Todd Skinner, one of rock climbing's greatest pioneers and visionaries, is remembered....

February in Colorado. The sky was the cold steel grey that forces both a yawn and a shiver....

Colin Haley's universe may be chaotic, but something is sure working. An up-close and a little-too-personal interview with America's most promising young alpinist....

There is a photograph of Tom Patey taken on the Old Man of Hoy, a 450-foot pinnacle of rock standing in the ocean off the north coast of Scotland....

In China's Yangshuo Province...

Forty years ago a team of top american climbers participated in a botched cia operation that lost a plutonium spy device high in the himalaya. Here's senior contributing editor pete takeda's account of that bizarre expedition and his attempts to uncover t...

Five friends uncover the best bouldering in the Northwest | By Lucas Pollock Photos by Garrett Grove...

Yearning for a bygone era of mountaineering, Dan Arnold spent three years reenacting early ascents in the Sierra Nevada. Like his predecessors in the 1930s, he used no ropes, harnesses or climbing shoes. All went well until he found himself ropeless on th...

The UK's top coach looks at the physiology and training of older climbers...

20 attempts and 30 years later, the Himalayan Gem Remains Unclimbed...

The virtual world of climbing photography...

(Or, The Last King of Greenland, and what really counts when you're on a far-flung expedition with a bunch of smelly mates who can't sing.)...

TWO ESSAYS ON STUNNING DEVELOPMENTS IN COLORADO'S NOTORIOUS BLACK CANYON OF THE GUNNISON...

The World's Best Reveals His Health And Training Secrets...

SHROUDED IN LORE AND THE SUBJECT OF EPIC RESCUES, DISASTROUS FALLS AND NEAR-GOD EXPERIENCES, HALF DOME'S SOUTH FACE IS OPEN AGAIN WITH A BIG NEW ROUTE AFTER A 20-YEAR HIATUS....

Remote, unknown and protected by a scarcity of information, Maine's Mount Katahdin, with 4,000 feet of elevation gain, arctic weather and big, bold alpine and rock routes, may be the Northeast's best-kept secret....

With many crags within a 20-minute drive from Canmore, the Bow Valley is Canada's secret climbing paradise of long trad, hard sport and sweet alpine. But don't take our word for it....

After seven harrowing weeks gunning for one of the most striking lines in Pakistan, the north ridge of Shingu Charpa, the author comes away with a surprising gift....

The gem state is full of diamonds...

Simon Yates and Paul Schweizer gamble on the first alpine-style ascent of the Southwest Spur of Mount Vancouver. | By Paul Schweizer...