![Barbed wire and mountains in Afghanistan: Koh-e-Omah (5766m), left, and Koh-e-Hawar (6266m). [Photo] Matt Traver](https://alpinist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/ascend-afghanistan-1-930x620.jpg)
The members, graduates and students of the Ascend program in Afghanistan need help. The nonprofit has offered leadership training for young Afghan women through mountaineering… Read More »Women, girls involved with Ascend program in Afghanistan are threatened by Taliban rule
![Sunset from below Mt. Sill, after Vitaliy Musiyenko stopped early because of 30+ mph winds (Miwok, Mono/Monache, Shoshone and Paiute land). [Photo] Vitaliy Musiyenko](https://alpinist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/goliath-traverse-1-930x620.jpg)
From August 2 to 10, Vitaliy Musiyenko made the first traverse of Goliath–a linkup of gargantuan proportions along the Sierra Crest, in California’s Sierra Nevada… Read More »Vitaliy Musiyenko completes 32-mile Goliath Traverse in High Sierra
![Half Dome (Tisayac), Yosemite National Park, California, Miwok, Ahwahneechee, Paiute and Mono lands. [Photo] David Iliff. License: CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia](https://alpinist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/wfeature-a75-tcl-some-dreams-930x620.jpg)
Alpinist 75 will be available on newsstands soon. In the meantime, we’re offering a preview of The Climbing Life section, with a story by Douglas… Read More »The Climbing Life | Alpinist 75
![Nina Williams--who is sponsored by Gnarly Nutrition--climbs in the background of the author's BCAA supplement at Rifle Mountain Park, Colorado. [Photo] Derek Franz](https://alpinist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/xgnarly-nutrition-bcaa-supplement-1-1-930x620.jpg.pagespeed.ic.WtcdWwYa8g.jpg)
Mountain Standards Gear Review: Digital Editor Derek Franz has been using the Gnarly Nutrition Pre and BCAA (branched chain amino acid) dietary supplements for the… Read More »Gnarly Nutrition BCAAs: A dietary supplement geared especially for vegans, alpinists and older athletes
![Hiking out to Wonder Lake after reaching both summits of Denali (20,310') via the Cassin Ridge and skiing down the Northwest Buttress to the end of the Peters Glacier. [Photo] Mike Gardner collection](https://alpinist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/xmike-gardner-alaska-spring-2021-1-930x620.jpg.pagespeed.ic.Z8FXf0oUcW.jpg)
Between late April and the end of May, Mike Gardner and Sam Hennessey added a new line on Denali’s Isis Face that they dubbed Anubis… Read More »A season of spontaneous commitment in the Alaska Range
![Vasu Sojitra. [Photo] Jason Thompson](https://alpinist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/a74-local-hero-vasu-sojitra-1-930x620.jpg)
In this Local Hero story from Alpinist 74–which is now available on newsstands and in our online store–Dani Reyes-Acosta celebrates the community-building work and mountain… Read More »Local Hero: Vasu Sojitra
![The line of Cerveza, Pan y Acido (ED: 90 degrees, 700m) on the south face of Concha de Caracol (5640m) with the location of the open bivy marked near the top. [Photo] Courtesy of Anna Pfaff](https://alpinist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/cerveza-pan-y-acido-1-631x620.jpeg)
On July 13 and 14, Andres Marin, Anna Pfaff and Alex Torres completed a new route on Concha de Caracol (5640m) in Peru’s Cordillera Vilcanota.… Read More »US-Colombian trio complete a new route on Peru’s Concha de Caracol (5640m)
![Nejc Zaplotnik in Makalu Base Camp, October 1975. [Photo] Viki Groselj](https://alpinist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/a74-nejc-zaplotnik-1-930x620.jpg)
As one of the first ascensionists of the West Ridge Direct of Chomolungma (Everest), Slovenian alpinist Nejc Zaplotnik (1952-1983) was among the great climbers of… Read More »Nejc Zaplotnik, Mountain Poet
![Chantel Astorga takes a stoked selfie during her solo ascent of Denali's Cassin Ridge. [Photo] Chantel Astorga](https://alpinist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/chantel-astorga-cassin-ridge-1-930x620.jpg)
At 8 p.m. June 14, Chantel Astorga became the first woman to solo the Cassin Ridge on Denali (20,310′), completing the route in just 14… Read More »Chantel Astorga completes first female solo of Denali’s Cassin Ridge in 14 hours, 39 minutes
![Baruntse (7129m): the red line shows Heavenly Trap (ABO+: VI+ M6+ 80°, 1300m) and the blue line shows the descent route. Dots indicate bivies. [Photo] Marek Holecek collection](https://alpinist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/baruntse-heavenly-trap-1-930x571.jpg)
On May 21, two-time Piolet d’Or recipient Marek “Mara” Holecek and fellow Czech climber Radoslav “Radar” Groh set out to climb a new route on… Read More »Marek Holecek and Radoslav Groh endure an epic to complete a new route on Baruntse
