Stories

Lhakpa Sherpa: Female world-record holder for climbing Everest nine times; mountain guide, single mother; Hartford, Connecticut.

Forget low gravity days… apparently, there’s a reason why us Southern climbers are so much stronger than Colorado climbers...

He dropped into a 40-foot crevasse in British Columbia, and the lights went out. When they came back on, it hurt.

With a history of mining, this tiny raised atoll called Makatea in French Polynesia hopes to use climbing and other forms of ecotourism to grow and rebuild its community with a sustainable economy.

The lowdown on the hottest (safest?) new climbing publication on the scene, Belayer Magazine.

Regular meditation on death is a recipe for a healthy life. The possibility of death in climbing is omnipresent, so climbers are uniquely positioned to come to terms with our mortality.

A Q&A with Todd Swain, author of the recently released An Ice Climber’s Guide to Southern New England and Eastern New York.

When a 7.8 magnitude earthquake an its resulting avalanche sweeps away much of Base Camp on Mount Everest, world-renowned mountain-climbing guide Dave Hahn of Taos, New Mexico; Sherpa sirdar Chhering Dorjee; assistant guide JJ Justman; and their five clients find themselves stranded at Camp 1, at the elevation of 20,000 feet. With their route down the mountain now obstructed by unpassable crevasses, Hahn and his team face a risky helicopter evacuation.

And we're not talking about cutting your feet.

COVID-19 continues to give all of us a chance to embrace the solo life, which isn’t always a bad thing. There is lots to learn from climbing alone.

Steve Roper reflects on coming of age in Yosemite, discovering the power of writing, the birth of Ascent, and more.

Tied to the train of progress, climbers are always chasing harder climbs and higher grades. The evolution of climbing is a constant dance between new gear and human potential. But does the latter have an upper limit?