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Climber delegation lobbies Congress on behalf of public lands
The delegation of Colorado climbers walks through the rain from the House to the Senate while lobbying Congress in Washington, DC, on May 11 as part of the Climb the Hill event organized by the Access...
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Colin Haley solos North Buttress of Begguya (Mt. Hunter) round-trip in 17 hours
Colin Haley completed one of his longstanding projects on May 12 with the first solo ascent of the North Buttress of Alaska's 14,573-foot Begguya (Haley prefers to refer to the mountain as Begguya,...
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Quinn Brett makes probable first female free ascent of Spaceshot (5.13a) in Zion
Max Barlerin and Quinn Brett celebrate on top of the Leaning Wall in Zion after Brett's free ascent of Spaceshot (IV 5.13a) on May 2. [Photo] Max Barlerin Quinn Brett made what is likely the first...
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Marek Raganowicz solos two new routes on the Ship's Prow in Baffin Island
Marek Raganowicz hadn't planned on spending six weeks alone among the polar bears on Baffin Island, but that's what happened after his partner, Marcin Tomaszewski, had some problems with light...
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Outdoor Retailer winter trade show is merging with SIA Snow Show in Denver
Emerald Expositions LLC--the company that owns Outdoor Retailer--announced May 24 that it has acquired the SnowSports Industries America (SIA) Snow Show and that the winter OR trade show will now be...
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Legacy Restoration Project begets another high-end route: Yosemite's Misty...
With Yosemite Falls rumbling to his left, Jon Cardwell face climbs into the final 5.12 splitter crack on Pitch 13 of the Misty Wall (5.13, 1,700') during a free ascent with Sasha DiGiulian on May 27....
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Researchers, activists and climbers respond to Trump's withdrawal from...
[Photo] Jay Mantri, courtesy of StockSnap On June 1, President Trump announced that the U.S. was withdrawing from the Paris Climate Accord. A total of 194 countries committed to the 2015 agreement,...
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The world gasps in the aftermath of Alex Honnold's free solo of El Capitan's...
In this photo that was taken through a telescope on the ground, Alex Honnold carefully makes his way across the highly technical, friction-dependent moves (5.11) low on the Freerider route (VI 5.13a,...
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Zinke's interim report recommends reducing Bears Ears National Monument
Ryan Franz down climbs from the summit of Bridger Jack Butte to access a rappel station in April 2015. The King of Pain pinnacle is in the background. The area is part of the Bears Ears National...
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Kilian Jornet completes two fast and light ascents of Everest in one week
Kilian Jornet points to Mt. Everest's shrouded summit while acclimatizing for his first speed ascent of the North Col route. [Photo] Sebastien Montaz-Rosset/Kilian Jornet collection Kilian Jornet...
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Katie Bono sets probable women's speed record on Denali at 21 hours, 6 minutes
Katie Bono trains at 13,500 feet on Denali, June 1, to prepare for her speed ascent on June 13-14 in which she set a probable female round-trip record of 21 hours, 6 minutes. That time is the third or...
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Climbers missing and presumed dead on Nanga Parbat's Mazeno Ridge
Nanga Parbat's Diamir Face with the Mazeno Ridge extending toward the foreground. [Photo] Guilhem Vellut, Wikimedia Mariano Galvan and Alberto Zerain are presumed to have died in an avalanche at...
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Summer Outdoor Retailer is moving to Denver in 2018
A deal was confirmed July 6 that the summer Outdoor Retailer trade show will move to Denver, Colorado, next year. Pictured from left to right are Luis Benitez, director of Colorado's Outdoor...
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Family organizes continued search efforts for Galvan and Zerain on Nanga Parbat
This photo taken during the helicopter search on July 1 shows where Mariano Galvan and Alberto Zerain disappeared on Nanga Parbat's Mazeno Ridge. [Photo] Alex Gavan Mariano Galvan's family has...
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Carsten von Birckhahn is remembered for his kindness, passion and vision
Carsten Von Birckhahn in Patagonia. [Photo] Martin Kroussottsi collection Carsten von Birckhahn--a respected member of the international climbing community and brand manager for Edelrid--died in a...
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Canadians free climb Chacraraju's east face headwall with 'The Devil's Reach...
Chacraraju Este's east face with The Devil's Reach Around (M6 5.10, 90°) marked in red. [Photo] Quentin Lindfield Roberts Canadian climbers Alik Berg and Quentin Lindfield Roberts completed a new...
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Hazel Findlay sends a new stemming testpiece in Squamish at 5.13d R
Hazel Findlay leads Tainted Love, aka Northern Soul (5.13d R), in Squamish, British Columbia. [Photo] Jonny Baker Hazel Findlay recently made the first ascent of the hard trad route Tainted Love, aka...
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Chilean climbers reach two Karakoram summits near Broad Peak
[Corrections are currently pending for this story. The 6200-meter peak the climbers dubbed "Mirchi" was not a first ascent. According to a 1984 edition of Iwo To Yuki, a Japanese Alpine Club...
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Czech climbers realize 'Satisfaction' on Gasherbrum's southwest face
Gasherbrum I (8080m): Satisfaction (ED+ M7 WI5+ 70°, 3000m) is the second line from the left. [Image] Marek Holecek Marek Holecek has returned to the southwest face of Gasherbrum I (8080) five times...
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Alpinist Magazine announces Alpinist Podcast season 1: The Voices Behind the...
Alpinist Associate Editor and Podcast Host Paula Wright in the sound booth. [Photo] Alpinist collection Jeffersonville, VT August 21, 2017--In collaboration with Dispatch Radio, Height of Land...
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