Carlo Traversi is first to have sent both Magic Line and Meltdown (5.14c) in Yosemite
Carlo Traversi has once again proven himself as one of the best all-around rock climbers in the world, with his recent redpoint of Yosemite’s Magic… Read More »Carlo Traversi is first to have sent both Magic Line and Meltdown (5.14c) in Yosemite
![Carlo Traversi places protection on Magic Line (5.14c), Yosemite Valley. [Photo] Christian Adam / Black Diamond](https://alpinist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/xcarlo-traversi-magic-line-1-800x620.jpg.pagespeed.ic._yJzygh1TD.jpg)


![Outline of Ukraine, based on a UN map of Ukraine and the Flag of Ukraine. [Image] Courtesy of the United Nations Cartographic Section; Alex Khristov, Wikimedia](https://alpinist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/xukraine-flag-930x620.png.pagespeed.ic.zZdcn9Uxri.png)
![Charles Dubouloz summits the Walker Spur of the Grandes Jorasses after soloing Rolling Stones (5.10 A3, or M8, 1100m) over six days in January. [Photo] Seb Montaz Studio (@sebmontazstudio)](https://alpinist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/xrolling-stones-solo-winter-ascent-1-930x620.jpg.pagespeed.ic.GV3eFrdqGI.jpg)
![Corrado Korra Pesce in 2015. [Photo] Klaus Dell'Orto](https://alpinist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/xcorrado-korra-pesce-1-930x620.jpg.pagespeed.ic.AkXFBhLnRK.jpg)
![The red line shows the approximate route of Frozen Fight Club (M7 A3, 780m). [Image] Marcin Tomaszewski collection](https://alpinist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/xfrozen-fight-club-1-930x620.jpg.pagespeed.ic.9zz8EVeqwm.jpg)
![A screenshot of a publicist's Facebook post announcing the upcoming media briefing for Nikita Balabanov, Mikhail Fomin and Viacheslav Polezhaiko's first ascent of the Southeast Ridge of Annapurna III (7555m). [Photo] Derek Franz](https://alpinist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/annapurna-iii-se-ridge-screenshot-496x620.jpg)
![[Image] Banff Mountain Book Competition](https://alpinist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/banff-book-awards-2021-930x620.jpeg)
![This photo was taken on a trip to Venezuela that was supported by an American Alpine Club Live Your Dream Grant. [Photo] Blake McCord](https://alpinist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/aac-climbing-grants-2021-930x620.jpg)
![A screenshot from the livestreamed event outside the White House on October 8 as President Joe Biden signed the proclamations restoring the protections to Bears Ears, Grand Staircase-Escalante and Northeast Canyons and Seamounts Marine national monuments as set by President Barack Obama. Biden handed out the pens he used to the people gathered behind him. [Photo] Derek Franz](https://alpinist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/biden-signs-monument-proclamations-1-930x620.jpg)
![The route line for Jaume Peiro and Alex Gonzalez' Big Fighter (6c [5.11b/c] A2, 740m) on Chaupi Huanca. [Photo] Alex Gonzalez](https://alpinist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/xbig-fighter-5-676x620.jpg.pagespeed.ic.ZzVq1Tgo-I.jpg)