Mount Saint Elias was named in honor of an Old Testament prophet, given the name by the Russian explorer Vitus Bering who, presumably, was a religious......

I was nearly nodding off at the belay when I heard it. The sun sets early in Yosemite Valley, especially in the dregs of October, and we had been racing the darkness -- and mostly losing -- every night on the Nose of El Capitan....

The fine art of sending your dream routes without really trying

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It was a hot and relentless summer in Moab, but Lyzz and I were hanging tough, trying to pry a living out of a tourist economy. I guided, and Lyzz too......

By the time you read this, I'll be married, which for most people is a welcome event, a joyous occasion. That's the public face I put on it, because t......