China

One of the world's best (and least developed) sandstone trad areas is in Liming, in China's Yunnan province. It's a pretty special place.

Check out Chuang Liu (Karma)'s author page.

A meditation on the cracks that divide the walls, yet draw us—wiser, more grown, hopeful—together.

Check out Bradley Allf's author page.

Longtime Everest chronicler Alan Arnette looks at how much it actually costs to climb Mount Everest, whether you do it on a "shoestring" budget or book the swankiest expedition out there. From the costs of travel to food to supplies to guides, it's all broken down here!

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Check out John Burgman's author page.

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Check out Michael Levy's author page.

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Planes, trains, and broken luggage: one year with Colette McInerney

Find inspiration from the best climbing photography from around the world.

Two elite climbers conquer an eight-pitch 5.14b, one of the steepest, most sustained routes in the 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.

Check out Dougald MacDonald's author page.