Seven Summits

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.

This new memoir by Ryan Waters, who in 2014 became the first American to complete the Explorer's Grand Slam, focuses more on the adventurer than on his adventures.

Rising over 19,000 feet, Africa’s tallest peak isn’t much of a “climb,” but makes for an excellent first trek at altitude.

Aconcagua is perhaps the easiest climb of its elevation, but kills climbers each year—and shouldn’t be underestimated.

Ennis is a very strategic climber, who "runs hot" due to her amputation, yet must avoid any situation of waiting lest she incur frostbite due to cold transfer from the materials in her prosthetic, and lose any more of her femur.