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THE SANDSTONE ALPS: Utah's San Rafael Reef isn't for everyone. And that's exactly why some climbers love it.
By Jeff Achey. Photos by Kennan Harvey THE GOLDEN PITONS: Climbing's 10th annual survey of the year's most outrageous climbing achievements. CATSKILLS ICE: New York's Catskill Park is a little-known mecca for ice climbing, within a half day's drive of millions of people. STRENGTH + STRETCH: Six essential yoga poses for climbers. GEAR: Spot on! Eight crashpads to cushion your landing.
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COVER: Thomasina Pidgeon on Cutting Edge (V4) at Squamish, BC. Photo by Rich Wheater / age fotostock. THE SANDSTONE ALPS: Utah's San Rafael Reef isn't for everyone. And that's exactly why some climbers love it. THE GOLDEN PITONS: Climbing's 10th annual survey of the year's most outrageous climbing achievements. CATSKILLS ICE: New York's Catskill Park is a little-known mecca for ice climbing, within a half day's drive of millions of people.  December/January 2012 - 301
COVER: Nope, it's not Aron Ralston. It's Pete Whittaker on Century Crack (5.14b) in Utah's Monument Basin. Photo by Alex Ekins. SURVIVORS: Climbing's history is packed with amazing survival stories. Here, 25 of the most inspiring. MORE THAN ABLE: After a near-fatal accident, Craig DeMartino didn't let amputation limit his life. Instead, life handed him more opportunities than ever. STAYING ALIVE: Veteran climbing rangers from Yosemite, Mt. Rainier, and Grand Teton national parks share their top tips.  November 2011 - 300
COVER: From left: George Lowe, Angie Payne, Tommy Caldwell, and Lynn Hill. Photo by Claudia Lopez. LEGACY: Four icons of climbing speak out on heroes, ethics, the Olympic Games, and the future of the sport. PRO-SPECTIVE: If you could only do one climb before you died, what would it be? GEAR HALL OF FAME: The editors pick their favorite, time-tested ice tools, pro, clothing, and more. WHERE IT ALL BEGAN: Six great crags that changed American climbing forever.  October 2011 - 299
COVER: Ari Menitov stylin' on California's Tehipite Dome. Photo by Andrew Burr. NORTHERN EXPOSURE: Fall in New England isn’t just for leaf peepers. Check out these eye-popping images of locals’ favorite 5.10s. REVELATIONS: After four years of effort, a first ascent in the Alaska Range brings a mixed bag of emotions. HIGH AND WILD: Free climbing on the Sierra’s biggest, baddest backcountry dome. CLIMB SMARTER: 50 common mistakes that every climber must avoid.  September 2011 - 298
COVER: James Pearson psychs up for the crux overhang on the Arch of Bashikele, Ennedi Desert, Chad. Photo by Jimmy Chin. Colorado Gold:The vast South Platte region is a granite paradise stacked with domes, spires, and crags of all sizes. By Jason Haas. City to Summit: Mountain climbing doesn’t have to mean an expedition. By Brendan Leonard. Sand Castles: Sketchy summits, blinding dust, triple-digit heat, and knifewielding locals: Do you have what it takes to climb in Africa’s Ennedi Desert? By Mark Synnott  August 2011 - 297 - High Country Issue
COVER: Steve Elia climbing on the Aiguille du Moine, near Chamonix, France. PatitucciPhoto. Better than Lucky: At age 12, Colin Haley set a lifetime goal of climbing Cerro Torre, and at age 22, he accomplished that mission—with a first ascent. By Chris Weidner. Oasis: When summertime heat blasts the crowded Salt Lake metro area, climbers escape to Lone Peak Cirque for chill camping and pristine granite walls. By Andrew Burr. Kings of the Cascades: The Lower 48's greatest glaciated peaks offer lifetimes of mountaineering challenges. Here, five classic volcano routes, from beginner to expert. By John Connor.  June/July 2011 - 296 - Photo Annual
