This past July, Ali Akbar Sakhi, a 36-year-old father of three, died on K2 after spending a night alone at seven thousand meters. Questions remain about what, if anything, could have been done to save him.
How the internet became a climbing-anger machine.
HBO just released the third episode of the Edge of Earth series, which features Emily Harrington and Adrian Ballinger free climbing on Pik Slesova, an El Cap-sized tower in Kyrgyzstan. The publicity around this show has shed light on the complexities of reporting big wall ascents.
On one Colorado Fourteener, bolt cutters and saws have become the weapons of choice in a battle pitting the future of climbing against its past.
Climbers are keenly aware how easily land access can be lost, perhaps open climbing information should not be taken for granted either.
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Local route developers have renamed several routes on Ten Sleep Canyon’s controversial “Slavery Wall.”
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