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Five books are on the shortlist for the Boardman-Tasker Award this year, and Alpinist Editor-in-Chief Katie Ives is concluding her two-year term limit as a
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![Chris Weidner sends the last pitch (5.12d) of Gambler's Fallacy (5.13b, 9 pitches) on the Diamond of Longs Peak (Neniisotoyou'u), with Bruce Miller belaying on August 9. Weidner's redpoint was the first ascent of the route, to which he and Miller have dedicated 51 days since July 2017. Weidner will soon return to support Miller's free attempt. [Photo] Jon Glassberg/Louder Than Eleven](https://alpinist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/xgamblers-fallacy-1-930x620.jpg.pagespeed.ic.YCGMEe4a-f.jpg)
Two new 5.13 routes were free climbed on the Diamond of Longs Peak (Neniisotoyou’u) on August 9. Chris Weidner sent Gambler’s Fallacy (V 5.13b, 9
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![The northwest face of Chamlang (7321m) with UFO Line (ABO: M6, WI5, 2500m) marked in red. [Photo] Zdenek Hak and Marek Holecek collection](https://alpinist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/xchamlang-1-930x620.jpg.pagespeed.ic.6LvO0q58X2.jpg)
The Piolets d’Or committee has announced the selection of four “significant ascents” from 2019 that will be recognized on September 19-22 during the Ladek Mountain
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![Alex Honnold and Tommy Caldwell can be seen standing on the summit of the Sharkstooth (12,630') in Rocky Mountain National Park at sunrise on Saturday, July 18, during their Continental Divide Ultimate Linkup (CDUL). [Photo] Adam Stack](https://alpinist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/xrmnp-cdul-1-930x620.jpg.pagespeed.ic.6F3QoKXIWG.jpg)
Tommy Caldwell and Alex Honnold have completed a linkup of staggering proportions in Rocky Mountain National Park. The duo dubbed their route the Continental Divide
Today marks the release of the long-anticipated film, “A Thousand Ways to Kiss the Ground,” directed by Henna Taylor. The film release is in conjunction
![This illustration, created at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), reveals ultrastructural morphology exhibited by coronaviruses. Note the spikes that adorn the outer surface of the virus, which impart the look of a corona surrounding the virion, when viewed electron microscopically. [Image] Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC.gov)](https://alpinist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/cdc-coronavirus-graphic-930x620.jpg)
While the number of COVID-19 cases is declining in some areas of the US, allowing more people to venture outside their homes, some other places
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![Mitsu Iwasaki will assume duties as the new Chief Executive Officer of the American Alpine Club on August 3. [Photo] Courtesy of the American Alpine Club](https://alpinist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/new-aac-ceo-mitsu-iwasaki-930x620.jpg)
The American Alpine Club announced yesterday that Mitsu Iwasaki will take over as its Chief Executive Officer on August 3. Iwasaki is replacing CEO Phil
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The Vermont-based adventure company Get Out And Trek (GOAT) announced on May 14 that they are developing the outdoor industry’s first Outdoor Equality Index (OEI)
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![Matteo Bernasconi in his element. [Photo] Courtesy of Matteo Della Bordella](https://alpinist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/xmatteo-bernasconi-1-930x620.jpg.pagespeed.ic.XLutGWho0_.jpg)
As travel restrictions for the COVID-19 pandemic continue, climbers around the world connected remotely through Facebook on May 17 to raise their glasses in a
… Read More »Italian alpinist Matteo Bernasconi killed in avalanche while ski-mountaineering
![Jagor Koprek and two unidentified volunteers remove a damaged chimney above Vlaska Street in the center of Zagreb, Croatia. Koprek is one of the organizers of the volunteer movement to help clean up dangerous debris from city rooftops after the March 22 earthquake that rocked the country's capital. [Photo] Ivica Sturlan](https://alpinist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/xzagreb-quake-4-930x620.jpg.pagespeed.ic.F5dXOr_hRH.jpg)
On March 22, a Sunday morning, Croatia’s capital city of Zagreb was in the end of their second week of lockdown to address the COVID-19
![A screenshot of the Winter Wildlands Alliance Backcountry Film Fest video. [Photo] Derek Franz](https://alpinist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/xonline-film-fests-screenshot-930x620.jpg.pagespeed.ic.Rx-ER7Y8n4.jpg)
As the COVID-19 pandemic spread throughout the United States and the world, stay-in-place orders have forced a change of plans for all kinds of public
… Read More »Film festivals are offering free online viewings; here’s what we’re watching
![Adam Howard rappelling into the clouds at the Col du Chardonnet in Chamonix, France, in 2008 as Gordy Skoog looks on. [Photo] Jeff Diener](https://alpinist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/adam-howard-skiing-930x620.jpg)
In the midst of economic uncertainty during the COVID-19 pandemic, Height of Land Publications CEO and President Adam Howard addresses our magazines’ readers, contributors, advertisers
