![Franek Knez on the first ascent of Hudieva Zajeda/Diedro del Diablo (5.10 A2 90 degrees, 900m), Fitz Roy (3405m), with Silvo Karo and Janez Jegli in 1983. [Photo] Silvo Karo](https://alpinist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/knez-1-930x620.jpg)
On October 6, Slovenian alpinist Francek Knez passed away. During the course of his lifetime, Knez completed over 5,000 international climbs, including the first ascent… Read More »A Mysterious Lonely Path: The Life of Francek Knez
![The HEAT group doing what they love—Hiking Every Available Trail. [Photo] Teresa Baker](https://alpinist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/changing-faces-1-1-930x620.jpg)
As she recalls her own experiences as a woman of color who enjoys the outdoors, Teresa Baker interviews members of various organizations who strive to… Read More »The Changing Faces of the Outdoors
![Anna Smith climbs High Plains Drifter (5.11c, 2 pitches) on the granitic Third Peak of the Stawamus Chief, Squamish, British Columbia. [Photo] John Price](https://alpinist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/alp59-contraindications-1-930x620.jpg)
In this story from Alpinist 59, Alison Criscitiello recalls her friendship with the late Anna Smith, a climber who sought a life of spontaneity and… Read More »Contraindications
![Khumjungar Himal (a.k.a. Khamjung, 6759m), one of the highest peaks of the Damodar, seen to the north from the approach up the Labse Khola towards the Teri La. This south-facing aspect of the mountain has not been attempted. [Photo] Paulo Grobel](https://alpinist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/aaj-unclimbed-nepal-1-930x620.jpg)
In this guest feature from the American Alpine Journal, French guide Paulo Grobel reports on his explorations of Nepal’s Damodar Himal, north of the Annapurna… Read More »Unclimbed Nepal: The Explorations of Paulo Grobel
![Henry Duhamel [Photo] Public Domain](https://alpinist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/a59-henry-duhamel-1-930x620.jpg)
Henry Duhamel was an influential figure in the early exploration of la Meije, one of the last, great unclimbed Alps in the Massif des Ecrins… Read More »Inaccessible (1853-1917)
![The unclimbed North Face of Jezebel: about 3,800 feet of rock, ice and mixed climbing. [Photo] Rick Vance](https://alpinist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/jezebel-north-face-attempt-1-930x424.jpg)
Chris Thomas and Rick Vance received a 2017 Mugs Stump Award to attempt the unclimbed north face of Jezebel in Alaska’s Revelation Mountains this past… Read More »New route attempt in Alaska’s Revelations ends with a rescue and a near miss
![[Photo] Eliza Earle](https://alpinist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/a59-unlikely-mountaineer-1-930x620.jpg)
As a single mom living in California, Ana Beatriz Cholo never imagined she would become a mountaineer. But she began climbing peaks in her state,… Read More »The Accidental Mountaineer
![From right to left: Joe Hamilton, May Ang and Charles Futoran pitch in to help the Bay Area Climbers Coalition maintain and clean up Indian Rock Park, in Berkeley, California. [Photo] Andrea Laue/andrealaue.com](https://alpinist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/indian-rock-cleanup-1-930x620.jpg)
Land managers and climbers have been known to have conflicting interests at times, but local climbing coalitions across the country—such as the Bay Area Climbers… Read More »Through local stewardship and civic engagement, climbers protect places for all
![William Coolidge with his aunt, Meta Brevoort, their guides Christian Almer (far left) and Ulrich Almer (Christian's son, second left,) and dog Tschingel, circa 1874. [Photo] Courtesy of the Alpine Club](https://alpinist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/a59-meta-brevoort-1-930x620.jpg)
In 1870, Marguerite ‘Meta’ Claudia Brevoort attempted to become the first climber, male or female, to stand atop the highest point of la Meije, one… Read More »Marguerite ‘Meta’ Claudia Brevoort: 1825-1876
![[Photo] Derek Franz](https://alpinist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/dying-moth-930x620.jpg)
In this Climbing Life story from Alpinist 59, Marc-Andre Leclerc considers a dead moth in the snow as he begins a risky ascent below looming… Read More »The Moth
![The This Land is Our Land March for Public Lands congregated in front of the Utah capitol in Salt Lake City on July 27 in conjunction with the last Outdoor Retailer Summer Market trade show to be hosted by the city. OR recently agreed to move the trade show to Denver starting next year in response to Utah lawmakers' continued efforts to rescind Bears Ears and Grand Staircase Escalante National Monuments. [Photo] Emma Murray](https://alpinist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/outdoor-retailer-trade-show-feature-1-930x620.jpg)
Sara Aranda and Emma Murray attended Salt Lake City’s last Outdoor Retailer Summer Market Trade Show to journal the demonstrations and conversations about public lands… Read More »Outdoor Retailer Summer Show: Diversity and Inclusion; Where the outdoor industry’s mega-convention does (and doesn’t) succeed
![Ki Gompa (monastery) in Spiti Valley, Himachal Pradesh, India. In Buddhist Monasteries of Himachal, historian O.C. Handa speculates that construction on the monastery began in the fourteenth century. [Photo] Abhijeet Singh](https://alpinist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/a59-ob-1-930x620.jpg)
In this On Belay feature for Alpinist 59, Indian Alpinist Karn Kowshik describes a journey of self-discovery during his time in the mountains of Spiti… Read More »Shunyata
