Jason Kruk & Jon Walsh featured on Alpinist.com
Adam Campbell is a trail runner based in Vancouver, British Columbia and is a former member of the Canadian National Triathlon and Duathlon teams.
An essay by Jonathan Siegrist
'Get out and get 'er done!'
“…most of the Baden Powell is a rooty, rocky, twisty, up-and down trail, with significant erosion, more like a nightmarish staircase than pristine trail.”
A short essay about the personal challenges of being a Big Mountain Ski competitor
The BigLePowSki World Tour Finishes With a Strike in St. Anton
Canadian Mountain Holidays Heli-Skiing's "What Inspires You To Ski Tour" Contest Winner, Tim Oliphant.
Jason Kruk climbing the Cerro Fitz Roy in Patagonia
Greg Hill attempts to climb over 2 million vertical feet.
Mikael Af Ekenstam goes on a roadtrip with friends to Lofoten, Norway.
Roger Strong finds a work-life balance.
Will Stanhope discovering new routes in the Bugaboos
Toni Lamprecht climbing in Gorge du Verdon, France with Uli Strunz and Benno Wagner
Mark Welgos and Aaron Schmidt podium in Kirkwood, California stop of the Freeskiing World Tour
'Carry the biggest loads with shocking comfort with this backpack that loads like a suitcase.'
Silvia Vidal's Baffin Trip Frustrations
A trip report from the Green River, Canyonlands National Park
'Bow Valley Crew' Member and MSP Film stalward joins Sayers, Hill, and others on the Arc'teryx team
One more time, Joëlle Brupbacher takes a trip to Pakistan with friends Jorge and Martin.
Four weeks this summer in Auyittuq National Park, Baffin Island with Chris Brazeau.
Canadian ice climber Guy Lacelle was caught in an Avalanche.
Adam Campbell and Aaron Heidt finish third overall as 'Team Joes'
Raphael Slawinski, Eamonn Walsh and Ian Welsted explore Pakistan
Ines Papert (D) und Lisi Steurer (A) manage first ascent on Middle Huey Spire 400m "Power of Silence" 5.13a
Toni Lamprecht returns to visit an old acquaintance
A renowned 5.14, candidate for the world's hardest crack climb, called, 'a gift to climbers,' by Sonny Trotter
Dylan Johnson along with fellow climbers Colin Haley and Josh Wharton attempt Pakistan's Latok 1 North Ridge
On that day, I was the fastest woman there.
Josune Bereziartu and Rikar Otegui established the most difficult route in Spain's Ordesa Valley area.
Five Guys, Granite Bigwalls, Two Weeks and …
3rd Annual Squamish Mountain Festival Rocks the Outdoor Recreation Capital of Canada once again
Jay Smith and Jack Tackle, longtime veterans of Alaskan climbing, enjoyed a remarkable two and a half weeks in the Alaska Range in May, climbing four new routes. Tackle, who has done 28 climbing trips to the 49th state, called it "maybe my best trip ever to Alaska since I started going in 1976."
Runner Adam Campbell starts the 2009 season off strong with a 2nd place in the Vancouver marathon.
Ian Parnell chronicles climbing and adventures throughout Scotland in the winter of 2008/2009.
Crystal stomped some big lines in Alaska to wow the judges in the 10th annual FWT, excelling in line choice, difficulty, control, fluidity, form and technique, and aggression and energy.
Mud Wrestling: The First Free Ascent of West Side Story on Cottontail in the Fisher Towers, Utah. A story by Rob Pizem.
Will Gadd featured on Daily Planet climbing Hunlen Falls. A frozen wall of ice 4 times the height of Niagra Falls.
After coming back from a long two month trip, there is always more than one story to be told.
All we were left with was a two-day weekend. The weather and snow stability were just too good to pass up, and so the idea of climbing The Wild Thing in a continuous push was born.
First ascent of a new route - Himalaja/North Face Kwangde Shar 6.093 m "Cobra Norte" ED+, M8, WI5.
Jvan Tresch, Michi Tresch, Tom Holzhauser, and Dominik Angehrn put up two new routes on Cerro Capicua.
Arc'teryx athlete Jonathan Siegrist has made it onto the cover of Urban Climber's 2009 Gear Guide.
The 3rd annual Kootenay Coldsmoke Powder festival was once again a huge success.
Will Gadd and EJ Plimley have climbed 1,000-foot Hunlen Falls in Tweedsmuir Provincial Park, east of Bella Coola, British Columbia, the first ascent of Canada’s third-highest waterfall.
A trip to the Gran Trono Blanco, a forgotten stash of desert granite hidden in the Mexican Baja.
Will Gadd willingly risks life and limb to climb frozen waterfalls. Why? Because the reward is worth it.
Toni is another of the big names who gathered for the Red Bull Psicobloc event in Mallorca. He’s 37 and has a vast curriculum spanning most of the rock free climbing disciplines.
Tingling. All I can feel is tingling. The pins and needles ravage my face. My wrists feel heavy and blocked, as though no blood can reach my hands... But at least there is sun.
In Mid-December, Ines Papert (Germany), Jen Olson (Canada), Cory Richards (USA) and Chris Alstrin (USA) flew to Nepal to try to open a new route on the North Face of Kwangde Lho (6187m).
When I asked George Squibb about his inspiration to name 'Vogue' he simply replied, "I guess I just really liked the Madonna song at the time."
John and Anne Arran have just returned from their most adventurous big-wall expedition yet. They climbed the first ever ascent of Amurí tepui in Venezuela.
"The Devil, you and me" combines in the lower part a directstart (8b) with the crux-part of "Sunjata" (8bc).
In early September 2008, Will Stanhope freed the Cannabis Wall in Squamish BC, a classic and highly traveled aid line directly to the right of Freeway.
Rob Pizem frees a new line, "Gentleman's Agreement", in Zion National Park.
The Edge Youth Climbing Team took seven kids to the North American Continental Championships in Montreal and each woman brought home a medal for speed.
"The hardest pitch is not the A5-traverse, Golden Desert or The Move. The hardest pitch is a short 5.12c downclimb." That's what everyone was saying about Golden Gate.
