At 74 years old, the legendary American climber Jim Donini is still out there putting up adventurous new routes. He just finished a new one with Tad McCrea down in Aysen, Patagonia, an area with a wealth of still-untapped exploratory climbing potential. Here, Donini gives us all the nitty-gritty details.
This bag is designed for the minimalist, ultra-light adventurer sleeping in mild temperatures.
Brette Harrington is known for her daring free solos, but she wouldn’t classify herself as a free-soloist. She’s a trad climber at heart and only solos “for fun.”
On January 31, Alex Honnold and Colin Haley completed the second ascent of the legendary Torre Traverse in 20 hours, 40 minutes, smashing the previous ascent time by three days.
On January 19, American alpinist Colin Haley realized his five-year dream of soloing Patagonia’s Torre Egger—the first solo ascent of the peak. Torre Egger is considered to be the most difficult and seldom-most climbed peak in the Torre group.
Itching for solitude and adventure, Marc-André Leclerc disappeared to Patagonia and found solace on an ice soloing bender in the Southern Hemisphere’s winter.
Marc-André Leclerc, 22, has soloed the 4,000-foot Corkscrew route (5.10d, A1) on Cerro Torre—the hardest route ever soloed on the granite tower—in a single day and in terrible conditions.
Cesare Maestri's gas-powered compressor and 450 bolts on Cerro Torre have become the most debated relics in the history of alpinism.