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Neil Gresham on Double Scotch, Les Ecrins, France
This afternoon, when I went to check my mailbox, I found an unexpected gift -- a plain brown paper envelope with a "Royal Mail" postmark on it. Inside, I found this video from Neil Gresham....
Technology Is On My Side!
By Pat Deavoll I had the first inkling something was wrong about seven years ago. My knees and ankles started to hurt walking down the hard ice of the Hooker glacier, and I didn't want to jump crevasses, preferring to...
The Jimmy Skid Rig
By Will Meinen After the third winter of efforts, it's finally done. The Jimmy Skid Rig has been climbed. I still can't believe it as I sit here and try to figure out how to sum it up for a...
A Midwinter's Treat
By Will Meinen "I think I'm getting heat stroke. Does anyone have anymore water?" I looked at my thermometer again to confirm my half delusional state of mind; twenty-three degrees Celsius. As messed up as it was, I wasn't going...
Back to the Matterhorn: Speed Record on the Schmid-Route
Burgdorf, Switzerland, January 20, 2009 Ueli Steck finds himself in perfect physical conditions. For the past few weeks, the weather in the Alps has been beautiful and the conditions on the great Northfaces in the Alps have been great ....
The Abandonment of Gerard McDonnell
By Freddie Wilkinson One month ago, I wrote "Heros in Fine-print", which highlighted the actions of two Sherpas who were involved in rescuing several survivors of the K2 tragedy. In subsequent interviews with them, some new information has come to...
Desert Bouldering in Colorado
By Ben Clark High in the desert southwest tucked away like a forgotten postcard is a place few travelers wander. Off Highway 141 southeast of Naturita, Colorado, is a remote and untrodden valley. Only a few dirt roads split from...
Calling All Blog Junkies
By Freddie Wilkinson Blog junkies, internet addicts, and virtual alpinists everywhere should take note of my friend and neighbor Kevin Mahoney's newly revised internet site, www.NewHampshireIceclimbing.com. The site is the home-page to Kevin's guide service, Mahoney Alpine Adventures. But it's...
Heros in Fine Print
By Freddie Wilkinson "On the mountain there were no heroes," K2 survivor Cas van de Gevel was recently quoted as saying in Outside Magazine, " just an unspoken agreement that you help as much as you can." Outside and Men's...
Kantega!
By Freddie Wilkinson We New Hampshire climbers like to think we're used to tough conditions. Brittle ice, no protection, minus ten degrees? Nooo proooblem... that's just like home. The thing is, you get so used to not having fun when...
Success on India's Manikaran Spires
MHW athletes Freddie Wilkinson, Janet Bergman, and Pat Goodman, along with climber/photographer Ben Ditto, tackled peak 5394 of India's Manikaran Spires. Climbing.com published this account of the group's likely first ascent. "The snowy south face of peak 5394....
Greetings from Dharamsala
By Janet Bergman I am writing with scabs on the backs of my hands and legs still sore, so the short of it is, yes, we did get to climb! As luck has it, I do not have to get...
Will's Summer Highlights: 2008
By Will Meinen Last year I had attempted the East Ridge of Mt. Edith Cavell only to get shut down hard. Too much beer the night before, a late start the next morning, and a forgotten topo amongst other things...
Paciencia: Opening A New Free Route on the Eiger
By Ueli Steck 2003 The summer was hot and the weather very stable. It's the summer of the century in Switzerland. Thanks to this long lasting and beautiful weather period of time, Stephan Siegrist and I spent nearly the whole...
Letter from India
By Janet Bergman Manali, India Here is the play by play on our three day journey: September 10: After a late night at the Mahoneys, Freddie and I had success making it to our bus in Newburyport, then into Boston,...
New Route on the Eiger: Paciencia
By Ueli Steck New route in the Eiger Northface: "Paciencia" Length 27 pitches / 900m, difficulty 8a First ascent: Stephan Siegrist and Ueli Steck summer 2003 First freeclimb: Ueli Steck August 30, 2008 View More Photographs from Ueli and Stephan's...
Pat Goodman in Deadpoint Magazine
Read this fascinating article about Pat Goodman's recent trip to India....
Guiding the Bugaboos
By Dawn Glanc The Bugaboos, located in British Columbia, have been a place that I have read and heard about for years. Every time I saw a photo of the splitter granite spires, I would dream of climbing them....
With Love from Wyoming
Jessa Goebel and her crew tear it up in Wyoming! All photographs by Jessa Goebel, Kevin Wilkinson, and Alli Rainey. Jessa Kevin View more photographs of Kevin, Jessa, and Alli on Flickr...
With Love from Wyoming
Jessa Goebel and her crew tear it up in Wyoming! All photographs by Jessa Goebel, Kevin Wilkinson, and Alli Rainey. Jessa Kevin View more photographs of Kevin, Jessa, and Alli on Flickr...