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Climbing Stories
![Oak Flat Is No Sacrifice Zone](https://www.patagonia.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/kerzhner-t-0019-cc-web-2250x1066-1-768x364.jpg.webp)
As we make a transition to renewable sources of energy, let’s not renew the same old mistakes.
![Trading a Hatchback for a Rolling Duffel](https://www.patagonia.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/estrada-m-0263-cc-web-hero-768x432.jpg.webp)
Taking California public transit from Oakland to Yosemite National Park, narinda heng wonders: What’s a climbing trip without a car?
![Jirishanca](https://www.patagonia.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/smith-d-1629-cc-web-hero-768x432.jpg.webp)
Hard alpinism in the Cordillera Huayhuash endures as the climate changes the routes.
![Afarin! Good Job!](https://www.patagonia.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/tsudome-m-0044-cc-web-16x9-1-768x432.jpg.webp)
For these Afghan women, climbing in Yosemite is a connection to home.
![Legacy on the Muir](https://www.patagonia.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/buschini-m-0003-4x3-1-768x576.jpg.webp)
TM Herbert helped put up the first ascent of the Muir Wall in 1965. His son followed in his footsteps 55 years later.
![The Charpoua Way](https://www.patagonia.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/cadot-p-0010-cc-web-1-768x576.webp)
One family sets the pace at a historical refuge near Chamonix, France.
![Smith Rock Is Animal Village](https://www.patagonia.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/jimreivat-j-0003-cc-web-4x3-1-768x576.jpg.webp)
Elder Wilson Wewa tells the creation story of Animal Village. Tara Kerzhner and Len Necefer consider how these stories can reshape stewardship.
![The Maestro](https://www.patagonia.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/hurtado-e-0002-cc-web-4x3-1-768x576.jpg.webp)
An ode to Raúl Revilla Quiroz, one of the fathers of Mexican rock climbing.
![Queering Climb Mentorship](https://www.patagonia.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/mccord-b-0054-cc-web-768x432.jpg.webp)
A conversation between Lor Sabourin and Madaleine Sorkin.
![Chasing Charlie](https://www.patagonia.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/harvey-k-0667-cc-web-hero-768x576.jpg.webp)
Charlie Fowler was a world-class alpinist; what did he find out in Colorado’s Wild, Wild West climbing area that kept him coming back?
![Too Far, Too High](https://www.patagonia.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/mccrea-t-0092-cc-web-4x3-1-768x576.jpg.webp)
On an intergenerational new routing trip in the Sierra, Tad McCrea asks, what if your best adventure is the one you’re already on?
![Bring Back Clean Climbing](https://www.patagonia.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/siadak-a-0213-cc-web-19x9-1-768x364.jpg.webp)
Fifty years ago, Yvon Chouinard, Tom Frost and Doug Robinson set down an ethic for climbing that emphasized restraint and respect for the rock. In 2022, it’s needed more than ever.
![Life Lived Wild](https://www.patagonia.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/chin-j-0178-16x9-1-768x432.jpg.webp)
Rolling Stone called him “the real Indiana Jones.” His new memoir reveals why our friend Rick was always a great deal more.
![Raising Kuba](https://www.patagonia.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/knapp-c-0002-cc-web-19x9-1-768x364.jpg.webp)
Cydney Knapp and her husband, Bartek, knew they wanted to raise their kids to love the outdoors, so they learned how to navigate change and embraced the chaos.
![Tread Lightly](https://www.patagonia.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/smith-d-1346-cc-web-16x9-1-768x432.jpg.webp)
Finding the intersection of identity, stewardship and rock climbing.
![Doing the Work](https://www.patagonia.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/lucas-j-0115-cc-web-2250x1266-1-768x432.jpg.webp)
Not totally relating to some forms of climate activism, Josh Wharton found his own way to contribute.
![The Lure of the Unclimbed](https://www.patagonia.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/thompson_j_0775-768x432.jpg.webp)
Reflecting on risk and partnership in Pakistan.
![Freedom of the Hills](https://www.patagonia.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/tufts_m_0045_cc_web-16x9-1-768x432.jpg.webp)
Recreation in the Alabama Hills is surging at an unsustainable pace. But some people are working to ensure that it doesn’t get loved to death.
![Colin Haley’s Clothing System for Alpine Climbing in the Chaltén Massif](https://www.patagonia.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/buhl_f_0002-1200x675-1-768x432.jpg.webp)
6,000 words about dressing for alpine climbing you didn’t know you needed to know.
![Calculating Risk](https://www.patagonia.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/schaefer_m_0056_cc_web-2250x1266-1-768x432.jpg.webp)
Reflecting on a lifetime of climbing, and the risks and rewards that come with it.
![New Routing (and Photogenic Wildlife) in Kenya](https://www.patagonia.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/bissell_e_0028-2250x1266-1-768x432.jpg.webp)
Eric Bissell captured his first published image with Patagonia on a climbing trip to establish a new route on Mount Ololokwe.
![Paths Through the Uncertainty](https://www.patagonia.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/selters_a_0019-2250x1266-1-768x432.jpg.webp)
A climber remembers her first experience with theunexpected on Thalay Sagar.
![Valley Season](https://www.patagonia.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/earle_e_0228-16x9-1-768x432.jpg.webp)
Eliza Earle, Austin Siadak, Drew Smith on the 2019 fall climbing season in Yosemite.
![Road Trip to an Unfamiliar Place](https://www.patagonia.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/leavitt_b_0006-2250x1266-1-768x432.jpg.webp)
A climber interviews five women on a climbing trip to Bishop and Las Vegas.
![Sunnyside Up](https://www.patagonia.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/siadak_a_0713_cc_web-16-9-768x432.jpg.webp)
Last November, Fitz Caldwell (age 6) finished his first multipitch climb, Sunnyside Bench in Yosemite National Park. He did it with his dad, Tommy.
![First Photo: Mount Whitney](https://www.patagonia.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/kcs-091003-0153-16-9-768x432.jpg.webp)
A Sierra trip with good light and only one case of altitude sickness.
![What Comes Next](https://www.patagonia.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/haley_c_0107_cc_web-768x576.jpg.webp)
Rolando Garibotti looks back at a lifetime spent in Patagonia and forward to the generation following in his footsteps.