COVER: Sonya Remington on JR Token (5.10), Trout Creek, Oregon. Photo by Ben Herndon. 5.9: The Crossroads: This grade once represented the hardest climbing imaginable. Now, it's simply some of the best. By Jim Thornburg. First Come, First Served: You never know exactly what you'll find when you start up a new route. And that's exactly the appeal. By Andrew Burr. Bloopers: Ten professional climbing photographers describe what happens when the shoot hits the fan. By James Q Martin.  May 2011 - 295
COVER: Ueli Steck races toward the summit of the Eiger in Switzerland. Photo by Robert Bosch. DEEP WISDOM: When Tennessee climbers found a new crag, developed it in secret, and then saw it shut down, it was the same old story in the South. But this time, the ending was different. THE LOVE LETTER: Overworked and borderline depressed, a climber and his favorite partner—his wife—plot a dream trip to the High Sierra. RAPID TRANSIT: From the Alps to the Himalaya, Swiss climber Ueli Steck is the fastest man in the mountains. He trains harder than most Olympians, and here he reveals his motivations and methods.  2011 Gear Guide - April - 294
2011 GEAR GUIDE: Editors' Choice Awards: After months of testing, we reveal our picks for the nine most innovate and exciting new products of the year. Haul Bag: More great gear, from sleeping bags to burritos, wind shells to tents, watches to first aid kits. Walk Off: Survive this! What do to if you drop or lose the gear in this guide. Beginner's Corner: How to buy your first belay device, harness, helmet, rope, and climbing shoes.  March 2011 - 293
COVER: Kurt Astner on Phoenix (5.13a), Yosemite National Park, possibly the world's first 5.13. LAKE EFFECT: Timid topropers and the boldest leaders thrive side by side at Devil's Lake, the Midwest's most storied climbing area. FAITH: Spain is all about sport climbing on sunny limestone, right? Welcome to Pedriza, Spain's mecca for granite friction slabs. THE HOT LIST: Climbing's inaugural guide to the best new routes and crags of the year.  February 2011 - 292
COVER: Chris Sharma on La Perla (5.14a), bolted and climbed in the spring of 2009 at Margalef, Spain. HALF LIFE: Chris Sharma is turning 30 in April. In our in-depth interview, Chris explains why he's so happy to settle down at last—and how that will help him climb harder than ever. THE WANKER 101: You can climb V1 and V0. But can you climb it all day? GOLDEN PITON AWARDS: Celebrating this year's hottest sport, alpine, ice, bouldering, and endurance achievements.  December 2010 - 291
COVER: Adrien Erlandson shakes out on Thin Chance, Hyalite Canyon, Montana. SOFT KOR: Not all Layton Kor's masterpieces were desperate frightfests. DIAMONDS IN THE DUST: A spur-of-the-moment trip to Oman reveals great climbing and a fascinating, friendly culture. BAJA UNREQUITED: It was such a brilliant plan: unclimbed cliffs approached by inflatable kayak. What could go wrong?  November 2010 - 290
COVER: Climbers on Chopicalqui in Peru's Cordillera Blanca; Photo by Alexandre Buisse; ANGELS OF MONT BLANC: The elite alpinists, medics, and pilots of Chamonix's PGHM... By Neil Brodie; WING AND A PRAYER: Was Maurice Wilson crazy or ahead of his time...? By Martin Gutmann; TROUBLE WITH ME: A brash, late-night vow leads to an all-out effort at Gogarth... By Nick Bullock  October 2010 - 289
COVER: Kevin Jorgeson on the 5.13b ninth pitch of the uncompleted Dawn Wall free climb. Photo by Corey Rich; STONEY POINT: The beauty of these tattooed L.A. boulders may only be in the minds of the beholders... By Cole Gibson; THE PROJECT: Tommy Caldwell and Kevin Jorgeson are beginning year four of their attempt to free-climb El Cap... By Dougald MacDonald; THE COLOSSUS: After 20 years of climbing desert towers, what could possibly offer a new challenge? By Steve "Crusher" Bartlett  September 2010 - 288
