No, not the Amazon—Lance Kimball traverses the Flinstone Arete (V2), Lower Arboretum, California. Photo by Dean Fleming. (Click here to read more about bouldering in Columbia, California.)

Chopicalqui (6,354 meters), Cordillera Blanca, Peru. Photo by Alexandre Buisse

Good attitude leads to good hand jams, as Sammey Burrell discovers on The Prow (5.11-), Paradise Forks, Arizona. Photo by Andrew Burr

Ring locks so perfect they’ll make a grown man cry. Alex Honnold on Trail of Tears (5.13), North Wash, Utah. Photo by Andrew Burr

Pamela Pack winging it on her Tiny Dancer project, Indian Creek, Utah. Photo by Andrew Burr

Colin Haley explores the backside of the Drus on a bad-weather day above Chamonix, France. Photo by Andrew Burr

Nik Berry explores new ground above Red Light District on the north face of Mt. Hooker, Wyoming. Photo by Andrew Burr

“Please don’t slip before I clip!” Derek Galloway visualizes a better heel hook in Echo Canyon, near Canmore, Alberta. Photo by Ryan Creary

Proof that some choss is worth it. Kristin Boucher on the seven-pitch Takakkaw Falls (5.6), Yoho National Park, British Columbia. Photo by Ryan Creary

Josh Janes at battle stations on the intimidating fourth pitch of The Warrior (5.11a), Red Rocks, Nevada. Photo by Garrett Grove

Philippe Batoux and Sara Bertolo do what’s necessary for Bringing Home the Bacon (M6), Argentiere Glacier, Chamonix. Photo by Pascal Tournaire

Tufa madness in El Salto. Wolfgang Parada comes to grips with Nosferatu (5.12c), Tecalote Cave, Mexico. Photo by Rich Wheater

Speed climber Ueli Steck slows down for the big seracs on the Jungfrau, near Grindelwald, Switzerland. Photo by Pascal Tournaire

Joe Kinder finally sticks the redpoint crux for the FA of Golden Direct (proposed 5.14d, unrepeated), at the Cathedral, near St. George, Utah. Photo by Keith Ladzinski