Risk

Alpine environments are infinitely complex—but for Gadd that is part of their allure.

Opinion: Climbers through the ages have found value intentionally courting risk. There's a reason for that. 

The death of Hilaree Nelson highlights a double standard that still exists with mothers in the adventure world

Learning how to try hard is hard. And it’s so easy to be stupid.

Most risk scientists live risk-minimal lives, but Robert Charles Lee and his wife, Linda Cook, devoted their spare time to alpine and ice climbing. Now retired, Lee has written a book about risk, climbing, and partnership. In this excerpt he writes about the time he broke the cardinal rule of ice climbing: don't fall.

The 2021 Denali climbing season is underway, but two risky practices are concerning.

David Roberts, One of Climbing's Most Prolific Adventurers and Authors, Contemplates Risk Through the Lens of a Life of Climbing and a Cancer Diagnosis

Ryan Montoya endured two solo, unplanned nights in the Colorado backcountry in winter after a fall near the top of a Colorado 14er

As pro climbers strive to maintain sponsor attention, they are often forced to seek out harder, bigger, or bolder lines—and then to do them for the camera.

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