![The Mammut Wall Rider Helmet. [Photo] Drew Thayer](https://alpinist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/xmammut-wall-rider-helmet-1-930x620.jpg.pagespeed.ic.TE8ikWkyfh.jpg)
Mammut Wall Rider Helmet Review
“Smaller rocks inevitably rained down. Just as the barrage ceased, a small rock whacked me in the head…. On the hard shell of the helmet,… Read More »Mammut Wall Rider Helmet Review
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![Field and Zimmerman gaze at Allincapac (5780) from the summit of Pico Carol. [Photo] Nathan Heald](https://alpinist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/xnew-routes-in-perus-carabaya-1-930x620.jpg.pagespeed.ic.k01MLrd0h-.jpg)
![Madaleine Sorkin leads a pitch on her September 7 redpoint of The Honeymoon is over (V 5.13c) on the Diamond of Longs Peak in Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado. Sorkin became the first woman and fifth person to send the route, which sits entirely above 13,000 feet and is one of the hardest lines in the world at that altitude. [Photo] Henna Taylor](https://alpinist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/xmadaleine-sorkin-becomes-first-woman-to-send-th-930x620.jpg.pagespeed.ic.XwD6DyOLFk.jpg)
![The author climbing Hidden Gully (WI3-4, 650'), Smugglers' Notch, VT in early-season. [Photo] Sam Fox Knapp](https://alpinist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/xarcteryx-acrux-ar-mountaineering-boots-in-use-1-930x620.jpg.pagespeed.ic.PXng0VKlNe.jpg)
Light, Low Profile and Hard to Break In: Arc’teryx Acrux AR Mountaineering Boots
Chris Van Leuven reviews the Arc’teryx Acrux AR Mountaineering Boots, crafted to be the “lowest volume weatherproof double boot ever made,” the company says.
![Left: Scott Adamson at the base of pitch 3 during the first ascent of The One Who Knocks WI6 M5 R/X, Reid's Peak, Uintas, Utah. Right: Kyle Dempster at the Superbowl Sunday BBQ at the top of Pitch 2 on the Great White Icicle, Little Cottonwood Canyon, Utah. [Photos] Nathan Smith](https://alpinist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/scott-adamson-kyle-dempster-930x620.jpg)
Adamson, Dempster Remembered for Love, Tenacity
Kyle Dempster and Scott Adamson were at home in wild and remote mountains. But their sense of passion and commitment spread beyond the bold routes… Read More »Adamson, Dempster Remembered for Love, Tenacity
![Kyle Dempster on a rainy day in Salt Lake City. [Photo] Nathan Smith](https://alpinist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/kyle-dempster-remembering-930x620.jpg)
In Memory of Kyle Dempster
On September 3, 2016, the search for Kyle Dempster and Scott Adamson, missing on the Ogre II in Pakistan, was called off. Here, a friend… Read More »In Memory of Kyle Dempster
![Ogre II (6980m) above the Choktoi Glacier in Pakistan. [Photo] Courtesy of Kyle Dempster](https://alpinist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/xogre-2-1-930x620.jpg.pagespeed.ic.IW8TNDm0cu.jpg)
![The Adidas Terrex Solo approach shoes after a season in Yosemite. [Photo] Josh Huckaby](https://alpinist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/xadidas-terrex-solo-approach-shoe-2016-fb-1-930x620.jpg.pagespeed.ic.8BeW5jU-sg.jpg)
Adidas Terrex Solo Approach Shoe 2016
YOSAR team member Josh Huckaby reviews the Adidas Terrex Solo approach shoes: “The Terrex Solos felt light on my feet, and have just enough support… Read More »Adidas Terrex Solo Approach Shoe 2016
![Adam Stack on the hike in to the base of Mt. Hooker (12,504'). [Photo] Tommy Caldwell](https://alpinist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/xadam-hiking-to-base-930x620.jpg.pagespeed.ic.2XK6X2Hf6E.jpg)
![Cirque of the Towers. [Photo] Doug Kofsky](https://alpinist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/wind-river-universe-dick-dorworthefbbbfefbbbf-930x620.jpg)
Wind River Universe
Dick Dorworth reflects on the changes that the last forty-five years have brought to the Wind River Range: “On a clear day, the surface of… Read More »Wind River Universe