Soloing the Diamond: A Photo Essay
“It may sound strange, but it was as though a period of my life was ending this spring. At first I was grieving for the past and very lost, but eventually I had to learn how to let go, and I entered a new life.”
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Inspirations, Part I: Vince Anderson
We asked fellow alpinists to reflect on literature that most inspires their climbing. Vince Anderson and Mark Twight share the darkness in this first installment.
Little Mother Up the Morderberg
“I don’t find the solemn joy in fussing you do. The old-style mountaineers went up with alpenstocks and ladders and light hearts. That’s my idea of mountaineering.”
Interview: Mike Robertson on His Eiffel Tower Protest Solo
There are a multitude of reasons we climb–more often than not they are expressed in pithy, sound-bite phrases like Mallory’s “Because it’s there.” Within, Mike Robertson offers a reason more satisfying.
Destination: Croatia
When contemplating a climbing trip from a US mountain town, several important factors come to mind: blue–even turquoise–water, cultural experiences and a European location where the dollar isn’t drowned by the Euro.
Bozeman Ice Festival: Accounts from the Players
The Montana ice climbing community is prolific in both climbing and writing. This week, Bozeman Ice Festival participants and organizers share their tales.
Obsession and Ingenuity, Part III: Farming Ice in Farm Country
“Hey Jim, how would you feel about icing those things up and letting us climb on them?”
Exfoliation Evolution
Rarely does the ephemeral feel of ice climbing extend into the realm of granite slab climbing. But when it does, an evolution can happen.
Early Season Canadian Rockies Route Explosion by Swiss Team
Ueli Steck shares stories and photographs from his October tour of the Canadian Rockies, where he established committing new lines with Simon Anthamatten.
Ice and Access in the Hyalite Canyon
Joe Josephson, Montana’s most vocal ice proponent and author of Winter Dance, speaks about the precarious access to Hyalite Canyon: “Often in life, you don’t realize how good you have it until it’s gone–or at least under the threat of being taken away.”