5/17/13 - The National Park Service has released a decision regarding fixed anchors in Wilderness. The policy, called Director's Order #41, manages the use of fixed anchors in wilderness areas, including in major climbing areas like Yosemite, Grand Teton, Zion, Joshua Tree, and Canyonlands national parks. Read More

5/15/13 - Alexey Bolotov, 50, who planned to start a new route on Everest's southwest face this week with Denis Urubko, has died in a fall fairly low on the mountain. The top Russian climber reportedly fell in the Khumbu Icefall. Read More

5/14/13 - The 19-year-old Alexander Megos has climbed Corona (5.15a) in the Frankenjura, Germany. Read More

5/13/13 - Pamela Pack and Patrick Kingsbury have established a new hard offwidth route in Indian Creek, Utah: Soul Assassin (5.12+ R, four pitches). Read More

5/13/13 - Austrian Anna Stöhr continues her reign in this year's Bouldering World Cups as she took another gold medal in Log-Dragomer, Slovenia, this past weekend. Read More

5/9/13 - On April 6, a group of climbers found a man hanging in climbing gear from a cliff on Mt. Hopkins in Santa Rita Mountains, south of Tucson, Arizona. Read More

Learning Heaps: An Aussie Intern at Climbing

Living in the US takes some getting used to—people talk funny, drive on the wrong side of the road, and the light switches are upside down. But I’m willing to overlook those minor drawbacks because the mountains are stunning, desert camping is a blast, the Flatirons are at my doorstep, and last but not least, interning at Climbing is the chance of a lifetime. After slogging away as an environmental scientist for a number of years, I decided it was time for a change. I returned to university to study writing and editing, and shortly after that set out to intern at a magazine. Unfortunately for me, this search included some pretty limiting criteria: The magazine must be about climbing, and it must be located somewhere fun. Based in Boulder, Colorado, Climbing was the perfect fit. After a couple months of climbing, living, and working in “the Bubble,” I’ve learned a thing or two. Read More

Five U.S. Guides Earn Top Honor

5/8/13 - After passing ski mountaineering exams in the mountains of Alaska, British Columbia, and Colorado, five more American guides have been fully certified by the IFMGA, the International Federation of Mountain Guides Associations. The guide training and certification, administered by the American Mountain Guides Association (AMGA), is the highest level of professional certification available. Read More

Interviewing Fred Beckey at 90 Years Old

It's not every day you get to meet the man who's got more first ascents than anyone on the planet. For that matter, it's not every day you meet anyone who's lived through WWII, the Cold War, and several others, and who still climbs. But at the 2013 Outdoor Retailer Winter Market, I sat down and chatted with [more like yelled to; he's really hard of hearing] the man himself: Fred Beckey. Read More