Ham and Eggs, Community-Style
Unusual conditions in the Central Alaska Range one season leaves the classic Ham and Eggs (V 5.8 AI4) slathered in snice and yielding only to… Read More »Ham and Eggs, Community-Style
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The Cobra: Memories of its First Ascent
High-desert climbing pioneer Jimmie Dunn recounts the quirky Cobra’s first ascent on a sizzling April day in 1991 when “even the ants [were] lying low”… Read More »The Cobra: Memories of its First Ascent
Experts Ask: Are We Loving Our Mountains to Death?
A quorum of mountain experts gathered in Golden, Colorado, to sift through the mounting social, economic and environmental challenges that have grown with the increasing… Read More »Experts Ask: Are We Loving Our Mountains to Death?
Fun with Routelines: Results from a Ridiculous Facebook Contest
We drew routelines on the Paramount Pictures logo and asked our Facebook fans to tell stories of the routes’ fictional first ascents. Here are some… Read More »Fun with Routelines: Results from a Ridiculous Facebook Contest
The Ultimate Linkup in Washington’s Stuart Range
After climbing more than 4,000 vertical feet of technical terrain up to 5.12 and hiking 20 miles in less than 24 hours, Blake Herrington and… Read More »The Ultimate Linkup in Washington’s Stuart Range
In Memory of Charlie Porter (1951-2014)
“All his life, [Charlie Porter had] defied the odds on rock walls and oceans, from Yosemite to Antarctica. It seems improbable to imagine him knocking… Read More »In Memory of Charlie Porter (1951-2014)
The Gloaming: Charlie Porter in Tierra del Fuego
“If you started climbing in the early 1970s, you couldn’t help being aware of the Porter phenomenon, the meteor that flashed so briefly across the… Read More »The Gloaming: Charlie Porter in Tierra del Fuego
Uncharted Space
“[A] frigid flow ran down our sleeves, exiting at elbows or coursing down over bollocks and quads into boots…. In the dim light, I stood… Read More »Uncharted Space
The Man with the Van
With a number of hard El Capitan wall climbs under his belt, Charlie Porter drives to the Canadian Rockies in his dilapidated “California van” to… Read More »The Man with the Van
Charlie!
Sibylle Hechtel remembers Charlie Porter as the “burly, and utterly huggable” boyfriend of Bev Johnson, with whom Hechtel made the first all-female ascent of El… Read More »Charlie!
Waiting for Dawn
In Part 1 of this series on Charlie Porter, told by some of climbing partners and friends through the decades, Gary Bocarde recalls their days… Read More »Waiting for Dawn
Visions of Charlie Porter: Introduction
“…[A]ll was done quietly, unremarked upon, in classic Porter fashion. With his reticence, [Charlie] Porter was “old-school,” a classical figure from the pre-social, un-hyperlinked past… Read More »Visions of Charlie Porter: Introduction