“Whatever he wanted to do, he pursued it,” his mother said. “He wasn’t someone who would say, ‘I don't know how to do that.’ He would figure it out."
The author learns to trust the wisdom of his elders on a wildly jinxed motorcycle-mountaineering trip to Ecuador.
On a motorcycle trip to Italy, we learn it’s not when you arrive, but how, and it’s not what you bring, it’s how you pack it. Sponsored for EVERGOODS.
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.
All in Climbers We Lost
“Whatever he wanted to do, he pursued it,” his mother said. “He wasn’t someone who would say, ‘I don't know how to do that.’ He would figure it out."
A Climber We Lost: Quentin Lombard passed away on September 18
A Climber We Lost: Benjamin Guigonnet passed away on September 18
Takero “Kenro” Nakajima was one of Japan’s most-respected alpinists. He died with longtime rope companion Kazuya Hiraide, during an attempt of the West Face of K2 (8,611m).
Hiraide, 45, and his climbing partner Kenro Nakajima died in a fall on July 27, while attempting the steep West Face of K2 (8,611m).
Javier Botella de Maglia died on August 2, during an attempt on Kazakhstan’s highest mountain, Khan Tengri (22,999ft).
Lhakpa Tenji Sherpa, 54, passed away on May 7 while descending from the world’s fifth-highest peak, Makalu (8,463m).
Climbing pioneer, wilderness advocate, and three-term Salt Lake City mayor Ted Wilson died on April 11, due to a combination of congestive heart failure and Parkinson’s disease.
Daniel Frandson drowned while bridge jumping with a friend on Idaho’s Payette River on May 31. He was 24 years old.
Tony Sartin passed away suddenly while out cragging, after an unclear medical emergency, on September 4, at the age of 57.
David Rearick, died aged 92, on August 21. He made the first ascent of The Diamond on Longs Peak .
Bob Williams died on September 3, aged 96. He was a skilled dancer, celebrated mathematician, and early American rock climber.
Húserka, 34, died on October 31, after making the first ascent of the 2,220-meter East Face of Nepal’s Langtang Lirung (7,234m).
Mark “Chappy” Chapman passed away on November 25, after a hard-fought battle with an aggressive brain tumor (glioblastoma). He was 70 years old.
Álvaro “Pop” Peiró died on April 2, murdered during a robbery in Bogotá, Colombia. He was 32 years old