![The author on Washington Column wearing the Patagonia Mirco Puff Storm Jacket. [Photo] Andy Hoeckel](https://alpinist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/patagonia-micro-puff-storm-jacket-1-2-930x620.jpeg)
Chris Van Leuven has been weathering the winter in Yosemite and Colorado with the Patagonia Micro Puff Storm Jacket. He found it to be a
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![Derek Franz wears the Mountain Equipment Tupilak 30+ on Hidden Falls (WI4, 3 pitches) in Glenwood Canyon on New Years Eve, 2018. [Photo] Craig Helm](https://alpinist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/mountain-equipment-tupilak-30-1-2-930x620.jpeg)
Alpinist Digital Editor Derek Franz writes of the Mountain Equipment 30+ backpack, “This is the most hardcore rucksack I’ve ever used…. No frills. All utilitarian
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![Ari Novak on Snow Leopard (HWI 7), Spiti Valley, India. [Photo] Austin Schmitz](https://alpinist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/piti-dharr-ice-fest-1-930x620.jpg)
The first Piti-Dharr International Ice Climbing Festival took place in India’s Spiti Valley on January 5-15. During the event, Indian climber Bharat Bhushan and Americans
… Read More »India’s first Piti-Dharr Ice Fest results in a flurry of first ascents
![Sam Hennesse. [Photo] Seth Timpano](https://alpinist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/aac-cutting-edge-grants-1.jpg)
Sam Hennessey, Chantel Astorga and Chris Wright are all receiving American Alpine Club Cutting Edge Grants this year. Hennessey plans to attempt the north face
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![[Illustration] Andreas Schmidt](https://alpinist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/a55-full-value-1-930x620.jpg)
In this 2016 Full Value story from Alpinist 55, Alpinist Digital Editor Derek Franz peers into the dark side of the dirtbag dream.
![Kyle Dempster in his elements. [Photo] Andrew Burr](https://alpinist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/kyle-dempster-packrafting-file-photo-1-930x620.jpeg)
The application period is now open for the second annual Kyle Dempster Solo Adventure Award. Applications are due by March 15 for trips taking place
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![Katie Ives. [Photo] David Swift](https://alpinist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/katie-ives-portrait-698x620.jpg)
Alpinist Editor-in-Chief Katie Ives has been selected as a judge for the 2019 Boardman Tasker Award for Mountain Literature. The other two judges are Roger
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![The author places a Black Diamond Ultralight Express screw in Hyalite Canyon, Montana. [Photo] Jim Menkol](https://alpinist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/xbd-ultralight-express-screw-1-2-930x620.jpg.pagespeed.ic.V2rMA57lX_.jpg)
Hyalite Canyon local Todd Preston tested out the new Black Diamond Ultralight Express screws on some of Montana’s classic ice climbs. He concluded, “For…pursuits where
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![[Illustration] Andreas Schmidt](https://alpinist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/xa64-full-value-1-930x620.jpg.pagespeed.ic.2Ut5vim43c.jpg)
In this Full Value story from Alpinist 64, Quentin Lindfield Roberts confronts the long journey home and the occasionally even-greater dangers of daily life after
![Todd Preston leads Alpha (WI5) with the Black Diamond Reactor ice tools in Hyalite Canyon, Montana. [Photo] Jim Menkol](https://alpinist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/xblack-diamond-reactor-1-2-930x620.jpg.pagespeed.ic.uT6_Gc_6IL.jpg)
Todd Preston is a geologist for the US Geological Survey who has been ice climbing for 20 years. He tested the Black Diamond Reactor ice
… Read More »Black Diamond Reactor Ice Tools: A solid choice for cragging and steep ice
![Scott Coldiron climbs next to the route Raggedy Man. [Photo] Marlin Thorman](https://alpinist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/a64-on-belay-1-930x620.jpg)
After recovering from a severe illness in the wake of the Gulf War, veteran Scott Coldiron returns to his long-abandoned climbing dreams–exploring new ice in
