![Andres Marin on Pitch 4 of Eternal Flame on Nameless Tower. [Photo] Anna Pfaff](https://alpinist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/xtrango-and-nameless-expedition-1-930x620.jpg.pagespeed.ic.8LvY8kakf9.jpg)
Andres Marin recently capped a successful trip to Pakistan with teammates Anna Pfaff and David Allfrey by soloing the American Route on Great Trango Tower… Read More »Andres Marin makes a fast solo of Great Trango Tower after two other ascents with David Allfrey and Anna Pfaff
“Honouring High Places”–the final book authored by Junko Tabei, who died in 2016 at age 77 and was the first woman to summit Chomolungma (Everest)–is… Read More »“Honouring High Places”: A Lifetime of Exploring “Unforgiving Terrain”
![A view of Nanda Devi (7816m) from snow camp on Devistan I (6678m) at about 6100 meters. [Photo] Suman Dubey collection](https://alpinist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/xsuman-interview-nanda-devi-2-930x620.jpg.pagespeed.ic.rRSFlulijH.jpg)
With Alpinist 63 and Part II of the Nanda Devi Mountain Profile now on newsstands, we bring you this interview with Suman Dubey, who became… Read More »An interview with Suman Dubey about his memories of the 1961 Indian expedition to Nanda Devi
The annual Banff Mountain Book Competition recently announced the nominees long-listed for recognition in several categories–out of the four articles under consideration for Best Mountaineering… Read More »Two Alpinist stories are finalists for a Banff Mountain Book Competition article award
![Roskelley on Chhota Bhai. [Photo] Nelson Nierinck](https://alpinist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/xpakistan-kondus-valley-first-ascents-5-930x504.jpg.pagespeed.ic.khsugVnx7T.jpg)
In what proved to be a month of strikingly optimal weather, Americans Jess Roskelley and Kurt Ross teamed with Belgian Nelson Neirinck to explore climbs… Read More »Americans and Belgian make first ascents of two 6000m peaks in Pakistan
![[Photo] Derek Franz](https://alpinist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/xshsa-survey-results-9-930x620.jpg.pagespeed.ic.dNFYMrMSbK.jpg)
From April 16 to July 4, in collaboration with other national climbing organizations and magazines, we undertook a survey on the topic of sexual harassment… Read More »Out from the Shadows: Sexual Harassment and Assault in Climbing Communities
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American Alpine Club President Deanne Buck and Club CEO Phil Powers share their perspective as to why the results of a recent survey about sexual… Read More »Safety Means More than a Good Belay
![Tom Frost leads Pitch 29 during the first ascent of the Salathe Wall on El Capitan in 1961. Frost, Chuck Pratt and Royal Robbins completed the climb over nine and a half days. [Photo] Royal Robbins, Tom Frost collection](https://alpinist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/tom-frost-salathe-fa-930x620.jpg)
Yesterday, August 24, was a fateful day for the climbing world, as two of America’s greatest climbing legends and icons passed away–Tom Frost and Jeff… Read More »The passing of two legends: Tom Frost and Jeff Lowe
![Tom Livingstone leading on Latok I during his successful ascent from the north side in which he and Ales Cesen and Luka Strazar climbed three-quarters of the North Ridge before traversing right to reach the south face where they continued to the top. [Photo] Ales Cesen/Luka Strazar](https://alpinist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/latok-success-1-930x620.jpg)
Tom Livingstone, Ales Cesen and Luka Strazar recently became the first climbers to summit Latok I (7145m) from the north side, climbing most of the… Read More »Tom Livingstone recounts the experience of climbing Latok I
![The author lounges on the Sea to Summit Ultralight Air Mat in Colorado's Elk Range with Mt. Sopris (12,965') in the background. [Photo] Amanda Franz](https://alpinist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/sea-to-summit-ultralight-air-mat-1-1-930x620.jpg)
The Sea to Summit Ultralight Air Mat is a summer backcountry mattress that can pack down to the size of a large burrito and that… Read More »Sea to Summit Ultralight Air Mat: For a good night’s sleep in the summer backcountry
![Leading on unexplored terrain on the east face of Caliban in Alaska’s Arrigetch Range. Gus Barber, Lang Van Dommelen and Chris Williams’ new route, which they are simply referring to as the East Face for now, is a 2,500-foot Grade IV+ 5.11. [Photo] Lang Van Dommelen](https://alpinist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/caliban-1-930x620.jpg)
Gus Barber, Lang Van Dommelen and Chris Williams recently established a 2,500-foot first ascent of a Grade IV+ 5.11 on the east face of Caliban… Read More »Alaskans complete a 2,500-foot 5.11 route on Caliban in Arrigetch Peaks
![Tim Auger as a young man. [Photo] Gord Irwin](https://alpinist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/tim-auger-1-930x620.jpg)
Tim Auger died on August 9, 2018, in Banff, Alberta, at age 72. The following story is an excerpt from a feature by Brandon Pullan… Read More »Remembering Tim Auger
