Alpine Ascents International (“AAI”) enjoyed a very successful climbing season on Denali in 2024. Alpine Ascents, a world-class mountain guiding company headquartered in Seattle, has been leading ...

Steven Potter is a digital editor at Climbing. He's been flailing on rocks since 2004, has successfully injured (and unsuccessfully rehabbed) nearly every one of his fingers, and holds an MFA in ...

The Catalan climbers Bru Busom and Marc Toralles have made a coveted first ascent of Siula Grande's (20,485 feet) East Face in the Cordillera Huayhuash, Peru. Their route, Anima de corall (5.12a A3 AI ...

MOUNT RAINIER NATIONAL PARK, Wash. — A Washington state man who was trying to summit Mount Rainier this week collapsed and died near the top of the mountain in the national park, officials said.

Simone will not be alone on this historic attempt. While a full team has not been announced, Mora has tapped Nima Rinji Sherpa to join him. Nima Rinji Sherpa made history last week when, at 18-years ...

Ending one company's decades-long dominance of commercial guiding on Mount Rainier, the National Park Service has awarded mountaineering contracts to three climbing services, including one based in ...

We have received and published the following open letter entitled 'Alpine sport climbs ground-up first ascents: an art of climbing sportsmanship at risk of trivialisation'. Promoted by Michel Piola, ...

“Oh, you’re a climber,” says the person you meet at a party making small talk. “Have you climbed Mt. Everest?” they ask, assuming this oft-climbed summit is the pinnacle of climbing achievement. Colin ...