Brittany Goris Redpoints Joshua Tree’s “Stingray,” 5.13d Trad
Brittany Goris on the first female ascent of Joshua Tree National Park's nefarious pin-scarred finger crack, Stingray (5.13d).
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Weekend Whipper: “Tired!” Yells The Rope-Soloist
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The Rapture of Soloing on Acid
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."
Hangdog Days: Conflict, Change, and the Race for 5.14
The following story from Jeff Smoot's new book, Hangdog Days: Conflict, Change, and the Race for 5.14, follows one of the pioneers of hard sport climbing in America, Alan Watts, as he brings his hangdogging tactics---at that time, in 1985, anathema to the virtues held holy by Yosemite hardmen---to a notorious undone project at Donner Summit, California: Crack of the Eighties.
Weekend Whipper: Blown Out Shoes on “Jumping Jack Crack” (5.11), Joshua Tree
Great Whipper this week filmed by Mary Eden, half of the talent behind Bitches On Pitches Productions!
Action Alert: Help Public Lands During the Government Shutdown
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John Bachar Remembers Michael Reardon
Free soloist Michael Reardon died in a freak accident, and is remembered by John Bachar.