Chile

309 hectares of old growth forest protected in perpetuity in “The Yosemite of South America”

A new film follows two climbers on their quest to normalize the partnerships between able-bodied and adaptive climbers and raise awareness about accessibility barriers

Uncovering approachable routes for the everyday climber in South Patagonia.

Each January we post a farewell tribute to those members of our community lost in the year just past. Some of the people you may have heard of, some not. All are part of our community and contributed to climbing.

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Sílvia Vidal spent nearly two months alone in Patagonia while completing a solo first ascent on El Chileno Grande, unaware of the unfolding pandemic in the outside world.

Sílvia Vidal made a big-wall first ascent on Cerro Chileno Grande over the course of 33 days, solo and without communication to the outside world.

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Apply the passion and dedication it takes to climb 5.14 to doing good around the world, and you get one of the climbing world’s greatest years of travel—ever. Here is the story of Marmot’s Lead Now Tour.

Climbers try free variation to Patagonian testpiece Riders on the Storm