Climbing Stories
Wind pushed a wave of fine snow off the top of the wall, coating the already frosted rock in another slippery layer of spindrift. I put my head down to let it pass, looking at my fingers covered in blood and snow, and wedged into icy finger locks. Objectively, I knew they were still there,…
Three friends, an avalanche and an iPhone on Yashkuk Sar I.
How Tommy Caldwell is reshaping his love for rock climbing by building relationships with Indigenous stewards of Bears Ears.
For routes like Crown Royale, a lot of what goes into putting them up is falling down.
After the biggest year of his climbing career, Aidan Roberts reflects on a shifting focus from solitary performance to shared passion—and how, in reality, our best days contain both.
Inside the efforts to protect Chile’s Cochamó Valley from developers and overtourism.
Josh Wharton knows how to evaluate risk as an alpinist. How does fatherhood change the equation?
Finding the line between safety and adventure is often a delicate question while making first ascents in Slovenian mountains.
Running Up For Air is not a race. It’s a community, a gathering of friends and a fundraiser for clean-air advocacy.
Taking California public transit from Oakland to Yosemite National Park, narinda heng wonders: What’s a climbing trip without a car?
In the male-dominated world of alpinism, Juliana García is leading the way for a new generation of female mountaineers.
Hard alpinism in the Cordillera Huayhuash endures as the climate changes the routes.
These women were forced to flee their homes in Afghanistan. Now the climbing community is helping them build a new one.
Footprints Running Camp is as much about finding solutions to the climate crisis as it is about running.
TM Herbert helped put up the first ascent of the Muir Wall in 1965. His son followed in his footsteps 55 years later.
Elder Wilson Wewa tells the creation story of Animal Village. Tara Kerzhner and Len Necefer consider how these stories can reshape stewardship.
Patagonia and Pop-Up Magazine Productions present a series about knowledge.
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?
On an intergenerational new routing trip in the Sierra, Tad McCrea asks, what if your best adventure is the one you’re already on?
As we make a transition to renewable sources of energy, let’s not renew the same old mistakes.
