Connor Herson has made the fourth ascent of Mason Earle's trad testpiece, Stranger Than Fiction, 5.14 (E10), in Bartlett Wash, Utah.
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Dear Kurt, This is a letter I don’t want to write. Writing is often difficult to get started, but this one is nearly impossible because you are gone, at least in the physical. It was in the evening of my birthday when I learned that you were presumed dead on Mt. Cook in New Zealand. …
https://climbingzine.com/a-letter-to-kurt-blair-by-luke-mehall/
"Hanging out with the family in my favorite place, watching the kids embrace the epic exposure and challenge of the Captain was up there with my most memorable climbs. The snowstorm was the icing on the cake!" -- Leo Houlding
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Award-winning wildlife photographer says, "It's every bit as perverse as you can imagine and once again shows just how little respect these associations have for our big predators that are such a key to our province's biodiversity..."
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The third conversation from our series of interviews in Lander, Wyoming. Steve Bechtel is a local legend in Lander, and runs two successful businesses: Climb Strong and Elemental Fitness. We have a really fun conversation ranging from old climbing stories of his with Todd Skinner, to the modern world of work, business, publishing, and climbing.…
https://climbingzine.com/you-belong-here-a-conversation-with-steve-bechtel/
Plans for new phone masts in wild and scenic parts of the Highlands are proliferating, with potentially hundreds on the cards. To help keep track of it all, and make it easier for members of the public to register their comments, Mountaineering...
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Team Japan climbers dominated yet again at the Lead World Cup in Briançon
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