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Strong Brits Repeat Hard Yosemite Route El Nino

British climbers Robbie Phillips and Jacob Cook have both sent El Nino 5.13c on El Cap in Yosemite. “This doesn’t […]

Legendary Quebec Climber Jean Sylvain Dies at 82

Quebec climber Hugo Drouin remembers Jean Sylvain with notes of Sylvain’s impressive climbing life. In the early 1950s, Jean Sylvain […]

Motivation Monday: Five Moves to Mimic from India World Cup

The first IFSC World Cup in India recently took place in Mumbai and a number of hard problems led to […]

Canadians Receive 2016 Shipton-Tilman Award for Big Objectives

Nearly 90 years ago, Eric Shipton and Bill Tilman changed the history of mountaineering with a lightweight, low-impact climbing philosophy […]

Nancy Hansen and Ralf Dujmovits Prepare for Unclimbed 7,000-metre Karakorum Peaks

Nancy Hansen is one of Canada’s leading expedition climbers, with big trips to the Himalayas and Alaska over the past […]

IFSC World Cup 2016: Watch Highlights from India

The first IFSC World Cup in India took place from May 13 to 15. After the dust settled, Japan dominated […]

Basecamp Podcast Conversation with Alpinist Editor Katie Ives

Katie Ives is the editor-in-chief of Alpinist magazine, one of the world’s leading alpine climbing publications. In this Basecamp Podcast […]

IFSC World Cup 2016: India’s First, Japan Crushes and Canada Makes Semis

The first IFSC Bouder World Cup in India took place this past weekend in Mumbai. A number of Canadians travelled […]

Watch Stefano Ghisolfi Winning Melloblocco 2016

Stefano Ghisolfi won the men’s competition at Melloblocco after sending nine out of 12 boulders, two of which were flashes. EpicTV […]

Watch a Send of a West Coast 5.12

Watch Ryan Cormack send Time Pressure 5.12 at Checkamus Canyon near Squamish. The route follow a steep basalt dyke and […]