Winter in the Himalaya is difficult for many reasons. Temperatures at base camp can plummet to minus 20 degrees Fahrenheit, and much lower farther up.… Read More »Golden Decade: The Birth of 8000m Winter Climbing
Recently, we at Alpinist picked the brains of the speediest climbers to learn more about speed climbing and how it fits into our grade-crazy community.… Read More »Speed Series Part III: Ueli Steck
In the early 1990’s Lowe struggled through a divorce, a failed business and deep remorse for neglecting his two-year-old daughter. Needing an escape from this… Read More »Jeff Lowe’s Metanoia
Recently, we at Alpinist picked the brains of the speediest climbers to learn more about speed climbing and how it fits into our grade-crazy community.… Read More »Speed Series Part II: Sean Leary and Dean Potter
Irwin began writing when his father made him keep a journal on family vacations. As he grew older, writing became an increasingly important part of… Read More »Book Review: Recompense: Streams Summits and Reflections
Recently, we at Alpinist picked the brains of the speediest climbers to learn more about speed climbing and how it fits into our grade-crazy community.… Read More »Speed Series Part I: Alex Honnold
The small minority of climbers seeking a difficult alpine experience on America’s highest peak will end up paying a steep fee along with the many… Read More »Thoughts on the Denali Fee Hike
“Mad Scientist” Matt Maddaloni rediscovers his passion for climbing through a quirky but surprisingly functional invention: the Anticam.
In 2010, the Mugs Stump Award recipients attempted an array of bold objectives, from first ascents on obscure peaks in Tibet and Greenland; to new… Read More »2010 Mugs Stump Update: Success, Tragedy and Savage Peaks
The Banff Mountain Festival offered a week jam-packed with films, presentations, special speakers, workshops, trade shows, book fairs and panel discussions. A few events were… Read More »Banff Mountain Festival: Top 5
Thirteen Hundred rock climbs. Seventy climbing areas. More than 800 photos and topos. In other words: a lot of work.
Freddie Wilkinson explores the 2008 climbing disaster on the Savage Mountain.
