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South Georgia: A Photo Essay
Follow French alpinists through poor weather, unexpected obstacles, rough seas and defensive sea lion colonies on their crossing of South Georgia in the southern Atlantic.
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Exclusive: Working It
Cedar Wright works Half Shark Alligator, Half Man (5.13R)–a new-age Indian Creek climb that embodies the further potential of the iconic area. An Alpinist TV exclusive.
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New Resource for Avoiding Epics
I wanted to share a new website that tells you what the weather is like in popular US climbing areas called www.climbingweather.com…
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Reform the 1872 Mining Law
As human-powered outdoor recreation enthusiasts, we all need metal; from climbing carabiners and bike frames to trekking poles and ski edges. The problem lies with 19th century values and policy guiding 21st century high tech mining technology. The laws adopted in 1872 to govern prospecting with a pick and shovel and to help settle the…
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Petzl Dartwin Crampons: Serious about Steep
In December I headed down to Ouray, Colorado’s Ice Park, to begin testing the Petzl Dartwin crampons. With all kinds of immediate climbing to be had, Ouray seemed the best place to determine effectiveness on everything from low-angle ice to crazy mixed testpieces…
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Chile: The Crusade for Virgin Rock
“Long periods of high pressure, steep granite, moderate glaciers, ‘short’ approaches from base camp and 500-meter virgin walls seemed the norm in Brujo del Torres. The more research we did, the more we convinced ourselves we had found El Dorado…”
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A Few Gutsy Throws
Fueled by Sparks, Bone Thugs and a half awake co-pilot, I made a silent promise to myself to not let the Yaris drop below 90 mph. Things were going smooth. Too smooth. About an hour out of Bakersfield and the car struck something which I can only describe as hard…
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Life on a Line
One athlete’s search for balance, and how walking the straight and narrow is catching on.
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My Climbing Life: Dreaming of the Unscheduled Escape
I don’t feel like working today. That doesn’t change the fact that I have to work, and I will work, soon… but I am going to indulge in a self-indulgent blog post before I get cracking.
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High Crimes, Chapter 11
The following story–an excerpt from the recently released nonfiction novel High Crimes–reveals the dark underbelly of high-altitude mountaineering: the loss of valuables, the loss of life.
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Marmot Snazette: Snazzy Functionality
Functional enough to withstand three weeks of high-altitude desert and mountain exploration, yet snazzy enough to sit down to tea with the King of Mustang, the Marmot Women’s Snazette performed royally on a recent trip across the Himalaya.
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Ski the 14ers
Chris Davenport has a dream: to ski all of Colorado’s 14,000-foot peaks in a single winter. Veteran mountaineer Lou Dawson agrees to help. But it took Dawson thirteen years to ski every 14er in Colorado. Davenport has just six months to bag all fifty-four peaks.
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Boulder: Sunny With a Chance of Spray
Being from Boulder, I understand the amount of spray that covers every surface in a 20-mile radius of that town, but it gets to be ridiculous when…
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