tom Frost](https://alpinist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/royal-robbins-obit-1-480x620.jpg)
Royal Robbins (1935-2017) is remembered as a courageous visionary, from climbing the walls of Yosemite and the Alps, to kayaking raging rivers, and navigating his… Read More »1935-2017: Big-wall pioneer and world explorer Royal Robbins remembered
![Alpinist Digital Editor Derek Franz enjoys a good seat for belaying a toprope in Gallatin Canyon, Montana. Sitting while belaying from the ground is never an ideal practice. Four prominent climbing organizations are partnering to standardize the way safety practices are taught across the country. [Photo] Mandi Franz](https://alpinist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/four-clubs-partner-to-set-climbing-ed-standards-930x620.jpg)
The American Alpine Club recently announced that it is collaborating with the Colorado Mountain Club, the Mazamas and The Mountaineers “to promote improvements in climbing… Read More »Four organizations team up to enhance standards for climbing ed, public policy
![El Valor del Miedo (M6 A2 90+ degrees, 1000m) on Cerro Murallon's east face is marked in red.[Photo] Ragni di Lecco](https://alpinist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/el-valor-del-miedo-1-930x620.jpg)
Three Italians completed a route up the middle of Cerro Murallon’s east face in early February that was first attempted in 1999. They named their… Read More »Three Italians complete an unfinished route on Cerro Murallon’s east face
![Lowe during a September 1973 trip to the High Sierra where he and John Weiland climbed the Northeast Corner (V 5.10-) of Keeler Needle . During the ascent they carried 25 nuts and 25 pins. Lowe wrote in the 1975 American Alpine Journal, We could have used more nuts. [Photo] Jeff Lowe collection/jeffloweclimber.com](https://alpinist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/lowe-2-2-540x620.jpg)
Jeff Lowe will receive the Piolet d’Or Lifetime Achievement Award in April.
![Alex Honnold speaks to a crowd of Save Red Rock supporters and media outside the Clark County Government Center before the February 22 hearing in which the County Zoning Commission ruled in favor of the concept plan for the Blue Diamond Hill development. Regardless of the outcome, the event was awesome--tons of support for our side, said Chris Weidner, a climber and freelance writer who attended the hearing. [Photo] Heather Weidner](https://alpinist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/blue-diamond-development-1-930x620.jpg)
Clark County Commissioners allow a 2011 concept plan to proceed for a 5,000-home development on Blue Diamond Hill near Red Rock National Conservation Area, which… Read More »Clark County approves concept plan for development near Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area
![Marek Raganowicz soloing Suser gjennom Harryland (VI 5.10b A3, 650m) on Norway's Troll Wall (1742m). He spent 16 days on the wall with only two ropes and no fixed lines. [Photo] Marek Raganowicz](https://alpinist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/troll-wall-winter-solo-1-930x620.jpg)
Polish climber Marek Raganowicz spent 16 days soloing Suser gjennom Harryland (VI 5.10b A3, 650m) on Norway’s Troll Wall from January 11 to 26. The… Read More »Marek Raganowicz completes the first winter solo of a route on the Troll Wall
![The jury panel recently announced the first recipients for the Grit and Rock First Ascent Expedition Award. [Photo] Grit and Rock Foundation](https://alpinist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/grit-and-rock-panel.jpg)
The inaugural First Ascent Expedition Award is giving grants to four teams across three categories. The Grit and Rock Foundation created the award last September… Read More »First round of female recipients announced for Grit & Rock First Ascent Expedition Award
![A climber nears the top of Rim Shot (5.11-, 400'), Bridger Jack Butte, Indian Creek, Utah. The area is included in the new Bears Ears National Monument, which Utah lawmakers are asking President Donald Trump to rescind. [Photo] Derek Franz](https://alpinist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/bears-ears-rim-shot-2-930x620.jpg)
Arc’teryx, Ibex and Polartec join Patagonia to oppose Utah’s efforts to rescind Bears Ears National Monument. The tactics range from boycotting the Salt Lake City… Read More »Arc’teryx, Ibex and Polartec join Patagonia’s movement to pressure Utah over Bears Ears
![The Salt Palace Convention Center in Salt Lake City, Utah, hosts the Outdoor Retailer. [Photo] hakkun, Wikimedia](https://alpinist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/patagonia-or-1-1-930x620.jpg)
On February 3, Utah legislators moved to rescind Bears Ears National Monument. In response, Patagonia announced the company will stop attending the Outdoor Retailer trade… Read More »Patagonia withdraws from Outdoor Retailer shows in Utah over threats to Bears Ears
![Looking east from the summit of North Six Shooter in Indian Creek, Utah, provides a glimpse of the 1.35-million-acre Bears Ears National Monument. South Six Shooter is in the foreground and Bridger Jack Butte and pinnacles are in the middle ground. The Abajo Mountains are in the background to the right and the La Sal Mountains are just out of view to the left. Canyonlands National Park lies behind the photographer, just a few miles to the west. [Photo] Derek Franz](https://alpinist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/bears-ears-1-2-930x620.jpg)
Now that President Donald Trump is in office, and a new, Republican majority controls both the U.S. House and Senate, discussions about federal land management… Read More »Bears Ears, federal lands and the new US administration
![Rudugaira Peak (5819m) is one of the mountains being promoted with lower permit fees this year by the Indian Mountaineering Foundation. [Photo] Courtesy of the Indian Mountaineering Foundation](https://alpinist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/imf-permit-fees-1-930x620.jpeg)
The Indian Mountaineering Foundation offers reduced permit fees on 81 select mountains for the 2017 season. The goal is to encourage foreign expeditions and disperse… Read More »Indian Mountaineering Foundation lowers 2017 permit fees to promote select peaks
