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Permit Fiasco Leads Two Teams to One Kishtwar Peak
Ales Cesen and Luka Lindic cross the ridge from north summit of Hagshu to its main summit (6657m). The two Slovenians, along with veteran alpinist Marko Prezelj, made the first ascent of Hagshu's...
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Chantel Astorga Inches Closer to Sub-24-hour Nose Solo
Astorga attempting an in-a-day solo ascent of the Nose on October 24. She passed numerous teams, ran out of water, dropped an aider and jumar, yet still topped out in 25:40. [Photo] Tom Evans Chantel...
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Mountaineering Students Ace Exam with First Ascent
Base camp in the Kyasar valley, Nepal. [Photo] courtesy Mikel Zabalza A Spanish team finished a three-year mountaineering course with the first ascent of a 6000er in the Kyasar valley, Nepal, last...
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South Chasm View Wall Climbed Ground Up, Free
The Black Canyon of the Gunnison, where Bergner, Kalous and Wharton established and freed a new linkup, Event Horizon (5.12, 1,500'), on the South Chasm View Wall (left). [Photo] Jesse Varner This...
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Teams Make Alpine-Style Ascents in Rolwaling Himal
The north ridge of Chukyima Go (ca. 6258m), Rolwaling Himal, Nepal. Last month, a Slovenian-American team made the peak's first reported ascent by its west face, one of several new routes to...
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2015 Mugs Stump Award Recipients Announced
Bozeman, MT (December 15, 2014)-- The recipients of the 2015 Mugs Stump Award were announced at the Bozeman Ice Festival on Thursday. The award, a collaborative effort of Alpinist Magazine, Black...
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Leclerc Binge-Climbs 3000m in Canadian Rockies
Leclerc on one of The Wild Thing's many overhanging snow steps. Between November 8 and 21, Leclerc climbed more than 3000 meters of hard ice and mixed routes in the Canadian Rockies. While burrowing...
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American Duo Goes Neck-Deep in the Rolwaling
Alan Rousseau paused, breathing hard at 6200 meters above sea level. Lifting his arms out of the neck-deep snow, he used his ice tools to clear his path upward. The light, faceted flakes sloughed back...
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Cerro Torre Free Soloed in Whiteout Conditions
Cerro Torre, Argentine Patagonia. In late December, Markus Pucher soloed the Ragni route in seven hours during a torrential storm. [Photo] Wikimedia Commons [This story was first published on...
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Wales Grade-X Winter Route Climbed Onsight
Pete Harrison hangs on for the onsight of Wide Open (X, 9, 60m) established in late December. [Photo] Geoff Bennett On December 28, Ian Parnell and I established a bold, piton-free route with an X, 9...
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Gadd, Rainer Win at Ouray
Results from the 2015 Ouray Elite Mixed Competition, which took place on January 10, are in. "I love the creativity of the finals route and how it represented real climbing," said competitor Jen...
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Free at Last: Caldwell, Jorgeson Top Out the Dawn Wall
On January 14, after more than seven years of preparation and attempts, Tommy Caldwell and Kevin Jorgeson made a final, 19-day push to complete the much-touted first free ascent of Yosemite's most...
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French Team Makes First Traverse of the Seven Sisters, Sierra du Fief,...
The Seven Sisters Traverse, Sierra du Fief, Wiencke Island, Antarctica. From November 21-23, 2014, six members of a French expedition made the first traverse of all Seven Sisters (TD+) along a...
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Minnesota Adventurer Lonnie Dupre Completes first January Solo of Denali
On January 11, Lonnie Dupre became the first person to solo Denali (20,320') during this cold, dark month. [Photo] Richard Moore On Sunday, January 11, the polar adventurer Lonnie Dupre, of Grand...
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Colin Haley and Marc-Andre Leclerc Make First Ascent of La Travesia del Oso...
Marc-Andre Leclerc on the second pitch of Standhardt's south face, in a classic Patagonia situation: climbing overhanging 5.10 with boots and crampons clipped to the harness, with amazing scenery...
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Completing the Puzzle: New Facts About the Claimed Ascent of Cerro Torre in 1959
Cerro Torre as seen from the west. [Photo] Rolando Garibotti [This story was first published on pataclimb.com on February 2, 2015.--Ed.] Over the past four decades, Cesare Maestri's claimed ascent of...
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North Face of Cerro Torre Gets First Integral Ascent
Marc-Andre Leclerc following Colin Haley's lead--the first of his lead block on the north face--before the team rejoins El Arca de los Vientos during the first ascent of Cerro Torre's first integral...
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Marc-Andre Leclerc Solos Cerro Torre's Corkscrew Route
Leclerc on the summit of Cerro Torre after completing the first solo ascent of the Corkscrew route. [Photo] Marc-Andre Leclerc Capping an already successful season in Patagonia, 22-year-old Marc-Andre...
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Polish Duo Establish New Line on Norway's Troll Wall
Marcin Tomaszewski and Marek Raganowicz high on the Troll Wall while climbing their new route. [Photo] Marcin Tomaszewski and Marek Raganowicz On February 9, after 18 days of ascending ice-filled...
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Scottish Mixed Blast: One Difficult Repeat and a Cutting-Edge First Ascent
Ines Papert during her succesful ascent, on February 22, of The Hurting (XI,11). [Photo] Nadir Khan The wind travels like a thundering train, snaking around the frosted glacial cirque of Coire an...
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