You can read the full tribute to Climbers We Lost in 2021 here. Atanas Skatov 42, February 5 Atanas Skatov was a Bulgarian mountaineer, vegan, and agronomist in plant protection who was wholly committed to an environmentally friendly lifestyle.
An interview with Belgium’s Simon Lorenzi, who’s done three V16 (though one may be harder) in the last 12 months.
Corrado “Korra” Pesce and his partner had completed a new route on Cerro Torre’s east and north face when a rime-ice mushroom collapsed on him.
Women With Altitude
From November 2021 to January 2022, the Alpine Club hosted a joint exhibition in partnership with the Pinnacle Club to celebrate the last century of female mountaineering.
Let’s dive into the nitty-gritty of climbing physiology and then discuss training takeaways. This is Part I of a science-based series on how to train smarter to climb better.
The author channeled a toughness forged during childhood in the Ukraine and US to climb the massive ridge traverse Goliath—60 peaks between 13,000 and 14,000 feet, 80,000 feet of vertical gain, and 32 miles of technical terrain—in the High Sierra.
A lone climber took a fatal fall after finishing a rope solo in Colorado’s Clear Creek on Wednesday, January 19.
The following is an excerpt from Chapter 8 of Beastmaking, by Ned Feehally. Feehally, co-founder of Beastmaker, is one of the world’s top climbers. He wrote this book based on his own training experiences...
Corrado Pesce Rescue Called Off
Argentina's El Chalten Alpine Rescue Centre have confirmed that they are calling off the rescue operation for Corrado 'Korra' Pesce after drone photography captured images of Pesce's body 50m below his last known bivi spot.
The dark art of slab climbing is both incredibly frustrating and fantastically rewarding. Here, Bob Gaines dishes on the secrets.
How to get started climbing cracks, from finger-size to the wide stuff, and the sizes in between. Also: How to use your feet in cracks.
Climbing is literally a steep learning curve. This boxed set of advice will flatten the bell, helping you to become a better climber by smoothing out your footwork, teaching you to think outside the box—there's even sections on crack and slab climbing, and 25 tips to improve you belaying.
As a human you are programmed to climb, but your intuition isn't always correct.
Michael Spitz is remembered as a climber with indomitable grit, someone who was “determined to squeeze the most out of every second of life.”
