Alex Lowe, remembering for his warm heart and visonary climbing, rides high on Rum, Sodomy, and the Lash (VI 5.10 A4+), a new route up Great Sail Peak, Baffin Island; Thin ice and spinddrift avalances are all part of the fun for Steve House, on Frankenchrist (WI 5+), Maple Canyon, Utah; Who said dinosaurs are extinct? Yuji Hirayama onsighting the scales of an unnamed 5.13c at the Astrodome, Japan; John Scott Laybacking Ginsu (5.12b), Hidden Wall, a recently developed cliff near Calaveras Dome, California; Lisa Bedient coming off Jedi Mind Tricks (V4), Pollen Grain Boulders, California and more!
