![This photo of the southeast face of Kyzyl Asker (5842m) shows Ines Papert and Luka Lindic's new route, Lost in China (ED WI5+ M6, 1200m), in red. [Photo] Ines Papert and Luka Lindic](https://alpinist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/xlost-in-china-fa-1-930x620.jpeg.pagespeed.ic.tH1V2nmdlQ.jpg)
Ines Papert and Luka Lindic discover the best ice either of them have ever encountered so high on a mountain during the two-day ascent of… Read More »Ines Papert and Luka Lindic establish new route on Kyzyl Asker
![Adam Ondra celebrates on Wino Tower after finishing the most difficult pitches of the El Capitan's Dawn Wall (VI 5.14d). [Photo] Heinz Zak and Black Diamond Equipment](https://alpinist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/ondra-dawn-wall-1-930x620.jpg)
Adam Ondra sets a new precedent on the second free ascent of El Capitan’s Dawn Wall (VI 5.14d) by blazing up the route in fewer… Read More »Adam Ondra Frees the Dawn Wall
![Pete Whittaker sends the Boulder Problem variation (5.13a) on El Capitan's Freerider (VI 5.12d or 5.13a). [Photo] Dustin Moore](https://alpinist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/whittaker-freerider-rope-solo-1-930x620.jpg)
Pete Whittaker rope solos El Capitan’s Freerider (VI 5.12d) all free in 20 hours, 6 minutes, becoming the first person to do it in a… Read More »Pete Whittaker rope solos El Cap’s Freerider all free in a day
![Junko Tabei climbs Somoni Peak (7495m), formerly known as Communism Peak, in 1985. [Photo] Jaan Kunnap](https://alpinist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/junko-tabei-obit-1-930x620.jpg)
Junko Tabei was more than the first woman to summit the highest peak on Earth, she was a trailblazer for women in the mountains, a… Read More »Junko Tabei, first woman to summit Everest, dies at 77
![From Conrad Anker's The City and The Blade in Alpinist 38. Mugs Stump on the Spanish Pillar of Meru North (6450m) in 1988. [Photo] Steve Quinlan](https://alpinist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/xmugs-1.jpg.pagespeed.ic.1oIOTJ3vO9.jpg)
The 25th Annual Mugs Stump Award applications are due November 30 for the 2017 grant cycle.
![The South Face of Brammah II (6425) with Chris Gibisch and Jeff Shapiro's route, Pneuma (VI AI4, M5, 1300m), and bivy site are marked in red. [Photo] Chris Gibisch](https://alpinist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/new-route-on-the-south-face-of-brammah-ii-1-930x620.jpg)
![Josie McKee leading the last block to the top of Lost Arrow Spire on Day 2. [Photo] Quinn Brett](https://alpinist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/tour-de-ditch-1-930x620.jpg)
![Masha Gordon of the UK is the founder of The Grit & Rock First Ascent Expedition Award [Photo] Masha Gordon collection](https://alpinist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/new-climbing-grant-for-female-first-ascents-1-1-742x620.jpg)
![Topo of 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-1-1-768x620.jpg)
![Marc-Andre Leclerc leads one of the pitches of the unrepeated six-pitch ice runnel in the bottom half of Titanic (7b M5 WI4 950m) on Torre Egger (2850m) during his all-free two-day ascent. [Photo] Austin Siadak](https://alpinist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/1-ice-runnel-930x620.jpg)
![Swiss climber Dani Arnold free solos the Via Carlesso (7a+ or 5.12a 650m) on Torre Trieste (2458m) in Italy's Dolomite spires. [Photo] Dani Arnold collection](https://alpinist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/dani-arnold-1-930x620.jpg)