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Yosemite Hardwomen: An El Cap Speed Ascent Debrief
An interview with Valley speed climbers Quinn Brett, Libby Sauter and Mayan Smith-Gobat.
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15 Letters
A graduate student unpacks more of the myths of mountain tourism. A librarian and a sailor share stories of meeting and missing the late, elusive Charlie Porter. And a reader adds a footnote to a Mountain Profile.
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11 The Sharp End: The Art of the Approach
In praise of cliffs where you can’t belay from your car.
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Barbara Washburn: Accidentally Adventurous, Deliberately Brave
As a mother, wife, climber, cartographer and self-described “accidental adventurer,” Barbara Washburn was the antitheses of a ’40s housewife. “Sometimes [my] home would be in an igloo, at 12,000 feet, sharing Tang-flavored fig pudding with my husband; or as the lightest climber going first to test the cornices on a narrow exposed ridge; or staring…
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The Patagonia Climbing Season is Coming
As the austral summer approaches, videographer and climber Tad McCrea reminisces about climbing seasons past and offers a bit of advice to climbers everywhere: “[S]cour the interwebs for cheap airfare, unearth your passports, patch your gear and pack your bags.”
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Amazing Grace: A Tribute to Brian Delaney
Patrick Horne remembers his friend Brian Delaney, a New England climber who transformed his ambling gait into graceful movement whenever he touched rock.
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The Sunlit Ledge
A regular illustrator for our print magazine, Jamie Givens advises how to begin the monumental task of following your dreams. “Start with what you love,” he says. “Most people don’t realize that the knowledge they have about something that they are passionate about, the years spent memorizing information, physical skills developed, expertise, is all a…
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