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Ama Dablam

The archetypal mountain, Ama Dablam has been serenading climbers for more than half a century. Michael Kennedy provides the overview, while Dr. Michael Ward, Jeff Lowe, Yvan Estienne, Sergey Bogomolov and Rich Gross give first-hand accounts of climbing on the most beautiful mountain in the world.

climbing notes

TRANGO TOWERS GROUP

K7 AND NANGA PARBAT

SHIPTON SPIRE

YOSEMITE VALLEY

THELAY SAGAR, HARVEST MOON

WEST KOKSHAAL-TAU

editors note

The Numbers Game

letters

Letters

Our readers write.

faces

Reginald Munger Sullivan "Eric" Bjornstad

Desert aficionados know him for his guidebooks to the Colorado Plateau, but Eric Bjornstad's adventures have spanned the continent. A visit with a Moab institution.

climbing life

The Climbing Life

Postcards from the vertical.

inmemoriam

In Memoriam

Daryl Hatten, 1955-2004.

off belay

Off Belay

features content

Love Stinks

Climbers smell. Sometimes that's a good thing.

Puff the Magic Climber

America smokes dope. Climbers smoke dope. But how do they perform when stoned? Join us in our errant quest for knowledge on this most hazy of subjects.

Squamish

Squamish comprises the epicenter of Canadian rock climbing, and no Canadian has been shaped by it like Peter Croft. One of the era's great forces reflects on his formative years on northern granite.

The Way

When America's finest alpinist went searching for balance, he had no idea the journey would consume him. It could only end when he came out the other side.

The Totem Pole

The 1975 filming of The Eiger Sanction removed the summit register from the Totem Pole. Please join us in welcoming back notes from the first five ascents.