1+ day, 5+ hour ago   (349+ words) When Connor Herson of the U.S. sent Drifter's Escape in Squamish, British Columbia, last July, it looked like a hard line. Now that Herson has proposed a grade for the route, we need to change the adjectives. At 5.15a (9a+ in Europe), this…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (1767+ words) Tomorrow, January 23, Alex Honnold will attempt to climb a 508m Taipei skyscraper live on Netflix. No ropes " just him, a pair of climbing shoes, and a chalk bag. The stunt has focused attention on climbing like nothing since his Academy Award-winning…...

3+ week, 6+ day ago   (833+ words) In the first year of my PhD program, after a particularly bad week, I decided I was going to hike a mountain. Not a real one, with cliffs and glaciers: I was not stupid. I had never willingly gone on…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (718+ words) Major Gerry Owens was a British Army officer and mountaineer who died during an expedition to Nuptse in 1975. Today, December 31, is the 88th anniversary of his birth, and 2025 marks 50 years since his death. Born in 1937, Owens served with distinction in the…...