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June 2006
Katie Arnold |
She Rocks Steph Davis knows the downside of being one of the world's best women climbers like living out of a car for seven years and having your mom suggest (frequently) that you're out of your mind. The upside? Yosemite. The Andes. And a life in which every day is a thrilling vertical grab.   |
Outside
December 2008
Matt Samet |
The Psychedelic First Tommy Caldwell needed a challenge, so he decided to hoist his clanking gear rack and free-climb one of Yosemite's hardest routes in 24 hours or less. |
Outside
February 2008
Dave Hahn |
Aces High Make one of the world's greatest Everest guides face his fear of heights by sending him 3,000 feet up El Capitan with Conrad Anker, Jimmy Chin, and Ivo Ninov. The result will be panic attacks, cold sweats, and one order of Depends. |
Outside
January 2006
Jones et al. |
Adventure Life List Make a comeback like surfer Kelly Slater... Bag an 8,000 meter peak... Race hawaii's Ironman... Climb El Cap... Sail an ocean... Kayak the Grand Canyon... Ride the Tour de France... Heli-Ski Alaska... Biking to work... 15 essential fitness tips... etc. |
Outside
June 2003
Nick O'Connell |
Mountaineering 101: Top Ten From Half Dome to Denali, meet the best teachers in the business, progressively ratchet up your skill set, and graduate at the top of the continent. |
Outside
May 2002
Mark Kroese |
Queen of the Mountain In her new autobiography, Lynn Hill, the worlds's most accomplished female rock climber, looks back on three decades of big climbs, big falls, and bigger egos... |
AskMen.com
Steve Richer |
How To: Go Rock Climbing Learn the basics of rock climbing, including what gear you'll need and where to go. |
Outside
January 2009
Justin Nyberg |
New Kid on the Rock At only 24, Seattle's Colin Haley has turned heads around the world with career-making alpine climbs. He's driven to be the best risky business in an era when the cutting edge leaves no margin for error. |
HHMI Bulletin
Aug 2010
Christie Aschwanden |
Joaquin Espinosa's Rock Climbing Adventures A scientists explains his attraction to rock climbing. |
Outside
May 2009
Dougald MacDonald |
Yosemite Roulette Climbing El Capitan without rope, gear, or safety net. |
Outside
June 2004
Greg Child |
Technicolor Darkness In the red-rock high ground of South Africa, climbing still comes down to black and white. The author goes on belay to explore the crags, boulder gardens, and post-Apartheid complications of the world's next climbing mecca. |
Outside
December 2002
Rob Buchanan |
Climbing at the Speed of Soul With his supreme skills on rock, hypercompetitive intensity, and new-age bag of tricks, Dean Potter scrambles up big walls faster than any man alive. So what's the trajectory of all this velocity? |
Fast Company
December 2003
Jim Collins |
Leadership Lessons of a Rock Climber For this noted management writer and thinker, the mountain is the ultimate classroom. Here's what he has learned from climbing it. |
Outside
December 2001 |
The A-Team Allow us to introduce the 25 most extraordinary people in the world outside, from hard-core adventurers to world-changing environmentalists. They all share one thing: Confronted with the impossible, they succeed, again and again... |
Outside
September 2003
Maria Coffey |
The Survivors "He died doing what he loved best," they always say. But when climbers meet their end on the high peaks, the ordeal is just beginning for their wives, husbands, children, parents, and friends. An exclusive excerpt from Where the Mountain Casts Its Shadow |
Outside
April 2009
Conrad Anker |
Why Am I Here Again? India's Shark's Fin is a 6,500-foot rock route that's twice as long and just as steep as anything on El Capitan, and once left me defeated. |
High on Adventure
August 2001 |
Yosemite on Horseback Riding the high country in early autumn... |
Outside
July 2006
Rachel Lehmann-Haupt |
Adventurous SWF seeking soul mate gets hottie (and bothered) Sick of metrosexuals who sip wine through a straw, one active babe braves the wilds of SingleAndActive.com in search of a hunk who knows a bowline from a bow tie. Will she find true love or the man of her screams? |
Outside
June 2010
Matt Samet |
Beauty in the Breakdown What happens when a rock climber, gripped by the natural high of his sport, gets hooked on powerful prescription tranquilizers that help him beat back the fear and anxiety? Very nasty things. |
Outside
September 2005
Mark Jenkins |
The Elements of Style It's time for a radical reform of high-altitude mountaineering -- and a fresh debate over what it means to climb right |
Adventure
Jun/Jul 2005
Jim Gorman |
The Sierra Skyway A guide to visiting Yosemite National Park and Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks. |
Outside
September 2004 |
Tommy Caldwell Climbs Yosemite's El Capitan Over four days this past May, the 26-year-old Estes Park, Colorado-based climber completed what is arguably the greatest big-wall climb in history. |
Knowledge@Wharton
September 24, 2003 |
A Lofty Take on Leadership: Mountain Climbing and Managing Companies Wharton management professor Michael Useem has just published a book using experiences in mountain climbing to describe how business leaders reach their summits. |
AskMen.com
Terry Baldwin |
Top 10: Extreme Sports Destinations If you're the type of guy who shows off scars instead of pictures after a vacation, your dream itineraries are here. |
Outside
June 2003
Clyde Soles |
Chalk It Up Experience is the key to mountaineering prowess, but high-altitude fitness makes all the difference on summit day. |
Outside
April 2006
Josh Dean |
Social Climber Is the chalk-bag crowd ready to go upscale? New York City bouldering pioneer Ivan Greene thinks so, and he wants to lead the way with his new clothing line. |
Outside
November 2008
Ryan Krogh |
Dean Potter Interview About FreeBASEing the Eiger Dean Potter talks about freeBASEing the Eiger. |
BusinessWeek
January 15, 2007
Stanley Holmes |
Thrills And Chills Scaling frozen walls isn't for the fainthearted. But once you find your footing, ice climbing can become addictive. |
High on Adventure
June 2003
Dena Bartolome |
A "Peak" Experience Hiking and climbing Spain's hidden Picos de Europa |
Outside
April 2005 |
Mixed Climbing Skills Climbers have long used bolts and mechanical aids on impossibly blank sections of wall, and in the 1990s "mixed climbing" stars like Canmore, Alberta-based Will Gadd began crossing from ice to rock and back without changing equipment. |
Outside
October 2005
Yvon Chouinard |
Let My People Go Surfing Patagonia's contrarian founder talks about breaking the rules -- and creating the world's most iconoclastic adventure-apparel company. |
Salon.com
August 16, 2002
Charles Taylor |
"Blue Crush" Saga of surfer girls in Hawaii is a snooze. On land, that is. On the water, it might be the most intense visual experience you'll find at the movies this year. |
Outside
November 2002
Shermakaye Bass |
False Summit A famed Texas climbing route gets cloned indoors. |
