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- Brits Climb West Wall of Fabled Dragon's Horns 9:00am Nov 24|2 Comments
- Details of Swiss Ascent on Jasemba 9:00am Nov 23
- Peruvians Climb Steep Snow in Ishinca Valley 9:00am Nov 20
Steve Beckwith and Matt Traver of Wales have climbed a new route on the Dragon's Horns, twin towers that erupt from dense jungle on the Malaysian Island of Tioman in the South China Sea...
The three Swiss alpinists who made the first ascent of the south face of Jasemba (7350m) last month (read the November 4, 2009 NewsWire), have given their route a name and grade: Hook or Crook (VI M5 90 degrees, 1600m)...
Alpinist Magazine We miss you, Sean.
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Alpinist illustrator Sean McCabe died on the morning of November 7 from undifferentiated anaplastic carcinoma of the thyroid. He was 46. Sean was a family man, teacher, artist, skier and climber; the bold brush strokes he painted on canvas and through his life will be profoundly missed.
Beyond the Mountain, the memoir by acclaimed American climber and Alpinist contributor Steve House, has won the 2009 Boardman Tasker Prize. The literature award, which carries with it a prize of 3,000 British Pounds, was announced at the Kendal Mountain Festival today...
Peruvians Beto Pinto Toledo and Erick Albino have claimed a minor new route on the south face of Urus Central (5495m) as part of an eight-day trip to Peru's Ishinca Valley in the Cordillera Blanca...
Yannick Graziani and Christian Trommsdorff, the French duo first to climb the south face of Nemjung (7140m) last month (read the October 30, 2009 NewsWire), have called their new line "maybe the most beautiful we have ever done, certainly the most continuously steep, sustained and constantly...
An experienced Canadian team and a group of young Americans added significant new routes to British Columbia's Coast Range this summer...
Alpinist Magazine New video to get you salivating for ice season.
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Audrey Gariepy, Ines Papert and Jen Olson tackle a new route on the Hungo Face of Kwangde Shar (6093m) in Nepal's Khumbu Himal with Cory Richards in this footage, part of The Continuum Project and available only on Alpinist.com.
Tomaz Humar, the extraordinary solo alpinist injured and missing on Nepal's Langtang Lirung since Monday, has been found dead. (Read the November 12 and November 13, 2009 NewsWires for more information)...
Thick fog and the risk of avalanche have temporarily shut down the search for Tomaz Humar, the Slovenian solo climber injured and missing on Langtang Lirung in northern Nepal (read the November 12, 2009 NewsWire for more information)...
Tomaz Humar has been stranded since Monday on Langtang Lirung (7227m) in the Langtang Himal of Nepal, and rescue efforts to reach the injured Slovenian mountaineer are in progress. ...
Access PanAm, an international organization dedicated to protecting climbing access throughout the Western hemisphere, held their inaugural meeting August 12-16 in Canada at Squamish Mountain Festival...
The Bureau of Land Management has drafted a business plan that would increase entrance, picnic reservation and camping fees at Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area--the popular climbing area outside Las Vegas and the featured Crag Profile destination in Alpinist 28...
Patricia Deavoll of New Zealand made a solo first ascent of the previously attempted but unclimbed Karim Sar (6800m), Karakoram, Pakistan...
News Flash: The following news flash is a preliminary report posted as a service to our readers. Alpinist has not confirmed the veracity of its contents but will post a story in detail when more information becomes available.--Ed...
