Features

Break Up with Your Climbing Partner by Peter Brown Hoffmeister

Acephale, Canada’s Best Sport Climbing by JD LeBlanc

Behind the Guiding Pin by Andrew Wexler

Misfit Gear by Gus Alexandropoulos

Departments

Editorial National Climbers’ Access Initiative: Canadian Climbers Unite!

Beta Fern Roof V10, Hueco Tanks, Tex. by Audrey Sniezek

Mail The Route of all Eveil, Anti-Gack, “You Guys are being Had,” Safer Is Safer

News Hard Core, Women on Rock, Everest and the Olympics

Area Profile The California Needles by Majka Burhardt

Northern Faces Ontario’s Sport Climbing Pioneer by Gus Alexandropoulos

The Rack Locking Carabiners, Ultralight Waterproof Shells

Northern Exposures Photos by MacPhee + Bride

Reviews Climbing Trekking and Skiing in Baffin Island, Vertical Ethiopia

Notes from the Top Are You Trying Hard (and Smart) Enough? by Neil Gresham