Maurice Herzog Dies at Age 93
Maurice Herzog passed away at the age of 93 on December 13, leaving behind a legendary account of a bold first ascent an 8,000 meter… Read More »Maurice Herzog Dies at Age 93
Maurice Herzog passed away at the age of 93 on December 13, leaving behind a legendary account of a bold first ascent an 8,000 meter… Read More »Maurice Herzog Dies at Age 93
Up to 3,000-foot vertical walls, 5,000 routes, 1,200 square miles, 150-180 days of climbing per year and two (count them) two full-time Yosemite climbing rangers.… Read More »Diary of Yosemite’s Climber Stewards: On Patrol
Wild Country issued a voluntary recall of the Helium carabiner on December 10, 2012. Find details in the following press release.
You don’t have to be in Bozeman to see the ice tower competition and talks by Hayden and Michael Kennedy, Doug Chabot and others at… Read More »2012 Bozeman Ice Festival Livestream
When we meet people for the first time, we ask their name, and we ask them their job. And although I know climbers who’ve adopted… Read More »Dirtbaggery, Vol. 3: Surviving Thanksgiving Small Talk
After spending several months playing with Wild County’s new Ropeman 3, I began to wonder if I was using it incorrectly. Should it really be… Read More »Wild Country Ropeman 3: Recall and Alpinist Tester Observations
Geography is a big determinant of destiny. So it’s only logical that Italy, a mountainous and boot-shaped country, would be home to many of the… Read More »Asolo Cholatse TH: A Well-Made Boot From Boot Country
As a beginning climber, I would read Internet forums and climbing blogs for hours. I justified these pupil-glazing sessions as “research” into a world I… Read More »Dirtbaggery, Vol. 2: Saving Time, Wasting Time and Explaining Climbing on the Internet