Kelsey Gray - A World of Routes
When Kelsey Gray tells people he grew up in Houston, they immediately think he's talking about the city in Texas. But he's actually referrin...
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Alita Contreras - Woman Warrior
In the film Guerreras , Alita Contreras is shown preparing for a long, traversing rock route on a cliff in Colombia. Her dog by her side, Co...
Peter Mortimer & Nick Rosen - The Dark Wizard
Climbing documentarians Peter Mortimer and Nick Rosen are known for films such as "The Alpinist" and "Valley Uprising." Now the directors ar...
Will Moss - One Step Further
New York City might seem like an unlikely place for a climber of Will Moss's caliber to hail from. And yet, he managed to find his way from...
Sonnie Trotter - Commitment to Climbing
When Sonnie Trotter was a teenager, he discovered a portal into another world. Entering the local climbing gym he found challenge, adventure...
Mary Catherine Eden: The Importance of Being Bored
While growing up in Kentucky, Mary Eden was often bored. But it was that boredom, she recalls, that helped her find meaningful interests as...
Dawn Hollis: Flipping the Script on Mountain Relationships
Dawn Hollis has been obsessed with mountains since she was a small child growing up in Suffolk, which she describes as being "a really flat...
Kai Lightner: The Last Six Years
Kai Lightner is no stranger to the spotlight—or to this magazine. He's been climbing since he was six, when he joined the climbing team at a...
Babsi Zangerl on Learning, Growing and Flashing El Cap
Last year, Babsi Zangerl did something no one has ever done before—she flashed a route on El Capitan. Thousands of feet of hard climbing wit...
Rick Accomazzo: Tobin, The Stonemasters, and Me
Rick Accomazzo came of age in the climbing world as part of the Stonemasters—a name adopted by a group of friends largely climbing in Yosemi...
Other Everests: Hidden Histories & Contemporary Challenges
The events of one the most famous Everest stories took place a century ago, when George Mallory and Sandy Irvine disappeared during the 1924...
Climbing Isn't Everything: Beth Rodden
Beth Rodden established herself as one of the best rock climbers in the world at the height of her career. Through much of that time, Rodden...
Graham Zimmerman's Balancing Act
For all of his expeditions and cutting-edge climbs around the world, Graham Zimmerman's story is one of balancing adventure and exploration...
The Many Facets of Len Necefer
Dr. Len Necefer didn't grow up skiing steep slopes or topping out on summits like he does today. Instead, his connection to the outdoors beg...
Climbing and Journalism with Lauren DeLaunay Miller
Lauren Delaunay Miller is an award-winning author, journalist and audio producer based in Bishop, California. Her first book, Valley of Gian...
Training for the New Anything with Steve House
Steve House began venturing into the high mountains as a teenager, and has since built a career on climbing, guiding and coaching. By the ti...
Unpacking Packing with Sarah Pickman
Sarah Pickman is an encyclopedia of expedition history, in particular the gear early explorers relied on. She recently earned a PhD in histo...
Writing and Routes with David Smart
David Smart's life and work seem to intersect with climbing at every turn. He's a lifelong climber, revered route developer and the editoria...
Racing Fear with Justin Bowen
Justin Bowen's first time scaling walls and new routes was in a climbing gym during a friend's birthday party. It wasn't until high school,...
Aiming for the Bushes with Alan Rousseau
For Alan Rousseau, the allure of mountaineering is in the unknown. When he looks up at a mountain and contemplates whether it can be climbed...