COVER: Chris Sierzant Rambo-styles it on Merman (V6) at Hippie Hole, Little River Canyon, Tennessee. Photo by Tomas Donoso; DEEP SOUTH WATER SCRAMBLING: It's hot in Chattanooga—before you do something you'll regret, head for the river; WIND, SAND, AND SCARS: Follow an old mining road to a Utah river, launch your canoe, and drift into a world of desert towers; HOLLYWOOD HIDEOUT: Malibu Creek State Park hides some of SoCal's sweetest pocket pulling.  August 2010 - 287 - High Country Issue
COVER: Majka Burhardt on the Mountaineers Route (5.9), Elephant's Perch, Sawtooth Mountains, Idaho. Photo by James Q Martin; SKYLADDERS: Far above timberline, these are the proudest rock climbs in North America; UNDER ANGEL WINGS: California's High Sierra is littered with pristine boulders, some located so far out in the backcountry that no one would ever hike in the pads needed to climb them; THE ONE THING: What one thing most helped you improve? SAWTOOTH DAYDREAM: Join the author in his quest to fulfill a fantasy as two strong teams of women tick the burly classics of the Elephant's Perch in Idaho.  June 2010 - 286 - Photo Annual
COVER: Joey Kinder on the midway crux on a project in the Hurricave, Utah. Photo by Keith Ladzinski; NGA XUONG SONG - Deep water soloing in Vietnam's Ha Long Bay; TAULITTUQ - An Arctic Odyssey; BLACK CANYON OUTTAKES - Tales from Colorado's uniquely scary big walls  May 2010 - 285 - 40th Anniversary Edition
40 YEARS OF AMERICAN ROCK - A look back (with a few twists) at four decades of ascents, clmbers, and ideas; HEIDI ALMIGHTY - She's taking on a new challenge: funding the education of young women in central Asia; BUOUX - Come see this world-class crag for yourself...  2010 Gear Guide - 284
Beta from three equipment-punishing pros - INES PAPERT, ROB PIZEM, MATT WILDER; Gear Categories - Belay Devices, Boots, Carabiners, Crashpads, Harnesses, Headlamps, Helmets, Ice Gear, Protection, Rock Shoes, Ropes, Basecamp; Perspective - Gary Neptune: climber; amateur historian, collector, business owner, world traveler; Boulder, Colorado  March 2010 - 283
GRAVITY LESSONS - What we need to do now to protect the temple by Conrad Anker, Sonnie Trotter, John Sherman, and Steve House; THE OTHER THAILAND - Crazy Horse Buttress, outside Chiang Mai, a quiet, singular crag that’s redefining the eco-tourism model; THUNDERSTRUCK - Thunder Bay, Ontario, is a land of still lakes, endless forests, and bullet volcanic crags |
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FEAR IS OPTIONAL - The German Ines Papert is undoubtedly the world's best female all-around climber; LADDER(S) TO THE SKY - In 1492 Antoine de Ville established the world's first technical climb up Mont Aiguille; TEAM AMERICA: GRIT POLICE - Alex Honnold, Kevin Jorgeson, and Matt Segal on a gritstone warpath, onsighting, redpointing, and going groundup on UK's top testpieces  December 2009 - 281
LOS SUEÑOS GRANDES - El Chonta, the monster limestone grotto near Mexico City; WATER WARS - Sink your picks into the sleeper ice of Niobrara, Nebraska; MOUNTAIN MISHAPS - Eight hilarious ways to almost die in the mountains;XA^APA (HALARA) - Greece’s trad-flavored multi-pitch limestone of Varasova  November 2009 - 280 - EPICS ISSUE
BROKE-DOWN MOUNTAIN- In their final Climbing story, the late Micah Dash and Jonny Copp give us a rare, raw glimpse of their 2008 Alps season; AMPED - Three severely wounded Iraq War veterans rebuild themselves; LOSE YOURSELF - Alex Honnold describes climbing Half Dome unroped; SIDEWAYS - Les Calanques sea cliffs, near Marseille, France; PLUS: Two MINI-EPICS - NO REASON WHY and LOVE ON THE ROCKS  October 2009 - 279
INDEX CLUB - Washington's brilliant Index Town Walls; DER KLETTERGARTEN - Washington's sublime blocs of Leavenworth and Gold Bar; INTO THE WILD - The blue-ice paradise of the remote Icefall Brook, British Columbia; THE ZICICLE - Ice climbing in Zion National Park; "BE KIND, BE STRONG, BE HAPPY, AND TRY HARD." - Cameron Cross remembers Craig Luebben and his untold gifts to our community  September 2009 - 278
