Pinches are hard, but dedicated pinch block training will dramatically improve your performance. Let’s learn more.
At The North Face Climbing Festival in London, I spoke with Stefano Ghisolfi, Fay Manners, Nathaniel Coleman, and others about their upcoming projects.
To Grammy-nominated violinist and activist Vijay Gupta, classical music was made for the streets.
Forget the 5.14 sufferfests. We asked elite athletes like Alex Honnold, Sasha DiGiulian, and Alex Megos to share the moderate lines they love.
Siebe Vanhee, Séan Villanueva O’Driscoll, and Symon Welfringer completed a first ascent two decades in the making. Now, Vanhee reveals the scariest moments and whether the 5,000-foot route was worth the risk.
On May 9, Konstantin Smirnov’s mountaineering guide abandoned him at 25,900 feet on the fifth-highest mountain on Earth. He's now taking the guide company to court.
Two Wyoming campers did everything right—keeping food out of their tents and using deterrents—but a black bear refused to back down.
Over intense opposition from the Havasupai Tribal Council, state officials quietly approved a request from the Pinyon Plain uranium mine to adjust acceptable levels of toxic chemicals in the mine’s monitoring well.
The Indian government has definitively identified the mountain's most famous dead body. Now comes the dangerous, expensive reality of hacking him out of the ice.
An expert explains why the destroyed artwork is an irreplaceable piece of Grand Canyon history.
Facing severe staffing shortages and equipment issues, the National Park Service has quietly dismantled its underwater recovery team at Lake Mead.
Pinches are hard, but dedicated pinch block training will dramatically improve your performance. Let’s learn more.
Papua New Guinea is an island nation in Oceania comprising the eastern half of the island of New Guinea and an array of offshore islands. There are 978 named peaks in the country.
Khirganga National Park (275 sq. mi) is national park in the northern Indian state of Himachal Pradesh. Of the park’s 29 peaks, Parvati Parbat is the highest and most prominent (6,632 m / 21,759 ft).
Not every hard project has to be tackled from a tent or campervan. These destinations mix remote climbing with luxury.
Sometimes, two wheels are better than two feet. You're missing out if you’ve never considered exploring the mountains by motorcycle. This guide has everything you need to know.
Climbing might seem daunting, but it’s not as hard as you may think. In fact, it’s a very easy sport for beginners to enjoy. Let’s learn why!
There are 399 named mountains in Maui County; the highest and the most prominent is Red Hill (10,023 ft / 3,055 m) on Maui, the apex of the massive shield volcano Haleakalā which formed over 75% of the island.
Danny Gerhart, 24, passed away on August 5 after his rope cut during a fall at Seneca Rocks.
Spencer Dawes, 25, died on September 17 while rappelling the Methow Inspiration Route (5.9) on Goat Wall in Okanogan, Washington.
Andrew Munds, 29, died on September 2 at Officer’s Gulch in Frisco while rope soloing.
Russian alpinist Nadya Oleneva, 38, died after a fall on Nepal’s Dhaulagiri I (8,167m/26,795ft) on October 14.
Polish alpinist Kacper Tekieli died on May 17, after being hit by an avalanche while descending from a solo on Jungfrau (13,642ft) in the Bernese Alps.
Irish mountaineer and endurance athlete Noel Hanna, 56, died April 17 after summiting Annapurna (26,545ft).
Scottish climbing legend Jimmy Marshall passed away on March 2, aged 94. Marshall, “The King of the Ben,” was among the UK’s leading climbers in the 1950s and 60s.
Argentinian climber Marcos “He-Man” Gorostiaga, 28, died on January 31. He was hit by rockfall while climbing in the Cerro Torre massif.
Meg O’Neill died on April 2, while saving a friend during an ice climbing outing.
British rock climbing pioneer Ron James, 90, died on March 1 from natural causes.
Basque climber Amaia Agirre died in an avalanche while descending from the Patagonian spire Fitz Roy/Cerro Chaltén (11,171ft), along with her climbing partner Iker Bilbao.
Basque climber Iker Bilbao died in an avalanche on January 19, 2023, along with his climbing partner Amaia Agirre as the pair descended from Fitz Roy/Cerro Chaltén in Patagonia.