![Derek Franz gets his bearings using the SPOT X 2-Way Satellite Messenger in Colorado's Flat Tops Wilderness in late October 2018. [Photo] Mandi Franz](https://alpinist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/xspot-x-1-2-930x620.jpg.pagespeed.ic.pCXM69U6LP.jpg)
Alpinist Digital Editor Derek Franz took the SPOT X 2-Way Satellite Messenger into the mountains and desert to test its capabilities. He appreciated the device’s… Read More »SPOT X 2-Way Satellite Messenger: A worthy tool for explorers and risk-takers
![Kelly Cordes leading the first pitch of Cannonball (M5 R WI5+/6 X) during the first ascent. [Photo] Kevin Cooper](https://alpinist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/cannonball-3-930x620.jpg)
On October 18, Kevin Cooper and Kelly Cordes completed a new three-pitch mixed route on the lower east face of Longs Peak in Rocky Mountain… Read More »Cannonball: Cooper and Cordes hit their stride with a new mixed route on Longs Peak
![The Osprey Mutant 22-liter after being dragged up Pitch 2 of Quickdraw in Squamish, British Columbia. Essentially good as new! [Photo] Mallorie Estenson](https://alpinist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/osprey-mutant-22-1-1-930x620.jpg)
Alpine guide Mallorie Estenson has been using the Osprey Mutant 22-liter backpack for multipitch climbs around the Pacific Northwest, and she found it to be… Read More »Osprey Mutant 22: A go-to for the no-frills, fast-and-light climber
![Madaleine Sorkin climbs by headlamp on Scenic Cruise in the Black Canyon on October 29. [Photo] Henna Taylor](https://alpinist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/black-canyon-grief-fund-linkup-1-1-930x620.jpg)
Madaleine Sorkin and Mary Harlan raised awareness for the Climbing Grief Fund by climbing two routes in the Black Canyon in a day on October… Read More »Update: Scientists study loose flake in Black Canyon while Sorkin and Harlan climb for the Grief Fund
![The author biking on Trail Ridge Road, Rocky Mountain National Park. [Photo] Zach Zehr](https://alpinist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/suunto-9-1-1-930x620.jpg)
Longtime climber and endurance athlete Quinn Brett tested the Suunto 9 wristwatch and found it to be mostly user-friendly, offering a wealth of data to… Read More »Suunto 9: A computer for athletes in the form of a wristwatch
![Alan Rousseau, pictured here on the first ascent of Rungofarka's north ridge, India, in 2017, was a 2018 recipient of the American Alpine Club's Cutting Edge Grant. Applications for the 2019 Cutting Edge Grant are due by November 30. [Photo] Tino Villanueva](https://alpinist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/rungofarka-6-930x620.jpg)
The American Alpine Club is now accepting applications for its Cutting Edge Grant, the Jones Backcountry Adventure Grant and the Jones Live Like Liz Award–due… Read More »American Alpine Club accepting applications for climbing and adventure grants
![Smith at the belay on Cyber Pasty Memorial (WI5+ M7+), Icefields Parkway, Alberta. [Photo] John Price](https://alpinist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/alp59-contraindications-7-930x620.jpg)
For the second year in a row, an Alpinist story has been selected for the Best Mountaineering Article Award in the Banff Mountain Book Competition.… Read More »Alpinist story receives Best Mountaineering Article Award at Banff Book Competition
![The northeast face of Cerro Kishtwar (6173m) with All Izz Well (VI WI5 M6, 1500m) marked in red with the team's first bivy site. [Photo] Genki Narumi, Yusuke Sato and Hiroki Yamamoto collection](https://alpinist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/cerro-kishtwar-all-izz-well-1-930x620.jpg)
Going light and fast during a short weather window, Japanese climbers Genki Narumi, Yusuke Sato and Hiroki Yamamoto squeaked in a new route on the… Read More »Japanese climbers complete a new route on Cerro Kishtwar’s northeast face
![Szu-ting Yi crosses Bonney Pass, with Mt. Helen (13,620') in the background. [Photo] Dave Anderson](https://alpinist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/a63-on-belay-ride-the-wind-1-930x595.jpg)
In this On Belay story from Alpinist 63, Szu-ting Yi recounts an attempt she made with her husband Dave Anderson to traverse 100-plus miles of… Read More »Ride the Wind; Wind River Range, Wyoming
![[Photo] Mandi Franz](https://alpinist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/climbing-addicts-colored-chalk-1-1-930x620.jpg)
A review of Climbing Addicts “Yosemite Gray” and “Wall Street Gold” Chalk prompts a treatise on climbing chalk by Alpinist Digital Editor Derek Franz. He… Read More »Climbing Addicts Chalk Blends In
![Cover design by Sarah Nicholson. [Photo] Jimena Peck](https://alpinist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/as-above-so-below-1-930x620.jpg)
About four years ago, Chris Kalman found himself struggling with heavy emotions while living with his girlfriend and her father who was dying of cancer.… Read More »“As Above, So Below” uses fiction to explore the realities of risk and relationships
Two Alpinist stories from 2017 are included on the Notables List for The Best American Sports Writing 2018: Claire Carter’s feature story “To Abandon” appeared… Read More »Two Alpinist stories selected for Notables List in Best American Sports Writing 2018
