K2 Winter Madness: Could This Be The Year?
Check out Federico Bernardi's author page.
Check out Federico Bernardi's author page.
"Madame Ching was a dangerous female Chinese pirate and she fought with a lot of strong nations," Eiter told Rock and Ice. "I fight with hard routes."
The top 10 most popular Weekend Whippers of the year. Happy Friday and climb safe in 2021!
"Black Ice" was the stand in another solid year for Reel Rock.
Avalanche safety---from knowledge to carrying equipment---is the norm in the backcountry skiing community. It's time the ice-climbing community followed suit.
Everest just got taller---in the record books at least!
“Of all the post-Second World War British mountaineers,” Sir Chris Bonington told Rock and Ice, “Doug Scott was undoubtedly outstanding and joins the rich pantheon of international pioneering climbers from around the world.”
Hamish MacInnes continually pushed the standards of Scottish winter climbing in the 1950s, 60s and 70s, and invented gear---including the Terrordactyl ice axe---that changed the game in terms of what was possible.
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Seb Bouin and Lucien Martinez have done the second and third ascents of Fred Rouhling's infamous Akira, and suggested a big downgrade to 9a (5.14d). But Rouhling is sticking to his guns on the grade. What's the deal?
A recap of this year's Climbing Advocacy Conference, organized by Access Fund and The Climbing Initiative, which brought together over 650 registrants from 36 different countries.
"It’s the first big thing I’ve done in climbing that I’m super proud of," Cannon said of his one-day free ascent of Golden Gate.