Daily Archives: May 16, 2013

“How is it that you can climb so well,” A Russian climber asked Brit Ian McNaught-Davis, who was smoking on the summit of Peak Communism, “When you are so decadent?” That was back in the 70s but Russian climbers still have a reputation for intensity that shows in all disciplines of climbing.

Earlier this week, on Tuesday May 13, the National Park Service released Director’s Order #41, a document on many activities in U.S. National Parks, including, in item 7.2, climbing in American National Parks.

Check out this brilliant video of Angie Payne, Mike Libecki and Ethan Pringle as they go climbing to a remote fjord on the southeast coast of Greenland.