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Alex Megos FAs New 5.15a

Ondra Onsights 5.14c

TNB: No Such Luck

Ueli Steck Attacked on Everest: Read the News Here!

VIDEO: Adam Ondra's Forgotten 9as

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Weekend Whipper: A Three-Piece-Ripping Groundfall!

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Top News

Kennedy/Dempster 3rd of Ogre Nominated for Piolet d'Or

The Piolet d'Or committee has announced its nominations for the 2013 awards. "Mountaineers from all over the world have proved that impressive modern challenges can be overcome by small teams climbing on the highest mountains."
Three North Faces, Solo, in Winter. Check.

The British alpinist Jonathan Griffith has soloed the three North Faces of Les Droites, Les Courtes and Aiguille Verte in winter, in the same day, and, most notably, under his own power—he descended without technical assistance, often down soloing.
Ethical Debate: Dave MacLeod's Routes Disputed

Two weeks ago, the Scottish climbing polymath Dave MacLeod claimed the first ascents of two winter climbs on Ben Nevis in the Scottish Highlands. Almost immediately, however, notable sources began to question the validity of MacLeod’s ascents.
Daniel Woods Repeats Bridge of Ashes (V15)

Daniel Woods has made a very quick repeat of Dave Graham's recent V15, Bridge of Ashes.
New Route on West Face of Torre Egger

Matteo Della Bordella and Luca Schiera successfully put up a new route on the West Face of Torre Egger on March 2, 2013. They have named the route Magic Night in honor of the nights they spent sleeping in hanging belays.

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TNB: No Such Luck

A simple house chore saves the author from being swept away in an avalanche.

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Daniel Woods Establishes New V14
Daniel Woods has topped out another cutting-edge project in Colorado's Elkland boulders to yield The Purge (V14).

Weekend Whipper: Groundfall at Frog Buttress
This Weekend Whipper takes us to Queensland, Australia's Frog Buttress. Here, a climber starts up the classic Erg Direct Start grade 22 (5.11), puts in three pieces of protection, and then goes for it. But is the gear good ... ?

TNB: No Such Luck
A simple house chore saves the author from being swept away in an avalanche.

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Accident Report

Ropes Don't Break-They Cut: Tragedy on the Yellow Spur

21-Dec-2012

On the morning of June 22, 2010, Joseph Miller began leading the second pitch of the Yellow Spur (5.10a), one of the most popular routes on the Redgarden Wall in Eldorado Canyon near Boulder, Colorado. Miller’s belayer was anchored to a tree and paid out slack as Miller traversed to the base of a short dihedral, placing a nut and a .4 Camalot along the way....

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Gallery images by Dean Fidelman.

Epic Tales

For the Birds

15-Dec-2009

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....