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Climbing and mountaineering has changed a lot in the past 20 years, and so has the literature that becomes of it. Pre the 90’s expeditions to the big hills in particular, were reserved for the elite few of the world’s finest, or national campaigns.

Jason Haas has completed the hardest pitch in Colorado’s South Platte area, a roof seam that’s protected with removable pro and might be 5.14a.
The new route, Comprometido, took Haas about a year and a half to redpoint.

Daniel Woods has completed a short granite roof in Boulder Canyon, Colorado, that he’s graded V16 — the first boulder problem given this grade in the United States, and one of the few in the world.

South Africa’s Chris Bertish took home the $50,000 first-prize check, but as he said, “It took all of us to make this happen. I cannot believe what we saw out there today, and how well it was surfed by everybody.”

According to an article recently published by the ScienceDaily, a new study reveals that mountain climbers are often affected by a swelling of the corneas, but that this phenomenon does not appear to affect vision at altitudes of up to 6,300 meters.

After 12 days on the wall of Mount Roraima, a tepui on the border of Venezuela and Guiana, Brazilian climbers Márcio Bruno, Fernando Leal and Eliseu Frechou succeeded on the first ascent of a new route by the Guiana side.

The newly released film ‘Nanga Parbat’ has reignited a blazing feud surrounding the death of Günther Messner.

“Did some climbing without a rope today. And I don’t mean bouldering,” Steve House teased on Facebook, posting a photo of a slim band of white-and-yellow ice.