50 Years on Everest
Each year, the Everest situation comes under greater scrutiny, with new stories of crowds and deaths and with new allegations of climbers lacking compassion for
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Alpinist 41: The Cover (Back)story
We were on the North Face of the Eiger. Clint Eastwood was dangling free over an ugly overhang with his rope attached to the end
Future First Ascents: The Faces of the Mugs Stump Award
We already introduced their objectives. Now meet the nine teams chasing those summits with all of Mug Stump’s boldness and commitment to light and clean
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Mugs Stump-Funded Expeditions: 2012 In Review
Find out what happened to each of the teams funded by our 2012 Mugs Stump Award.
2012 Bozeman Ice Festival Livestream
You don’t have to be in Bozeman to see the ice tower competition and talks by Hayden and Michael Kennedy, Doug Chabot and others at
Dirtbaggery, Vol. 3: Surviving Thanksgiving Small Talk
When we meet people for the first time, we ask their name, and we ask them their job. And although I know climbers who’ve adopted
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Bozeman Ice Fest Writing Contest
Does the sound of crunching leaves underfoot and a biting frost on your morning run have you itchin’ to break out the pointy hardware and
Dirtbaggery, Vol. 2: Saving Time, Wasting Time and Explaining Climbing on the Internet
As a beginning climber, I would read Internet forums and climbing blogs for hours. I justified these pupil-glazing sessions as “research” into a world I
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Ueber Steigeisentechnik- Crampon Manufacturing in 1908
What the ice climbers of the future will be able to climb, I know not. But I find it hard to believe that we have
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Joe Iurato’s Little Climbers
I’m trying to think of the best way to explain it. I got laid off in 2008 and fell back on my art pretty hard.
Dirtbaggery, Vol. 1: Just Seam Grip It
Just Seam Grip It! – The art, and adhesive, of gear improvement.
