Sharma goes Back to the Future on “Magie Blanche” (8b+) 1986
Just outside the town of Mouriès, France, in the small Alpilles Mountains, sits a legendary iconic route from the 1980s called, “Magie Blanche” (White Magic). This twenty-meter-high dead-vertical wall of 8b+ (5.14a) has little in common with the routes typically scaled by today’s sport climbers. On October 16, the best among them took on the …
Doug Tompkins Dies in Kayaking Accident in Patagonia
After a kayaking accident on Tuesday afternoon, December 8, Douglas Tompkins, a long-time adventurer, climber, conservationist and founder of The North Face, died in southern Chile’s Patagonia region. Tompkins was paddling with Rick Ridgeway, Patagonia vice president and part of the first American team to summit K2; Jib Ellison, river guide and Blue Skye founder; …
Sasha DiGiulian & Kevin Jorgeson on Lost Arrow Spire
Sasha DiGiulian, on her first trip to Yosemite, and Kevin Jorgeson climb Lost Arrow Spire. [vsw id=”VCPUoWV9KBg” source=”youtube” width=”550″ height=”400″ autoplay=”no”]
Niccolò Ceria sends Voyager Sit 8B+
“Peak District is by far one of my favorite place where to go and Voyager is simply one of the many gems you can see up-there. Here the second ascent.” – Niccolò Ceria [vsw id=”147303755″ source=”vimeo” width=”550″ height=”400″ autoplay=”no”]
Video Interview with Alex Honnold
Alex Honnold: “It’s nice to share something that actually matters a little bit…” from Fred Moix on Vimeo.
Ueli Steck New Speed Record Eiger 2015
Ueli Steck, the “Swiss Machine,” has yet again broken the record for a solo speed ascent of the North Face of the Eiger. On November 16, 2015, Steck took advantage of good weather and climbing conditions and pushed for the summit of the classic Heckmair Route (ED2, 1800m, 1938) in a mere 2 hours 22 …
December 2015 – February 2016
Read the editorial and check out the contents of the latest issue. With up-to-date news coverage, training articles, gear reviews, celebrity profiles, technical tips covering a wide variety of subjects, event reports, big glossy pics and enthralling articles. FEATURES REFLECTIONs on MIRROR WALL A new route on the 1 200-metre Mirror Wall, Greenland’s biggest rock …
Reflections on Mirror Wall
words by JOE MÖHLE pic by MATT PYCROFT Reflections – IV, 27/5.12c, A3+ A new route on the 1 200-metre Mirror Wall, Greenland’s biggest rock wall. It has been some months since my return from Greenland. I am sitting in my comfortable home reflecting on those days in the wilderness. My focus is repeatedly pierced …
An African Dream
words by JEROME MOWAT pic by DAVE PICKFORD A VISITOR’S PERSPECTIVE TO CLIMBING IN SA The very bottom of Africa – an entire continent perched on this inverted triangle of land. How did it not just topple over? My understanding of geography has come on a long way since childhood, but my fascination with the …
Odyssey
words by TONY LOURENS pics by FRANK KRETSCHMANN The first ascent of the most difficult route through the Eiger North Face. – 31/8a+, 33 pitches, 1 400 metres The Eiger, the most notorious north face in the Alps and one of the most revered in the world, has always been a hard man’s playground. From …