Departments

11 The Sharp End: The Art of the Approach

by Katie Ives

In praise of cliffs where you can’t belay from your car.

27 Tool Users: Wart Hog

by Matt Samet

Matt Samet peels back the history of the Wart Hog from tusk to tail.

97 Off Belay

by James Lucas

The Last American Dirtbag (TLAD Industries) seeks a qualified assistant dirtbag.

11 The Sharp End: A Wild of One’s Own

by Katie Ives

Editor-in-Chief Katie Ives searches for “A Wild of One’s Own” in the annals of women’s mountaineering history in Western Canada and the writings of Mary Schaeffer Warren, who urges, “…leave your world, your recognized world, and plunge into the vast unknown.”