A Rappelling Near-Death Experience
Thursday January 29, 2009
Rappelling is one of the most dangerous techniques you can do when climbing. Rappelling, the act of making a controlled descent down a fixed rope, seems relatively easy, but when ... Read More
Reinhold Messner's Thoughts on Mont Blanc
Friday January 23, 2009
Here's a blog post from The Chamonix Skiing Blog about the latest climbing accidents on Mont Blanc, which towers above Chamonix. The post, quoting from my January 18 article Mont ... Read More
A Couple Days at the Outdoor Retailer Winter Show
Friday January 23, 2009
I’ve been at the big Outdoor Retailers Winter Show in downtown Salt Lake City the past couple days. It’s a meeting of most companies and retailers in the outdoor industry ... Read More
Check Out "Chongo": A New Climbing Film
Tuesday January 20, 2009
Filmmaker Janice Ahn recently directed and released Chongo, a short documentary film about Charles Victor Tucker III, who is better know in the rock climbing world as Chongo. Chongo is ... Read More
Mont Blanc: World's Deadliest Mountain?
Sunday January 18, 2009
Mont Blanc is dangerous. No doubt about that. Four Italian climbers killed yesterday on the Aiguille du Midi. And the two young Britons killed the previous weekend in the Gervasutti ... Read More
4 Italian Climbers Die on Mont Blanc
Sunday January 18, 2009
Tragedy has struck Mont Blanc again. Just a week after the tragic accident that killed young British climbers Rob Gauntlett and James Atkinson on Mont Blanc du Tacul, four Italian ... Read More
British Adventurer of the Year Killed on Mt. Blanc
Wednesday January 14, 2009
Rob Gauntlett, a 21-year-old British climber who was a National Geographic Adventurer of the Year for 2008, and climbing partner James Atkinson, also 21 years old, were killed last Friday ... Read More
Norwegian Climber and Philosopher Arne Næss Dies
Tuesday January 13, 2009
The great Norwegian climber, philosopher, and environmentalist Arne Næss died yesterday, January 12, at the age of 96. Ness, who had many climbing adventures in Norway, also led a ... Read More
New England Ice Climbing Photos
Saturday January 10, 2009
It’s cold. It’s snowing. It’s ice climbing season. Gone are the dog days of summer. Now in the depths of January you strap on crampons and start swinging your ... Read More
K2 Hero is Adventurer of the Year
Monday January 5, 2009
Back in August, tragedy struck K2, the world’s second highest mountain, when an avalanche swept down its upper slopes. A climber died, the crucial fixed ropes on the Bottleneck were ... Read More
Garden of the Gods Climbing Accident
Thursday January 1, 2009
Climbing is dangerous. Every time you climb you have to remember how dangerous it is—no matter how much fun you’re having. Yesterday I went out to the Garden of the ... Read More