Rock Climbing
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The skinny on rough-hewn adventure in the long, tall land that has it all: from deserts and salt beds to glaciers and geysers.
You could call it a youthful passion, but why mince words? What seized the author at age 19 was a fateful obsession with El Capitan.
Using cutting-edge techniques, three young mavericks set out to tackle one of the hardest routes in the Himalayas
Meet the toughest wall rats ever. Some of them are still redpointing routes (fused ankles and broken backs notwithstanding). Or running their own companies. Or passing the torch to young acolytes. A portrait gallery of American climbing's greatest generation.
Will Earth's most fragile unexplored ecosystems survive the age of adventure?
The peaks of the Italian Alps may look daunting, but climbing them is la dolce vita.
A corps of rock rats in a hurry is putting the pedal to the mettle in big-wall climbing
The Pacific Rim's most explosive endurance sport combines speed, pain, and ancient tradition
The rules (there are only three of them) remain the same for a lifetime, and they come from the mouths of babes
Some of the most innovative boats ever built prepare for the fiercest race in sailing history
Alaskan eccentric Trigger Twigg attempts the first winter ascent of the world's tallest face
As a young climber, David Roberts believed in the greatness of risk. Then death came suddenly, too easily. And it came again and again.