Climbers Mikey Schaefer, Kate Rutherford, Brittany Griffith, and Jonathan Thesenga recently spent eight days in the jungle of Venezuela, establishing a new 1,100-foot 5.12 free climb on the east face of Acopan Tepui. The four flew to the small village of Yunek in Venezuela’s stunning and isolated Gran Sabana (the “Great Savannah”), home to a [...]
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As job descriptions go, the arborist’s is pretty badass: climb trees all day with a chainsaw, handsaws, and other sharp objects on your belt. Lash your riggings onto elements that can bend or break. Oh, and be careful not to cut your own rope.
These beautiful glimpses into the life of professional tree climbers were [...]
Chris Sharma, Olympic gold medalist? It could happen as soon as 2020.
Okay, granted, it’s a decade off, but the sport of climbing took its first big step toward becoming an Olympic event recently when the International Olympic Committee membership officially recognized the International Federation of Sport Climbing as the governing body for the sport. [...]
Fall might mean football season in much of the country, but not so in Indian Creek, Utah, the center of the crack climbing universe, where warm days, cool nights, and flawless Wingate sandstone make for just about the best way to spend October. Sinuhe Xavier was out there a few weeks ago, shooting film alongside veteran still photographer Ace Kvale, and he put together this short piece for Marmot. It has Marmot’s logo at the end, so I suppose you can call it an ad, but you know, it just makes me want grab every #10 cam I can and prove to everyone that I really am the worst crack climber in the world–but maybe the happiest…CONTINUE>
Here’s one that doesn’t need a fancy intro: Music. Action sports. Rock stars. Who doesn’t want to know what they’re listening to? I got ahold of climber Steph Davis as she was leaving for Slovakia, skier Seth Morris waiting for the weather in Haines, Alaska, and skater Tony Hawk running between L.A. and San Diego. Here’s what’s in frequent rotation on their iPods right now.
Rob Gauntlett, at 19 the youngest Brit to summit Mt. Everest (photo), died Saturday when he and a roped partner fell 2,000 feet while climbing the Gervasutti Couloir on the east face of Mt. Blanc near Chamonix, France.
Virginia climber Brant Holland made headlines this week for becoming the first person kicked off Mt. Everest and out of Nepal for carrying a “Free Tibet” banner up the mountain. Chinese authorities, worried that the Olympic torch will be held up on its way to the top of Everest by protests over China’s role in Tibet, have closed access to the summit until May 10.
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The Gallery of the OIdest Living Things in the World
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And the Oscar For Best Use of Sheep Goes To…
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Surviving A Massive Earthquake and Tsunami: What It Feels Like
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The Greenest Job? Might Be Professional Tree Climber
60-Second Expert: The Right Way to Clean Your Goggles
Before There Was The Hurricane, There Was the Double Daffy
