The Other Olympians
Each year 2,000 to 4,000 Tibetans peacefully resist the oppression in their homeland by escaping across the Himalayas. Freedom. Alpine style.
Eco Everest Expedition 2008 launches from Everest Base Camp
Climate change is affecting people around the globe, and this is especially evident at the top of the world, around Mount Everest and other great peaks of the Himalayas.
Inspirations, Part VI: Marko Prezelj
Marko Prezelj shares his inspiration: Pot (The Way). “My ‘way’ has changed over time, but Zaplotnik’s foundations remain and continue to inspire.”
La Sportiva Trango Extreme Evo Light: Warmth and Stability
Preparing for an ice climbing trip is like preparing for war. The enemy: screaming barfies, brittle ice and–worst of all–warming your partner’s freezing toes on your stomach. So when packing for a day of climbing in the Canadian Rockies, I was glad to know my feet would be well taken care of in the Trango Extreme Evo Light boots. I have owned the La Sportiva Trango boots, the little sister boot without a toe-bail notch, for a while. They are super comfortable, but a bit soft for long sections of ice. So for the artillery, I chose the Trango Extremes.
One Man’s Booty is Another Person’s Waste of Money
Dirtbags are getting more and more creative in finding ways to prolong their lifestyle…
BASE: Kuala Lumpur
Chris McNamara and friends BASE jump from a tower in Kuala Lumpur during the 2006 three-day legal BASE event.
The Gradeless Climbers Manifesto
Yes, that is what I am proposing; THE CLIMBING LIFE free of the subjective ordinal.
