A preview of our upcoming two part episode with Sonnie Trotter. Plus a poem “Climbing Romeo and Juliet” by Cliff Cash. Photo of Sonnie on Cobra Crack, Squamish by Paul Bride
Matteo Della Bordella and Marco Majori have made history with the first winter ascent of Casarotto route on Fitz Roy
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The Swiss crack climber opened a burly new problem that crack climbers will be excited to try
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Vintage footage of one of America's great rock climbers on a route that he made the first free ascent of
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If it wasn’t for Middendorf, your portaledges would collapse in storms and Camp 4 would be a parking lot. He was also a prolific first ascentionist, a devoted father, and a loving husband.
https://www.climbing.com/people/remembering-john-middendorf/