![Arne wearing his crack gloves in Yosemite, 2008. [Photo] Derek Franz](https://alpinist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/ocun-crack-gloves-1-3.jpg)
Alpinist Digital Editor Derek Franz used to make fun of people who used rubber gloves to protect their hands while crack climbing, but now he’s… Read More »Ocun Crack Gloves: Save your skin as well as time and tape
![Sunrise over Hells Canyon and Idaho's Seven Devils Mountains as seen from the Wal'wa.maXs (Wallowa Mountains) of Oregon. [Photo] Joe Whittle](https://alpinist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/a65-off-belay-1-930x496.jpg)
In this Off Belay story from Alpinist 65, Joe Whittle shares a creation story that was told to him by a Nez Perce elder, Allen… Read More »Gifts
![Muhammed Ali Sadpara. [Photo] courtesy of Alex Txikon](https://alpinist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/muhammad-ali-sadpara-1-538x620.jpg)
In this Climbing Life story from Alpinist 62 (2018), Amanda Padoan profiles Muhammad Ali of Sadpara, Pakistan, after he completed the first winter ascent of… Read More »Muhammad Ali of Sadpara
![The two red stars indicate the bivy locations and the smaller red dots mark the approximate line of Ruth Gorge Grinder (AI6+ M7, 5,000') on the east face of Mt. Dickey. [Photo] Alan Rousseau](https://alpinist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/xruth-gorge-grinder-2-930x620.jpg.pagespeed.ic.vghmH7EF1x.jpg)
Alan Rousseau wrote the following story about a new route he completed on the east face of Mt. Dickey in Alaska with Jackson Marvell on… Read More »Alan Rousseau and Jackson Marvell summit Dickey’s east face via “Ruth Gorge Grinder”
![Cole Lawrence sends Pitch 6 (5.13a) on the first free ascent of Super Ultra Mega, an eight-pitch route on an unnamed buttress in Montana's Bitterroot Range. [Photo] Winter Ramos](https://alpinist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/super-ultra-mega-1-930x620.jpg)
Missoula climber Cole Lawrence and several partners completed a vision that began a decade ago when he established and redpointed Super Ultra Mega (5.13a, 8… Read More »Montana climbers tap potential of Bitterroots with “Super Ultra Mega” (5.13a, 8 pitches)
![Sergey Nilov. [Photo] Dmitry Golovchenko](https://alpinist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/jannu-interview-1-930x620.jpg)
Eliza Kubarska is an alpinist and filmmaker who accompanied Dmitry Golovchenko and Sergey Nilov to base camp during their recent ascent of a new line… Read More »“Unfinished Sympathy”: An interview with Dmitry Golovchenko and Sergey Nilov about their new line on Kumbhakarna’s east face
![The east face of Howse Peak, Icefields Parkway, Alberta, Canada. [Photo] Courtesy of Parks Canada](https://alpinist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/howse-peak-folo-1-930x620.jpg)
Parks Canada reported in a press conference today that Jess Roskelley, David Lama and Hansjorg Auer started climbing M-16 (VI WI7+ A2) on Howse Peak… Read More »Auer, Lama, Roskelley summited Howse Peak before avalanche killed them on the descent
![David Lama during acclimatizing on Fox Peak, October 2018. [Photo] David Lama/Red Bull Content Pool](https://alpinist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/howse-peak-deaths-1-930x620.jpg)
Hansjorg Auer, David Lama and Jess Roskelley are presumed to have been killed in an avalanche while attempting M-16 (VI WI7+ A2) on Howse Peak,… Read More »Auer, Lama and Roskelley killed in avalanche on Canada’s Howse Peak
![Kyle Dempster. [Photo] Andrew Burr](https://alpinist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/kyle-dempster-packrafting-file-photo-930x620.jpeg)
Four recipients have been selected for the second annual Kyle Dempster Solo Adventure Award. Cassady Bindrup, Gabe Dirksen, Talley Kayser and Max Neale are each… Read More »Four recipients selected for 2019 Kyle Dempster Solo Adventure Award
![[Photo] Siggi Sigurdsson](https://alpinist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/mike-libecki-acp-1-930x620.jpg)
From March 19-25, 2017, Mike Libecki shared some stories and photos with the #AlpinistCommunityProject about an expedition to Greenland in 2015 to climb a remote,… Read More »Alpinist Community Project Flashback: Mike Libecki
![Amanda Tarr Forrest tops out on Hallucinogen Wall. [Photo] Courtesy Amanda Tarr Forrest](https://alpinist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/a65-homecoming-1-697x620.jpg)
In this Mountain Profile essay from Alpinist 65, which is now available on newsstands and in our online store, Amanda Tarr Forrest recounts an aid-solo… Read More »1997: Homecoming
![The East Face of Jannu/Kumbhakarna. The actual route is shown in red, while the intended route is shown in orange. [Photo] Courtesy of Marcin Tomaszewski](https://alpinist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/two-russian-alpinists-jannu-1-780x620.jpg)
Two Russian alpinists, Sergey Nilov and Dmitry Golovchenko, spent nearly three weeks attempting a new route in alpine-style up the unclimbed east face of Nepal’s… Read More »Two Russian alpinists complete a new line on the east wall of Jannu (7710m)
