“A peak can exercise the same irresistible power as an abyss,” Theophile Gautier wrote in 1868. Robert Macfarlane’s new book Underland explores the landscapes below… Read More »Mountaineering in reverse: Tales from the Underland
![She Explores. [Photo] Katie Ives](https://alpinist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/dei-1.jpg)
As they praise the publication of She Explores–a 2019 anthology of women’s outdoor stories and photos–Alpinist editors Katie Ives, Paula Wright and Derek Franz write,… Read More »Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in the Outdoor Media Landscape: A Note from the Editors
![Ten-year-old Selah Schneiter leads the bolt ladder to Boot Flake on the Nose, El Capitan, Yosemite. [Photo] Schneiter family collection](https://alpinist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/selah-schneiter-elcap-1-930x620.jpg)
Ten-year-old Selah Schneiter of Glenwood Springs, Colorado, climbed the Nose of El Capitan (VI 5.8 C2, 2,900′) on June 13 after a casual five-day ascent… Read More »10-year-old Selah Schneiter climbs the Nose of El Capitan
![Chris Kalman enjoying the comfort of the D4 Octapod portaledge at the top of the third pitch of Moonlight Buttress (V 5.12+), Zion National Park. [Photo] Nelson Klein](https://alpinist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/d4-octapod-1-2-930x620.jpg)
Chris Kalman details his experience with the D4 Octapod, a unique portaledge designed by the legendary big-wall gear inventor John Middendorf. Kalman tells the story… Read More »D4 Octapod: A unique portaledge that is lightweight, low-profile and easy to set up
![Tu-Tok-A-Nu-La (El Capitan) with Half Dome in the background, Yosemite. [Photo] Murray Foubister, Wikimedia](https://alpinist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/caldwell-honnold-nose-record-4-930x620.jpg)
The following story is an Ahwahneechee creation story of Tu-Tok-A-Nu-La (El Capitan) as told by Julia Parker, an Ahwahneechee descendant of Yosemite Valley, mother of… Read More »The Story of Tu-Tok-A-Nu-La
![Pete Takeda is pictured here on a 2005 expedition to Nanda Kot with the east face of Nanda Devi East / Sunanda Devi in the background, which is just in front of the main peak of Nanda Devi in the Indian Himalaya. Takeda authored a two-part Mountain Profile about the area in Alpinist issues 62 and 63 (Summer and Autumn 2018). [Photo] Pete Takeda collection](https://alpinist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/nanda-devi-east-1-930x620.jpg)
Eight climbers are presumed to have been killed in a large avalanche on the flanks of Nanda Devi East / Sunanda Devi in the Indian… Read More »Five bodies found in avalanche debris on the flanks of Nanda Devi East / Sunanda Devi; three others presumed dead
![Mike Gimli Able puts the Cnoc Vecto and Versa Flow Gravity Water Filtering System to the test in the low lands of Aconcagua Provincial Park, Argentina. [Photo] Tad Mccrea](https://alpinist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/vecto-versa-flow-filter-1-2-930x620.jpg)
Tad McCrea used the Cnoc Vecto and Versa Flow Gravity Water Filtering System on an expedition to Aconcagua where the rivers ran thick and brown… Read More »Cnoc Vecto and Versa Flow Gravity Water Filtering System is light, efficient, compact
![On April 5, 2018, three skiers were caught in an avalanche while ascending Sentinel Pass in Alberta, Canada. When the snow settled, Michelle Kadatz, pictured, came to rest beneath thirteen feet of debris. [Photo] Tim Banfield](https://alpinist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/a66-13-feet-under-1-930x620.jpg)
Last April, as she scouted ice climbs deep within Canada’s Banff National Park, Michelle Kadatz was engulfed by an avalanche that swept her 650 feet… Read More »Thirteen Feet Under
![Chip Powell relishing the clean wide hand crack that marked the start of the headwall. [Photo] Chris Kalman](https://alpinist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/maxim-personal-escape-rope-1-2-930x620.jpg)
Chris Kalman recently took the 7mm Maxim Personal Escape Rope to the big wall jungle of Cochamo, Chile, where he used the tag line to… Read More »Maxim Personal Escape Rope: A tag line made for alpinists
The American Alpine Club is hosting its annual Excellence in Climbing Celebration on June 1 at its headquarters in Golden, Colorado. Tickets start at $20.… Read More »American Alpine Club hosting the Excellence in Climbing Celebration on June 1
The son of legendary climber Ron Kauk and Ahwahneechee descendant Lucy Parker, Lonnie Kauk has long felt a deep connection to the rocks of his… Read More »Magic Line
![Getulio Felipe reaches the end of the via ferrata, which is buried in snow, on Punta Penia's Normal Route, Marmolada, Dolomites, Italy. He is belayed by guide Alessio Nardelotto with his friend Pedro McCardell offering support from behind. [Photo] Stefano Fabris](https://alpinist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/getulio-felipe-marmolada-1-930x620.jpg)
Doctors predicted Getulio Felipe would never walk after a complication at birth left him with cerebral palsy. But the 14-year-old Brazilian learned to walk at… Read More »14-year-old with cerebral palsy summits the Marmolada in Italy’s Dolomites
