Stories

Check out George Nash Smith's author page.

Should the pros have a responsibility to document their sends?

On a 1969 trip in Alaska, the author discovered a climber’s paradise. Half a century later, he ponders how much more the pioneers who came before him discovered and what has been forgotten.

Check out Drew Hulsey's author page.

Is learning how not to screw up becoming obsolete?

A series of brainless miscalculations on Tungurahua, a 16,480-foot volcano in Ecuador.

Seven years ago, a lone climber tried to make a difference. He is trying again.

I’m a new convert to deep water soloing (or psicobloc, as they call it across the pond). Here’s why.

More gumby climbers are roping up than ever before, but who’s going to actually show them the ropes?

A moment of decision on McGinnis Peak.

The formula is fried. Aren’t there better aspects of climbing we can focus on?

Diego Lopez Montull opens lines at home and away.