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Alex Honnold Wraps Up Antarctica With What He Calls ‘Actual Rock Climbing’

Warning: The following photos may infect you with an...
Heading toward the snow dome high on the southwest ridge of Peak ca 6,400m.

The First Ascent of Phu Kang

The American Alpine Journal recently shed light on a...
The Cerro Torre Massif.

A 5th Climber Dies in Patagonia

The Patagonia climbing season is unfolding with several great...
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Will Gadd Rates Hollywood Ice-Climbing Scenes

How is it possible that Vertical Limit gets a...
An exposed ice section on the Barre des Ecrins.

Benjamin Vedrines Opens Treacherous Gully Up the Barre des Écrins

Benjamin Vedrines has completed another remarkable feat just hours...
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Seb Bouin Climbs Some Of Portugal’s Toughest Routes — Then Sends Harder FA

Judging from the latest videos from Seb Bouin's time...
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Alex Honnold Tags Another Major Antarctic Peak

It's hard to knock Alex Honnold’s psych for Antarctic...
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After a Life of Climbing Together, Two Ukrainians Die Side By Side in Russian Attack

Two Ukrainian climbers died this weekend in the country's...
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Adam Ondra Climbs A Giant Sinkhole

After a few photos teasing this epic send, Adam...
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Weekend Warm-Up: ‘Squib’ Dreams Up a Trippy Tasmanian Trad Climb

After watching just one minute of this Tasmanian climbing...
Patagonia's Fitz Roy's group in a blue day, with some snow on the faces.

Fatal Avalanche on Fitz Roy Hits Two Climbers

Basque climbers Amaia Agirre and Iker Bilbao are missing...
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Greg Boswell Fights For Scotland’s Hardest Winter Climb

The ceiling of difficulty in Scottish winter climbing just...
Climber on a vertical dihedral on Paragonian granite.

Torres del Paine’s South African Route, Free-Climbed Again

Yesterday, American Tyler Karow was texting on a bus...
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Linking Tasmania’s Abel Mountains — All 158 Of Them

British climber and cyclist Anna Taylor has set her...

Lionel Messi Inspires Two New Climbs in Patagonia

Two separate teams have opened spectacular new routes on...
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Sending ‘Gigantor’: The Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Route

After zero people in 15 years were capable of...
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‘Intense Hours’: Frigid Big-Wall Solo North Of Arctic Circle

Just a few days into the new year, Finnish...
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Weekend Warm-Up: The Big Bang & Emma Twyford

The stakes quickly become clear in this in-depth look...
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Alex Honnold Solos ‘Silly’ New Route On Nevada’s El Padre

Alex Honnold’s latest route probably won’t go down as...
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Two Climbers Die in Patagonia in Separate Incidents Over the Holidays

The Patagonian climbing  season has not started well. Two...
Past alpine portrait of Colin Haley

Top 10 Expeditions of 2022, #2: First Winter Solo of Fitz Roy’s ‘Supercanaleta’

Colin Haley’s September expedition to Patagonia to solo the...
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Watch Chaehyun Seo Cruise ‘La Rambla,’ the Hardest Climb of Her Life

While I sat back and watched on my computer...

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