Weekly Feature Archives

Monte Sarmiento: Photos from Tierra del Fuego

Posted September 11, 2010

Ralf Gantzhorn presents 16 striking images from the top of the bottom of the world.

Book Review: The Mountain Within

Posted August 12, 2010

It is reasonable to say at this point in history—now that popular climbing media has existed for decades—that there are climbing superstars: athletes that combine a definitive personality with difficult and stylistically charged climbs. Alexander Huber is certainly one of those superstars...

The Warrior's Way: Arno Ilgner Discusses Fear in Climbing

Posted July 27, 2010

In his quest to discover why some climbers are fearful and others brazen, Ilgner developed the Warrior's Way, a program to help climbers become aware of—and deal with—their apprehensions.

Book of Dreams

Posted July 1, 2010

Dozens of Yosemite Valley pioneers have been mailing a single book among them for months, gathering signatures to produce a unique retrospective and a way to raise money for Jim Bridwell.

Pen, Paper and a Mountainside: Expedition Diaries from Mt. Logan

Posted June 23, 2010

Open the mountain journals of four climbers—John Evans, Jock Glidden, David Jones and Steve House—to find their past and future inspirations and motivations.

Pros Raise Funds to Support Layton Kor

Posted June 18, 2010

For four days in May, Tommy Caldwell temporarily shelved his dreams of freeing Mescalito for a more important objective...

Nakamura: Sichuan's Most Outstanding Unclimbed Peaks

Posted June 9, 2010

Tamotsu Nakamura presents a list of the top 16 outstanding unclimbed summits in China's West Sichuan Highlands.

The Continuum Project: Zion

Posted June 1, 2010

Rob Pizem and Mike Anderson free their latest Zion route: Shake That Bear (5.12+ R, 11 pitches).

Aaron Mulkey: Patriarch of Cody Ice

Posted May 3, 2010

Mulkey has spent many fruitless days trudging in his boots, hunting vast swaths of land and isolated canyons for ice that may not exist...

Video: Ueli Steck Solos La Ginat

Posted April 21, 2010

Ueli Steck solos the Ginat route (ED: V M4+ 85 degrees, 1000m) on film.