5 of the World’s Coolest Artificial...
Artificial climbing walls will never replace the real thing in the hearts of climbers. Nevertheless, many of the world's artificial
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Stories by Sean Sullivan
The Rise of Climbing Prodigies
A boulder problem at my local climbing gym had me stymied last week. No sequence for my hands and feet seemed to work. I contorted my
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“Because It’s There” The Quotable George...
George Mallory is most famous for three immortal words he spoke to a New York Times reporter in 1923 -- “Because it’s there” -- which
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5 Songs to Get You Psyched...
You’re heading out to the mountains for some climbing or skiing, skyscrapers and sprawl in your rearview, and you reach for the stereo.
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Native American Legends about Mountains in...
Many Native American tribes in the Pacific Northwest believed
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5 Mountain Naming Controversies
The politics of naming mountains can get contentious. Consider the mountain we now know as Mount Everest. Before we arrived at that
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New Documentary Released About America’s First...
Before business executives ran marathons and triathlons every weekend to brag to their friends, there was the Mount Baker Marathon, a
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5 Great Poems About Mountains
Mountains loom large in the cultural imagination. They rise up and erupt in our minds as much as they do on our landscapes. There are
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The Strange History of Mount Kennedy
In 1965, eight men made the first ascent of Mount Kennedy, a 13,944 foot peak in the Yukon. At the time, it was the highest unclimbed
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Five Ways to Prevent Climbing Injuries
The lives of climbers often settle into a familiar
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4 Ridiculous Climbing Movies
As much as mountain climbing seems sexy and full of danger, the reality is, watching the sport is kind of boring. Watching someone slowly
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