John Long

Largo on George Mallory, the jungle of Borneo, Jim Bridwell, and life lessons.

This film follows the legendary climbing photographer and Stonemaster Dean Fidelman. Says Fidelman, "Freedom for me is passion, and this is my passion: I have to make these photographs, I'm living to make these photographs. That's all I'm living for."

The 2020 John Long Writing Symposium, hosted by Rock and Ice and sponsored by Adidas in Carbondale, Colorado, will run from July 6-11. Reserve your spot today! Email Rock and Ice editor Francis Sanzaro fsanzaro@bigstonepub.com

Complacency is avoidable but in a gym it’s a leading cause of accidents.

A select (not exhaustive!) timeline of many of the major moments in the history of free climbing on the Big Stone.

A new (and free!) magazine is about to come to a gym near you.

R&I Editor Francis Sanzaro introduces the El Cap Free issue with a look at why El Cap still matters.

On February 16, Jim “The Bird” Bridwell, captain of numerous El Cap voyages of physical and psychological expansion, inventor, writer, thinker and fashion setter died of complications from hepatitis C. He was 73.

John Bachar laces up his boots and cinches the sling on his chalk bag. “Ready?” Only then do I realize he means to climb all two thousand feet solo, without a rope. To save face, I agree, thinking: Well, if he suggests something too crazy, I’ll just draw the line. I was the first to start soloing out at Josh anyhow.

The myth of Oliver Moon changed the face of Yosemite climbing forever.

Chasing ghosts on Hawaiian sea cliffs.

Cast by chance into the frenzy of a dramatic Yosemite rescue, the author confronts his youthful fears head-on.