Marc-Andre Leclerc summits Torre Egger in winter alone; Pucher comes close to solo summit of Cerro Torreby Derek Franz
Madaleine Sorkin becomes first woman to send The Honeymoon Is Over (V 5.13c) on Longs Peak Diamondby Chris Weidner
![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://i0.wp.com/alpinist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/dani-arnold-1.jpg?resize=930%2C620&ssl=1)
![Tears of the Dragon (Russian Grade 6B, A3 M5, 1150m) marks the second ascent of the Great Wall (5120m) via the northeast face. [Photo] Team archive](https://i0.wp.com/alpinist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/great-wall-route.jpg?resize=930%2C620&ssl=1)
![Kim Schmitz at the high camp on the first ascent of Gaurishankar (7181m), Nepal, 1979. [Photo] John Roskelley](https://i0.wp.com/alpinist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/kim-schmitz-remembered-1.jpg?resize=930%2C620&ssl=1)
![Marc-Andre Leclerc hauls a pack up a pitch on The Winter Link-Up route during his solo ascent of Torre Egger [Photo] Marc-Andre Leclerc](https://i0.wp.com/alpinist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/leclerc-2.jpg?resize=930%2C620&ssl=1)
![Field and Zimmerman gaze at Allincapac (5780) from the summit of Pico Carol. [Photo] Nathan Heald](https://i0.wp.com/alpinist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/new-routes-in-perus-carabaya-1.jpg?resize=930%2C620&ssl=1)
![Madaleine Sorkin leads a pitch on her September 7 redpoint of The Honeymoon is over (V 5.13c) on the Diamond of Longs Peak in Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado. Sorkin became the first woman and fifth person to send the route, which sits entirely above 13,000 feet and is one of the hardest lines in the world at that altitude. [Photo] Henna Taylor](https://i0.wp.com/alpinist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/madaleine-sorkin-becomes-first-woman-to-send-th.jpg?resize=930%2C620&ssl=1)
![Ogre II (6980m) above the Choktoi Glacier in Pakistan. [Photo] Courtesy of Kyle Dempster](https://i0.wp.com/alpinist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/ogre-2-1.jpg?resize=930%2C620&ssl=1)