UTOPIAN VISTAS - Sleeper classics on pristine basalt, conglomerate, and granite, with blocs a-go-go in Taos, New Mexico; THE HOARY-HEADED FATHERS - Words and photos by two locals who know the Wyoming range inside-out; JOHNNY ROCK: THE LIFE AND CLIMBS OF JOHN BACHAR - The free-climbing and solo pioneer who steered our sport from the 1970s onward; BORDER COUNTRY - Inside the lives, climbs, and final expedition of Wade Johnson, Jonny Copp and Micah Dash  August 2009 - 277
"STOP THE CAR" - Pine Creek Canyon, cragging routes on the Eastside's most serene, stonker granite; RESPECT YOUR ALDERS - Four women chase domes in wild Alaska, finding mosquitoes, swampland and alder thickets; COMEBACK KIDS - Mauled, battered, crushed, and broken, four heroically determined lifers detail their battles  Photo Annual 2009 - 276
INSTACRAGS - Lower Mill Creek Canyon, in Utah's La Sal Mountains , might be the Southwest's last bastion of undiluted adventure climbing; DREAMTIME - A visual tour of Switzerland's most fabled blocks; WIDE LOADS - Tape up your hands, fists, forearms, and ankles, cinch up the jeans and high-top boots, and rack up the monster pro; IN CIMA DELLO STIVALE - From Valle d'Aosta, to Varazze, to the Dolomites, to Val di Mello  May 2009 - 275
COCHISE WHISPERS - A domeland wilderness in the Arizona desert that was once a hideout for the Chiricahua Apache; CATAVINA OR BUST - No, it’s not Rocklands, but the endless granite boulder fields of Baja, Mexico; PHOBOPHOBIA - Fear is a universal part of climbing; TOWER TO THE PEOPLE - A one-day, five-tower Moab link-up even a coupla’ working joes can pull off  2009 Gear Guide - 274
Gear Beta from five equipment-punishing pros - MAJKA BURHARDT, MICAH DASH, ALEX HONNOLD, BETH RODDEN, JIM SHIMBERG; Gear Categories - Belay Devices, Boots, Carabiners, Crashpads, Harnesses, Headlamps, Helmets, Ice Gear, Protection, Rock Shoes, Ropes, Basecamp; Perspective - Tom Frost: big-wall pioneer, gear inventor, photographer; Oakdale, California  March 2009 - 273
GALLERY - Phalanx of Will, monster dyno whipper, and Hebrides trad gnar; PLANET X - The science of high-end headpointing; NOBODY’S FOOL - the hyper-talented and complex Alex Honnold; GET SHORTY! - Celebrating the oft-overlooked (but long-relevant) ropedbouldering genre  January 2009 - 272
2008 GOLDEN PITON AWARDS - Recognizing 2008's top achievers; HIDDEN TREASURE - The Obed - Tennessee's premier sport crag; SANDBLASTED - The multi-pitch walls of the Taghia Gorge, Morocco; THE STYLE THAT COUNTS - The life, climbs, and artistic vision of Andy Parkin; 8 CONFESSIONS OF A CLIMBING MOM - The intersection of motherhood and climbing  December 2008 - 271
GALLERY - Hard-5.13 headpointing, seaside (and high-country) highballing, roof-crack madness, and Garhwal splendor; COUNTRY STYLE - Take a trad tour with two American hardwomen in South Africa; MAINE LINERS - Mark Synnott and Jared Ogden search, in a 27-foot sloop, for sea cliffs along austere Downeast Maine; ZILLERTAL 2.1 - Deep in the Austrian Tyrol there's a granite wonderland with blocs, clip-ups, cracks, and walls  October 2008 - 270
THE NOIR OF THALAY SAGAR - A fateful expedition to the Garhwal Himalaya; SPINDRIFT MEMORIES - Three men and 32 days on Baffin Island’s Walker Citadel; LOSING THE PLOT - Journal entries and images from the "Alaskistan 2007"; TRAPPED! - Two Japanese climbers, fallen 165 feet into a crevasse on Latok IV, fight to escape their icy crypt  September 2008 - 269
FAITH-BASED INITIATIVE - Tune up your huevos and get ready for a second dose of Ibex; HALF THE STORY - Adieu, Hueco. Sayonara, Bishop. The real bouldering explosion centers on a hillside in Turkey; AMERICAN MEATBALLS - Two psyched yankees visit Bohuslän, Sweden, home to the world’s best trad cragging; ANOTHER ONE DRIVES THE BUS - Why Boulder, Colorado, climbers have been driving the big, yellow bus for more than a quarter century  August 2008 - 268
