Climbing up Hyalite this beautiful December day with friends Geoff Heath and Carlos Buhler. Geoff an accomplished all-rounder; Carlos, world class. Me a “recreationalist” who… Read More »Aetheist, Rationalist, Believer
Until today, I thought the Russians, exemplified by Odintsov’s “Russian Big Walls Project”, were completely unstoppable. Even though Rocky did eventually beat Ivan Drago in… Read More »“In the Cracks there were Bats and Spiders of Giant Sizes”
I would like to announce the launch of IceClimbingUtah.com, a new resource that will aggregate ice conditions across Utah…
Present day. Angelino Wall, Zion National Park. This is our second present day, which is my bad, because that’s pretty confusing. This is actually a… Read More »Jedi Repeat Zion MacNamara Route
The Scottish West coast has been getting its usual flurries of early season mixed climbing conditions. I thought I would pop a post on here… Read More »Snapshots of a Scottish Winter
The National Park Service has released its Final General Management Plan/Environmental Impact Statement for Great Falls (VA) Park. The document is the culmination of a… Read More »New Climbing Management Plan for Great Falls, VA
Just saw the notice about the fire. My stomach turns at the thought of all those back issues burning. I had just saved enough to… Read More »Keep Working at What You Love
“Squamish climber Matt Maddaloni rigged a 30-foot-diameter trapeze net, fashioned from fishing net and industrial-strength bungy cord, to protect his attempts to free-solo a 5.13a… Read More »A TRAPEZE NET AND SOME FREE SOLOING. WAIT, WHAT?
This is my first post on alpinist.com, not that that matters. Anyways, I wanted to post two pictures from a recent trip to the San… Read More »San Juan Mountain Majesty
I attempted a winter attempt on the East Rib with a 9 member US/Canadian team in December 1987. Most of the climbing was done by… Read More »VIEWS OF ANNAPURNA’S EAST RIB IN DECEMBER 1987
As a leader of our community and well informed about the effect of global warming, i feel it is my duty to spread awareness of… Read More »NAMASTE AND GREETINGS FROM NEPAL
I, in keeping with my anonymous internet persona of constant, indignant rage, took this as a glaring example of nanny-state meddling and risk averse “progressive”… Read More »ENERVATED OLD MAN RELINQUISHES HIS ANGER. FOR NOW.
