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 Read More...
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 Read More...
“Because It’s There” The Quotable George Mallory George Mallory is most famous for three immortal words he spoke to a New York Times reporter in 1923 -- “Because it’s there” -- which Read More...
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. Read More...
Native American Legends about Mountains in... Many Native American tribes in the Pacific Northwest believed Read More...
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 Read More...
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 Read More...
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 Read More...
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 Read More...
Five Ways to Prevent Climbing Injuries The lives of climbers often settle into a familiar Read More...
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 Read More...