THE BIG D - How Rifle Mountain Park, Colorado, came to be the land of 5.13d; PRETTY GNEISS - The roadside crags of Colorado’s Clear Creek Canyon seem to totter more than tower; PLASTIC PRINCE - Straight outta the “Plastic Crucible” of board-flat Belgium comes Nico Favresse; IN SEARCH OF EL CHUPACABRA - Senior Contributing Editor Craig Luebben visits limestone-rich Puerto Rico  July 2008 - 267
GALLERY - Pawtuckaway granite — sweet boulders and bizzled trad; FANTASYLAND - Veteran alpinist and trash-talker Kelly Cordes confronts his biggest hurdle yet; THE ORIGINAL SPRAYLORD - How did Albert Smith, a pudgy Englishman with only Mont Blanc to his credit, launch the sport of mountaineering 130 years ago?; A GRAND IS NOT ENOUGH - Ten peaks, 12,000 feet of vertical gain, crumbly rock, and restless weather in the Tetons  2008 Photo Annual - 266
PHOTO GALLERIES - From 5.13 cracks, to a Cuban castle, to a Tasmanian sea stack, to a Chinese arch, we bring you 2008’s best photography. PLUS: PIEDRAS ESCONDIDAS - an amazing “Stone Forest” at 15,000 feet in the Peruvian Andes; ROCK DREAMERS - Landscapes of spirit and stone, in the words of seven climbing lifers; CRACK ADDICTION - From seams to bomb-bay; DAR AL-SALAM -The valley of Wadi Rum, Jordan; STONE MONKEYS - Yosemite’s Stone Monkeys — modern-day Stonemasters  April 2008 - 265
GALLERY - Simon Carter takes you on a tour of J-Tree; LEGENDS OF THE FALL - England’s E9 and E10 headpoint pioneers; THE BLACK DOG - The dark side of the climbing equation, as revealed through five first-person essays; THE CONTRARIAN - “Fly’n” Brian McCray is one of our sport’s best all-arounders, over the last 20 years amassing a body of climbs unparalleled in his generation  February 2008 - 264
2007 GOLDEN PITON AWARDS - The best of Alpine, Traditional, Sport, Bouldering, Solo, Rookie of the Year, and Humanitarian of the Year; THE SPAIN DIARIES - Three young Yankees cut loose in Iberia's new-school sport heaven; ASSUME NOTHING - Chile's Valle Cochamo - the Yosemite of South America; GET LOST! - Fremont Canyon, a granite craggers' paradise; TROUT CREEK - Slammer hands, sickly tips, mini-roofs, and velvet corners in Oregon  January 2008 - 263
VERTICAL ETHIOPIA — Infinite, crumbling spires of northern Ethiopia; THE LINE OF CONTROL — Kashmir is known for its conflict, sure . . . between India and Pakistan; WYOMING WIND — Wild, remote, monster granite of the Wind River Range; NECESSARY EVOLUTION — Clean climbing is back, stronger than ever, and it's high time we think before we drill, says Sonnie Trotter |
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DUMBY DAVE - We've all heard of Rhapsody, the world's first E11 - a trad 5.14c R/X in Scotland; GIVE ME CONVENIENCE OR GIVE ME DEATH - Cascades alpine multi-pitch; I, BOULDERER - Yosemite's proudest blocs yet; BLANK CHECK - the mile-high Swiss Wall of Death  October 2007 - 261
KING OF KINGS - Climbing sits down for Sharma's most candid Q & A yet; TALES OF THE UNRULY - The vertical world's Top 10 urban legends; NEW DIMENSIONS - Rodellar in northern Spain; GALLERY - Supercracks from Squamish and Smith, and dyno hand drilling;  September 2007 - 260
EPICS ISSUE: The life and climbs of Michael Reardon, Superchoss from western Colorado to Wales, a 13-day saga El Capitan horrorshow, Alaska's remote Mount Russell, Cambodia's Khmer Rouge, Cholatse, Afghanistan  August 2007 - 259
STACK ATTACK - Sandstone towers and angry sea birds off the coast of Scotland; THE LAND OF "5.12" - South Dakota’s hidden jewel, Spearfish Canyon; KLETTERGARDEN - Sky, granite, tundra, and tourists in the lower reaches of RMNP; HOLLOWAY’S WAY - Unrepeated1970s-era V12-plus boulder problems  258 - July 2007
FREE BLAST - The south face of the Marmolada, the highest point in the Italian Dolomites; MORE GUNKY THAN FUNKY - Shawangunks dizzying moderates; BLACK HOLE - bouldering in Flagstaff, Arizona  257 - May 2007
