The formula is fried. Aren’t there better aspects of climbing we can focus on?
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The formula is fried. Aren’t there better aspects of climbing we can focus on?
Forget low gravity days… apparently, there’s a reason why us Southern climbers are so much stronger than Colorado climbers…
Rock and Ice has some new competition in the climbing magazine space: Belayer Magazine.
A healthy relationship with death makes for a healthy relationship with life.
COVID-19 continues to give all of us a chance to embrace the solo life, which isn’t always a bad thing. There’s lots to learn from climbing alone.
Tied to the train of progress, climbers are always chasing harder climbs and higher grades. The evolution of climbing is a constant dance between new gear and human potential. But does the latter have an upper limit?
Let’s face it, nowadays the Seven Summits are just conga lines for the uber-wealthy.
Everyone makes mistakes. Even your climbing partner of 10 years.
Okay, okay, not completely… but before you throw me and my ideas in the gulag, hear me out.
In “Forgotten First Ascents,” Owen Clarke is digging up cool climbs from the past and talking to the climbers who made them happen. This week:The Crystal Snake, Nuptse (7,861 m/25,790 ft), Nepal, 2003.
In “Forgotten First Ascents,” Owen Clarke is digging up cool climbs from the past and talking to the climbers who made them happen. This week: the South Face of Minaret Peak, Iran, 1998.
In “Forgotten First Ascents,” Owen Clarke is digging up cool climbs from the past and talking to the climbers who made them happen. This week: Nature and Technology, Greenland, 2000.
In “Forgotten First Ascents,” Owen Clarke is digging up cool climbs from the past and talking to the climbers who made them happen. This week: Not So Auto, Monk’s Cowl, South Africa, 2003.
You’ve read the stories Rock & Ice publishes, but you probably haven’t read our story…
In “Forgotten First Ascents,” Owen Clarke is digging up cool climbs from the past and talking to the climbers who made them happen. This week: Koh-e-Maghrebi, Afghanistan, 2005.
In 2002 Steve Schneider, Heather Baer and Shawn Chartrand tackled this 1,600-foot line, then the hardest route in Mongolia.
In “Forgotten First Ascents,” Owen Clarke is digging up cool climbs from the past and talking to the climbers who made them happen. This week: Malaria, Rhumsiki Tower, Cameroon, 2007.
Athletes in isolation during the coronavirus crisis. A limited-run column from R&I columnist Owen Clarke. Follow along as he checks in with top climbers to see what they are up to in their quarantine. This week: Nina Caprez.
