![[Photo] Jeremy Joseph](https://alpinist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/la-sportiva-trango-tower-1-1-930x620.jpg)
Photographer Jeremy Joseph used the La Sportiva Trango Tower GTX boots for miles of hiking to access the most scenic locations in Colorado’s fourteeners. He… Read More »A worthy three-season boot: La Sportiva Trango Tower GTX
Alpinist contributor Nick Bullock was recently named the winner of Banff Mountain Book Awards’ “Mountaineering Article” category for his story, “Threshold Shift,” which appeared in… Read More »Alpinist story by Nick Bullock named best ‘Mountaineering Article’ at Banff
![Hayden Kennedy and Inge Perkins [Photo] Inge Perkins collection](https://alpinist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/hayden-inge-1-930x620.jpg)
Alpinist Digital Editor Derek Franz recounts memories of the lives of his friends Hayden Kennedy and Inge Perkins after their recent deaths in Montana.
![Hayden Kennedy, Marko Prezelj and Manu Pellissier descend into shadows after the first ascent of Light Before Wisdom. [Photo] Urban Novak](https://alpinist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/hk-1-930x620.jpg)
“Light Before Wisdom”: In this article from Alpinist 54, Hayden Kennedy shared moments of laughter and uncertainty from his 2015 ascent of the east face… Read More »Light Before Wisdom: The East Face of Cerro Kishtwar
![Franek Knez on the first ascent of Hudieva Zajeda/Diedro del Diablo (5.10 A2 90 degrees, 900m), Fitz Roy (3405m), with Silvo Karo and Janez Jegli in 1983. [Photo] Silvo Karo](https://alpinist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/knez-1-930x620.jpg)
On October 6, Slovenian alpinist Francek Knez passed away. During the course of his lifetime, Knez completed over 5,000 international climbs, including the first ascent… Read More »A Mysterious Lonely Path: The Life of Francek Knez
![The north face of Mt. Hooker in Wyoming's Wind River Range. [Photo] Austin Siadak](https://alpinist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/mt-hooker-original-sin-1-930x620.jpg)
On August 10-21, Jesse Huey and Maury Birdwell free climbed Original Sin (V 5.12+, 1,800′) on the north face of Mt. Hooker in Wyoming’s Wind… Read More »Jesse Huey and Maury Birdwell free ‘Original Sin’ (V 5.12+, 1,800′) on Wyoming’s Mt. Hooker
