![Rob Kepley on Dos Equis (5.10b), Cathedral Spires, South Platte, Colorado. [Photo] Chris Van Leuven](https://alpinist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/xfive-ten-quantum-1-1-930x620.jpg.pagespeed.ic.N9y5r4EB1u.jpg)
The Five Ten Quantum rock shoes were designed to be an all-around, high performance shoe. Chris Van Leuven tested them on slabs, cracks and steeps,
… Read More »The redesigned Five Ten Quantum: Versatile, high performance climbing shoes
![Nick Bullock and Paul Ramsden's North Buttress route (ED+ 1600m) on Nyainqentangla South East. Their descent on the east ridge is marked in green. [Photo] Nick Bullock](https://alpinist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/british-alpinists-1-768x620.jpg)
The Piolets d’Or jury is giving awards to two climbing teams this year for the 2016 first ascents on North Buttress of Nyainqentangla South East
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![Barbara Zangerl carries a cam in her mouth to save energy for placing it during her greenpoint bid of Switzerland's Gondo Crack (5.14b R). The route was bolted 15 years ago and remained unclimbed until the end of March when Zangerl and her partner, Jacopo Larcher, did the first ascents using the bolts. In early April the two then sent the route using removable protection, skipping the bolts and risking huge falls from the crux. [Photo] Richard Felderer](https://alpinist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/gondo-crack-1-930x620.jpg)
Barbara Zangerl and Jacopo Larcher made the first ascents of Switzerland’s Gondo Crack (5.14b R) in early April. The 17-meter line was a 15-year project
… Read More »Two climbers send Switzerland’s longstanding Gondo Crack project (5.14b R) on trad gear
![Nathan Martinez and Steve Dilk sit atop North Six Shooter in Indian Creek, Utah, in 2013. The area is now included in Bears Ears National Monument. Canyonlands National Park is in the background. [Photo] Derek Franz](https://alpinist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/bears-ears-3-930x620.jpg)
April is likely to be a pivotal time for the future of Bears Ears National Monument in Utah. U.S. Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke is poised
![The author enjoys the Julbo Explorer 2.0 sunglasses on a backcountry ski run in Colorado. Mt. Sopris (12,966'), left, Capitol Peak (14,131') and other summits in the famous Elk Range are visible in the background. [Photo] Derek Franz](https://alpinist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/xjulbo-explorer-2-main-1-930x620.jpg.pagespeed.ic.iCOMwonm2b.jpg)
Julbo sunglasses continue to stand the test of time and perform as well as ever with modern technology. The Explorer 2.0, which is complete with
… Read More »Julbo Explorer 2.0: A worthy new member to a long, proud lineage of sunglasses
![For illustration purposes only. Actual product may vary in color, specs and corporeal dimension. [Image] Robin Earle](https://alpinist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/xemperors-jacket-spoof-1-1-500x620.jpg.pagespeed.ic.KYDvNFs26f.jpg)
Alpinist Fashion Editor Paula Rumpelshorts reviews the latest in alpine outerwear: the Emperor Jacket (so lightweight and breathable, you’ll hardly know it’s there).
![El Regalo de Mwono on the Central Tower, Torres del Paine, Patagonia (VI 5.13b, 1200m) was first climbed in the early 1990s by Paul Pritchard, Sean Smith, Noel Craine and Simon Yates and rated VI 5.10 A4. [Photo] Courtesy of Nico Favresse, Siebe Vanhee and Sean Villanueva O'Driscoll](https://alpinist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/el-regalo-de-mwono-1-930x620.jpg)
Belgian climbers Nico Favresse, Siebe Vanhee and Sean Villanueva O’Driscoll managed to squeak out a 19-day free ascent of the 1200-meter route El Regalo de
… Read More »Three Belgian climbers free 1200-meter route on Central Tower of Torres del Paine
![The author before a night at a large shelter outside Crater Lake National Park, Oregon. A roaring wood stove inside meant I could get a comfortable night's sleep with just a light synthetic jacket as my top layer. [Photo] Ryan Wichelns](https://alpinist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/xpatagonia-hybrid-sleeping-bag-1-1-930x620.jpg.pagespeed.ic.-R6Sf28F5H.jpg)
Patagonia introduces a modern version of an old idea for an unconventional alpine sleeping bag–the Hybrid, which is intended to be used with an insulated
… Read More »The Patagonia Hybrid Sleeping Bag: unconventional and efficient
![Mt. Mizugaki (2230m), one of the peaks featured in Kyya Fukada's 1964 classic, One Hundred Mountains of Japan, translated in 2014 by Martin Hood. "Can one describe this mountain as a medley of crags?" Fukada wrote. "It is not the only mountain with crags, but what is unique about Mizugaki is the way it mixes its crags with its trees." [Photo] Satoru Hagihara](https://alpinist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/alp56-on-belay-1-930x620.jpg)
After ten years as a boulderer, Keita Kurakami attempts what some other local climbers called impossible: a new free route on the daunting 110-meter Moai
![Christ Healing the Blind, painted ca. 1657. Dawn L. Hollis observes: The image depicts the healing of two blind men recounted in Matthew 20:29-34. Their first sight will be of the mountainous vista that dominates the canvas. [Image] Philippe de Champaigne](https://alpinist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/alp57-wired-1-930x620.jpg)
Dawn L. Hollis challenges the belief in academia that people did not care for mountains until they began climbing them at the end of the
![Royal Robbins [Photo] Tom Frost](https://alpinist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/royal-robbins-obit-1-480x620.jpg)
Royal Robbins (1935-2017) is remembered as a courageous visionary, from climbing the walls of Yosemite and the Alps, to kayaking raging rivers, and navigating his
… Read More »1935-2017: Big-wall pioneer and world explorer Royal Robbins remembered
![A Berec headlamp used by Martin Mushkin from the mid-1950s until 1980. [Photo] Michelle Hoffman](https://alpinist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/alp57-tool-users-1-930x620.jpg)
In this Tool Users story from Alpinist 57, Paula Wright shines a light on the evolution of the headlamp. Since some climbers were still carrying