THE SNOWS OF GENYEN - Remembering two of America's best alpinists Charlie Fowler and Christine Boskoff; CULT OF SOLITUDE - Chris Weidner and Justen Sjong in Newfoundland; ZEN AND THE ART OF ERIC DECARIA - redefining the cutting-edge trad game  256 - 2007 Photo Annual
GLOBETROTTERS - South Africa's famed Rocklands; CANADA IS BETTER - The unrivaled cracks of magical Squamish; BEHIND THE PHOTOS - Five top photographers select the images that have inspired them; and ANNOT - Europe's next bouldering mecca?  255 - February 2007
2006 GOLDEN PITON AWARDS - Perfect style, high-volume ascents, and progress, progress, progress!; EARTH, WIND, AND RUBBLE - Zion's chossy, alpine ridges; CANADIAN BACON - SONNIE TROTTER Interview - Canada's best free climber explains...  254 - January 2007
SPEED DEMONS - Take a visual sprint up El Cap with two big-wall masters; SLAB HAPPY - Boulder's gently reclined Flatirons; Todd Skinner 1958 - 2006 - The iconic big-wall free-climbing pioneer, fell to his death on Yosemite's Leaning Tower.  253 - December 2006
BIGFOOT COUNTRY- Pounding surf, drenching rains, primordial forests, monster fog, stonker limestone; GETTING WHAT YOU CAME FOR: ADVENTURE CLIMBING IN CORSICA - Mediterranean seas, warm sands, and ... desperate, runout granite; THE WOMEN OF 5.14b - ONLY an elite group of 11 women worldwide has ticked this holy grade.  252 - October 2006
DO NOT ENTER: The Sketchiest climbing areas in the world; Insane deep-water soloing in MALLORCA; UNDER THE GUN: The violence of Nepal's civil war  251 - September 2006
Daniel Woods locking down the dime edges of Mandalion (V14), Buttermilks, Bishop, California - WOODS AFIRE; RESURRECTION OF THE DAMMED - Hetch Hetchy; THE SEARCH - Bouldering Bolivia's altiplano 250 - August 2006 A rare, beautiful sight on a rare, beautiful day - the Cerro Torre massif, Patagonia. Photo by Dean Fidelman; ADDICTED: THE ANDY RAETHER INTERVIEW; EL FONDO DEL MONDO At the bottom of the world, Patagonia, the name of the game is patience - biding time until the rain stops; SEVEN REASONS WHY JOE'S VALLEY IS BETTER THAN HUECO; A LA MUERTE - In the Basque country of northern Spain  249 - July 2006
BOLTS NOT BOMBS: Croatia’s Paklenica National Park is loaded with giant, Verdon-esque limestone walls; NATURE OF THE BEAST: At 2,200 feet high and in a constant state of flux, the Painted Wall in the Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park is Colorado’s biggest, baddest cliff; BACKYARD BACKCOUNTRY: Summertime in SLC means sweltering heat, stifling smog, and trad climbing in the mountains;  248 - 2006 Photo Annual
High Intensity Visions are expanded and realized as Hueco Tanks gets a batch of classic new highballs. The Other Side One of today’s best young photographers shares his favorite photos and the hilarious tales behind them. Banned An eclectic cast of climbers tastes the culture and limestone of Cuba.  247 - April 2006
Crag X - Trad, sport, and bouldering, all safely tucked away somewhere in the desert Southwest. We'll show you the goods... we just won't divulge the location.  246 - Febuary 2006
Check out Climbing's new, improved, and redesigned magazine. The Africa issue, unearthing the "Dark Continent's" peaks and crags, Tondra Gorge - Morocco's Potrero Chico, Mali - Seizing the Hand of Fatima, and more!  245 - January 2005
Caldwell and Rodden free the nose; Against the grain, ice farming in Iowa; Thunderstruck, discover Ontario's untapped ice; Sport-Climbing Samba, Brazil's steamy crags. Plus new gear for winter 2006 and more tech tips.  244 - December 2005
Bouldering Special Issue: The Source, how Hueco gave birth to modern bouldering; Southern Grace, Dixie's sweet sandstone; Lisa Rands, hard grit therapy. Plus interviews with Ben Moon and Fred Nicole.  243 - October 2005
Forgotten Stone - Tooth Rock, Arizona; After the Goldrush - Colorado high-country cragging; Reality Check - a midlife crisis; Gallery - Beauty, power, determination, and a well-bolted Daydream. |
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