Remembering Eric Bjornstad, Desert Rat of the Old School
One desert icon remembers the life of another.
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Alpine-Style Attempts on the South Face of Nuptse
Two Canadian alpinists dodge large avalanches on the storied South Face of Nuptse. None of their several attempts extends beyond half height on the massive… Read More »Alpine-Style Attempts on the South Face of Nuptse
Short Film: K6 West
Raphael Slawinski, Ian Welsted and Jesse Huey travel to Pakistan to climb K6 West. At the moment of their departure down the KKH, they learn… Read More »Short Film: K6 West
To Know
In the final installment of our series of essays about climbing in the High Sierra’s Palisades group, Steve Porcella quests for the “remote, barren, trailless,… Read More »To Know
Back(side) Pain
“Sixty-five Sierra routes that first summer; about a dozen the next, a fifth of them first ascents. Brutal-as-hell approaches with seventy-pound packs, decrepit knees and… Read More »Back(side) Pain
More than a Mountain
Peter Croft ambles along “the local epicenter of sideways mountaineering”–the High Sierra’s Palisades–in his own Peter Croft kind of way.
The Nature of Memory
Joan Jensen searches through old boxes to uncover memories of her daring yet methodical soulmate, the late Don Jensen.
