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Eiger North Face Filming
By Kenton Cool, IFMGA Mountain Guide. View his profile on MountainHardwear.com. Neil Brodie at the Stollenloch window on the Eiger, the sceneof much history. Photo by Kenton Cool It was planned for a while but things in the mountains are...
Bagging FA's on Elusive Norway Icefalls
This February, Mountain Hardwear athlete Robert Jasper, along with Markus Stofer & Roger Schäli, travelled to Norway and managed to grab first ascents on two of the longest, most difficult icefalls in the world. For pictures, the full story,...
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....
Ouray 2009: A Cinderella Weekend
By Dawn Glanc In December I returned to Ouray Colorado for another season of ice and mixed climbing. This would be my fourth winter in Ouray and my third year competing in the ice festival. This year I was more...
Three Days in Ouray
By Jessica Riquetti, Mountain Hardwear Design Team Three days is what it takes. Three days is what it takes to convert us, the Mountain Hardwear Product Team, into enthusiastic ice climbers. In February, the six of us left our desks...
Neil Gresham in Iceland
In January 2008, Mountain Hardwear athlete Neil Gresham set out to Iceland with a small team of British climbers to investigate rumours of sea cliffs with ice climbing potential. They were blown away by what they found. The cliffs of...
Hanging Out on Kahiltna
View more photos By Freddie Wilkinson "There they are! She's almost to the second ice band.... wow! Is today their fifth or sixth day on the climb?" If being an alpine paparazzi is your thing, it's hard to beat...
Tengkangpoche Photos
Ueli Steck and Simon Anthamatten summitted the North Face of Tengkangpoche. Here are some photographs from their climb: Click here to view the photo set. View the route....
Seven Weeks on Baffin Island
Robert Jasper and Stefan Glowacz (the cofounder of Red Chili) have headed out to Baffin Island for seven weeks of kite skiing and climbing. The duo hope to explore new routes in the Querbitter Fjord region, "an unexplored area...
Alaska's Mendenhall Towers
View More Photos from the Mendenhall Towers Sam Magro and Ryan Johnson, recipients of the 2008 Mugs Stump Award, tackled Alaska's Mendenhall Towers this spring. They completed the first ascent of the north face of the West Tower. Here's...
Hydrophobia
By William Meinen Classic Ice Climbs of the Rockies: Hydrophobia It's usually around Thursday that I start to get squirrelly around the office and start making phone calls to find a partner to climb with for the weekend. My...
Malcolm's Excellent Adventure -- Trip Summary
View More Photos from Malcolm's Excellent Adventure By Malcolm Kent Total madness. That's what I think when people say to me 'mixed ice climbing, that's easy, thats just like aid climbing, all you have to do is hang your...
The Search for Ice
More Photos from La Grave By Dawn Glanc After taking a week off of climbing, I was a bit restless. My injuries were healing and the stitches had been removed. I was ready to go. The weather here in...
Back in the Saddle Again
View More Photos from Dawn's Trip By Dawn Glanc It was one week after my accident that I went out climbing again. I still had a black eye and a lot of swelling in my left forearm. After being...
Rockies Classic: Coire Dubh Integrale 5.7 WI-3 550M
By William Meinen After spending several weekends, back to back, bolting the Rehab Wall, Brandon Pullan and I decided it would be nice to get on something a little bit longer. The way I see it single-pitch climbing isn't...
She's A Trooper
Dylan Taylor sent us some photographs from Dawn Glanc's accident, and we thought we'd share them with you. Click here to see Dylan's photographs of Dawn....
First Time for Everything
By Dawn Glanc I was climbing yesterday, Friday February 22, 2008, outside a village called Saint Christophe with some other guides. After completing the first pitch, I was at the belay, just standing there with my friend Lissa. Her husband,...
Postcard from La Grave
More Pictures By Dawn Glanc February 15, 2008 After an easy flight and a short bus ride I arrived in La Grave, France on February 9. The purpose of the trip is to ski and climb the amazing terrain...
Ueli Steck Sets New Eiger Speed Record
This morning, we received an announcement from Ueli's webmaster: New speed record through the Heckmair Route in the Eiger North face in: 2 hours, 47 minutes, 33 seconds. Again Ueli Steck sets up a new speed record in the...
The Rehab Wall: The Rockies' Newest Mixed Crag
By William Meinen With a new year came many new challenges. My first challenge was learning to walk again. My second challenge was learning to climb again. The physio was going well, and I was starting to hobble around...