The Man Who Carved the Mountain and Me
Check out Mason Voehl's author page.
Opinion
Opinion
El Cap’s New Trash
Fixed ropes litter the big stone's free routes. Time to clean up our act.
Tilting at Windmills: A Plea to Save the Soul of Camp 4
Check out Mash Alexander's author page.
Climbing Has Gone Mainstream. Are Our Crags Ready?
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8 Tips for Crazy Climbing Moms (or Dads): How to not ruin it for your kid.
Check out Delaney Miller's author page.
Just Warming Up: What Climate Change Means for Ice Climbing and Our World
Check out Meredith Reitemeir's author page.
Unsafe At Speed
The truth about going for it.
Amy Irvine: “Rock” from Desert Cabal
Check out Amy Irvine's author page.
Average Speed: Playing the Game
Longtime climber Bill Wright, co-author with Hans Florine of Speed Climbing, lays out the case for why he thinks speed climbing is a reasonable and attainable pursuit for average climbers, and not just something for the Alex Honnolds and Tommy Caldwells of the world.
Alex Johnson: Tell me a Real Story
Johnson laments what she sees as the commodification of climbing news and media at the expense of real, affecting stories.
Holding on to the Future in Cochamó
Long-time Cochamó climber Chris Kalman discusses the changing nature of the wildlands
Beyond Clean Climbing
A new ethic must go beyond clean climbing, and extend from more than just how we should act while climbing.