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profileMt. Everest Part II: 1963-2009
Before Into Thin Air, small bands of friends quietly experimented with fast and light, technical and oxygenless, in Everest's hidden places. Ed Webster and Katie Ives uncover the mountain's lesser-known modern adventure-climbing history, while Doug Scott, Andrej Stremfelj, Pavel Shabalin and Dawa Steven Sherpa offer their own stories of "creative mountaineering" on the world's highest peak. sharp endOn Belay
"Crumble stumps" and Pinnacles, mountains lost and found. contributorslettersLetters
There are bold readers and there are old readers—and then there are some old, bold readers, too. climbing lifeThe Climbing Life
Observations from the field. wiredEscape Route
For one climbing writer, the most classic climbs are like favorite poems: memorized and recited over and over throughout a lifetime. Full Value
Post-breakup free soloing is a common theme in climbing literature, but this young woman finds that tumbling off an icefall is only the beginning of her story. Off Belay
Three friends visit the legendary Layton Kor in Arizona. Wired
A skeptic accepts an invitation to join the jury of the "new" Piolet d'Or—only to find that the alpine award ceremony satisfies more than just his curiosity. features contentThe Beautiful & The Beast
In 1993 Lynn Hill made the first free ascent of the Nose, a feat no man would accomplish until 2005—the same year that Ines Papert won not only the women's difficulty division in the Ouray Ice Comp, but the men's as well. Is the term "first female ascent" still relevant? And how does a climbing photographer even begin to put together a women's photo-essay in a vertical world where gender roles keep evolving? Embracing Insanity
Haunted by a childhood dream, a climber searches for a way to fly free. He begins to realize that the solution to the "landing problem" may lie along the border between reality and impossibility, creativity and madness. Symphony in Siyeh
Things fall apart in climbing and in life. But sometimes, with the right route and the right partner, you can piece the fragments together again into one symphonic moment. local heroesLocal Hero
Josh Wharton learns from Mike Pennings that laughter can be the lightest part of alpinism. With photographs by Chris Goplerud. |