![Jacopo Larcher climbs The Nipple pitch (5.13d) on Zodiac (VI 5.13d) at sunset. [Photo] Francois Lebeau and Black Diamond Equipment](https://alpinist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/zodiac-free-1-930x620.jpg)
Barbara Zangerl and Jacopo Larcher recently made the third free ascent of Zodiac (VI 5.13d) on El Capitan after a 13-year period in which no… Read More »Zangerl and Larcher make the third free ascent of Zodiac on El Capitan
![Adam Ondra celebrates on Wino Tower after finishing the most difficult pitches of the El Capitan's Dawn Wall (VI 5.14d). [Photo] Heinz Zak and Black Diamond Equipment](https://alpinist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/ondra-dawn-wall-1-930x620.jpg)
Adam Ondra sets a new precedent on the second free ascent of El Capitan’s Dawn Wall (VI 5.14d) by blazing up the route in fewer… Read More »Adam Ondra Frees the Dawn Wall
![Lauret Savoy's Trace: Memory, History, Race, and the American Landscape (2015). [Photo] Katie Ives](https://alpinist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/xtrace-cover-930x620.jpg.pagespeed.ic.n49IMTytRp.jpg)
Alpinist Editor-in-chief Katie Ives describes some of the reasons Lauret Savoy’s 2015 book, Trace: Memory, History, Race and the American Landscape has become deeply relevant… Read More »Lauret Savoy’s Trace: Exploring Landscapes of Exclusion and Inclusion in American History
![Paul Bonnell crosses Dewar Creek on the approach to The Leaning Towers, Purcell Wilderness, British Columbia. [Photo] Aaron Hanson](https://alpinist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/wall-tower-1-930x620.jpg)
A group of Idaho climbers venture into the Canadian wilderness to complete the first ascent of a route on Wall Tower (9,560′) that was abandoned… Read More »A Backyard Big Wall Expedition
![Pete Whittaker sends the Boulder Problem variation (5.13a) on El Capitan's Freerider (VI 5.12d or 5.13a). [Photo] Dustin Moore](https://alpinist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/whittaker-freerider-rope-solo-1-930x620.jpg)
Pete Whittaker rope solos El Capitan’s Freerider (VI 5.12d) all free in 20 hours, 6 minutes, becoming the first person to do it in a… Read More »Pete Whittaker rope solos El Cap’s Freerider all free in a day
![Mike jumps out of his 1992 Subaru Loyale to open the cattle gate marking the entrance to the dirt road; we slip in and let the minivan full of friends behind us latch it closed. Our ragtag caravan rallies toward Broken Tooth Wall, a cloud of dust marking our bumpy path. The guidebook lies open on the dash, red dirt bookmarking our objectives for the day, and later, our stories shared around the evening campfire. [Photo] Forest Woodward @forestwoodward @jabegg @hollandmike](https://alpinist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/jenny-abegg-and-forest-woodward-1-930x620.jpg)
From November 6 to 12 Jenny Abegg and Forest Woodward shared work with the #alpinistcommunityproject. Abegg cut her teeth on granite splitters in the Pacific… Read More »#alpinistcommunityproject: Jenny Abegg and Forest Woodward
![Painting of the view from Franz Joseph, Westland Tai Poutini National Park, New Zealand, with Mt. Elie de Beaumont (3109m), Mt. Green (2837m) and Mt. Walter (2905m). The author stared at this landscape for two years. It took him more than a decade to reach the peaks. [Photo] Peter Morath/Hedgehoghouse.com](https://alpinist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/the-glaciers-are-retreating-1-930x620.jpg)
In a story from Alpinist 38 (Spring 2012), Paul Hersey explores a landscape at the edge of loss on the fleeting ice fields of New… Read More »The Glaciers Are Retreating: Southern Alps, New Zealand
![Junko Tabei climbs Somoni Peak (7495m), formerly known as Communism Peak, in 1985. [Photo] Jaan Kunnap](https://alpinist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/junko-tabei-obit-1-930x620.jpg)
Junko Tabei was more than the first woman to summit the highest peak on Earth, she was a trailblazer for women in the mountains, a… Read More »Junko Tabei, first woman to summit Everest, dies at 77
![The Nepal Cubes worked well as an all-day boot in the mountains, transitioning smoothly between rock and snow. [Photo] Andrew Councell](https://alpinist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/sportiva-nepal-cube-boots-1.jpg)
Andrew Councell awards the La Sportiva Nepal Cube GTX boots four out of five stars for their lightness, warmth and versatility on rock and snow.
![Stephen Shobe, during Expedition Denali in 2013. [Photo] Hudson Henry](https://alpinist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/xlocal-hero-steven-shobe-930x620.jpg.pagespeed.ic.QVvksMRRK0.jpg)
James Edward Mills writes about one of his climbing heroes, Stephen Shobe, a mountain guide and member of Expedition Denali, a group that continues to… Read More »Local Hero: Stephen Shobe
![[Photo] Seth Langbauer](https://alpinist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/tcl-seeking-space-930x620.jpg)
An unexpected encounter on a hillside in New Mexico leads Jane Jackson to reconsider the environmental impacts of climbers and the conservation of public lands.
![From Conrad Anker's The City and The Blade in Alpinist 38. Mugs Stump on the Spanish Pillar of Meru North (6450m) in 1988. [Photo] Steve Quinlan](https://alpinist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/mugs-1.jpg)
The 25th Annual Mugs Stump Award applications are due November 30 for the 2017 grant cycle.
