![Nolan Smythe photos from the GoFundMe webpage. [Photos] Savannah Cummins](https://alpinist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/nolan-smythe-930x620.jpeg)
Nolan Smythe of Moab, Utah, was killed on March 6 while climbing Logical Progression (VI 5.13, 2,800′) on El Gigante in Mexico’s Basaseachic Falls National… Read More »Nolan Smythe killed in rockfall while climbing Logical Progression on Mexico’s El Gigante
![Geof Childs is receiving the H. Adams Carter Literary Award at the American Alpine Club's annual benefit dinner on March 14. The in-person gathering was canceled because of concerns about the Coronavirus pandemic, and the event will be livestreamed online instead. [Photo] Geof Childs collection](https://alpinist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/geof-childs-aac-award.jpg)
The coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic–which recently reached Colorado–has prompted the American Alpine Club (to make changes to it’s annual benefit dinner (ABD), which is the club’s… Read More »Coronavirus concerns prompt American Alpine Club to conduct benefit dinner remotely
![Matt Cornell climbing Nutcracker (WI5+ M9, 5 pitches)--with a rope and partner--in Montana's Hyalite Canyon. [Photo] Nathan Norby](https://alpinist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/xmatt-cornell-nutcracker-1-930x620.jpg.pagespeed.ic.zNkyxtOhMd.jpg)
On February 15, Bozeman climber Matt Cornell, 25, free soloed Nutcracker (M9 WI5+, 5 pitches), in Montana’s Hyalite Canyon. Cornell’s solo of Nutcracker was a… Read More »Matt Cornell free solos Hyalite Canyon testpiece, Nutcracker (M9 WI5+, 450′)
The application period for the Climbing Grief Grant through American Alpine Club and the Climbing Grief Fund is now open. The grant “offers financial support… Read More »Climbing Grief Grant application period is now open; 10 apps received within first 24 hours
![James Edward Mills stands in front of his exhibit featuring African American mountaineer Charles Madison Crenchaw at the Bradford Washburn American Mountaineering Museum, in Golden, Colorado. [Photo] Courtesy of James Edward Mills](https://alpinist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/mills-charles-crenchaw-exhibit-930x620.jpeg)
“Something Yet Higher,” an exhibition featuring African American mountaineer Charles Madison Crenchaw, opened at the Bradford Washburn American Mountaineering Museum on February 6. Crenchaw was… Read More »Something Yet Higher: Charles Madison Crenchaw Exhibit Opens at the Bradford Washburn American Mountaineering Museum
![Climbing in Bears Ears National Monument, Ute (Nuu-agha-tuvu-pu) and Pueblo Territories. [Photo] courtesy of Ben Crawford/Access Fund](https://alpinist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/bears-ears-cat-wall-930x620.jpg)
This year–2020–is anticipated to be the year for the long-awaited court ruling as to whether President Donald Trump’s reduction of Bears Ears National Monument in… Read More »BLM management plan threatens Bears Ears National Monument while lawsuits continue
![The famous Blue Bear outside the Colorado Convention Center, pictured on the first official day of the Winter Outdoor Retailer + Snow Show, Wednesday, January 29, 2020. [Photo] Derek Franz](https://alpinist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/winter-outdoor-retailer-preview-1-930x620.jpg)
As Alpinist Digital Editor Derek Franz prepares to attend Denver’s third Winter Outdoor Retailer + Snow Show, he reflects on the rise of conversations about… Read More »Another Outdoor Retailer, another opportunity to call for political and social changes
![Kyle Dempster in his elements. [Photo] Kyle Dempster collection](https://alpinist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/xkyle-dempster-solo-award-img1874-930x620.jpg.pagespeed.ic.vXY4cIXWrT.jpg)
Two grant application periods opened this week–the Kyle Dempster Solo Award and the American Alpine Club Live Your Dream Grant. The AAC application period is… Read More »Kyle Dempster Solo Award and American Alpine Club Live Your Dream Grant open for 2020 applications
We are sad to report that a series of avalanches has devastated villages in the Pakistan-controlled part of Kashmir. Steve Swenson, a climber and author… Read More »Avalanches kill hundreds in Kashmir
![Wayne Merry while engaged in Alaskan glacier mapping for the International Geophysical Year (IGY) in 1958. [Photo] Dick Long (Wayne Merry collection)](https://alpinist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/xwayne-merry-1-800x620.jpg.pagespeed.ic.JLzmVmd0IL.jpg)
Steve Grossman chronicles the adventurous life of Wayne Merry, who passed away at home in Atlin, British Columbia, early on October 30, 2019, after suffering… Read More »Wayne Merry (1931-2019): Yosemite legend, teacher and loving steward of wild places
The American Alpine Club Annual Benefit Dinner weekend will be in Denver on Friday and Saturday, March 13-14. Tickets are now available on the AAC… Read More »American Alpine Club Annual Benefit Dinner features “climbers uniting for the planet”
![Brad Gobright climbing Lurking Fear (VI 5.7 C2, 2,000') on El Capitan.[Photo] Cheyne Lempe](https://alpinist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/brad-gobright-1-930x620.jpg)
Brad Gobright died in a rappelling accident in El Potrero Chico, Mexico on November 27. The 31-year-old Californian was a highly accomplished free-soloist and big… Read More »Brad Gobright dies in a rappelling accident while climbing in Mexico
