In the fall of 2022, Black Diamond athlete Seb Bouin made a pilgrimage to the mythical Clark Mountain to pay homage to Jumbo Love—a route he’d dreamed of for years. But sending the iconic Chris Sharma testpiece (and the world’s first 5.15b) was on...

Located deep in the largest roadless watershed on the Pacific Coast and coursing through a landscape studded with glaciers, azure lakes, and 800-year-old trees lies pristine whitewater. Often overshadowed by the Stikine and Alsek rivers, the expan...

Peek into the world of Belgian climber Siebe Vanhee’s authentic, raw process of his first season climbing on Yosemite’s hardest big wall. The infamous Dawn Wall proves to be a challenge in more ways than one. “Darkest before Dawn” combines genuine...

After a miscarriage and a historic ascent of the famous sport climb Dreamcatcher, Paige Claassen follows her own path as a professional athlete training through pregnancy, finding new meaning in strength and identity through the early days of moth...

One step at a time, the trail-running community is constantly moving upward. In recent years progression has vaulted forward, with runners blending inspiration from the world of alpinism, rock climbing, and running and tackling technical terrain i...

Anna Hazelnut and Tom Randall (of Wide Boyz) climb Prinzip Hoffnung, a classic climb in Europe that brings crack climbing and slab climbing together.

“I guess we’re done with the easy part now, and it’s time to pick up where we left off last time.” — Chris Korbulic No roads lead into the Bishop River. Once the float plane drops you off, it’s just you and the melt water surroun...

“So here we are on day nine of a planned seven-day trip. We’re clearly out of food. I don’t have a sleeping bag. I’m really tired, really cold. It’s time to get out and on back to civilization.”— Eric Parker Deep in the Pac...

When she was younger, Fernanda Maciel was asked what her dream was. She replied that it was to travel the world and explore, but even she couldn’t have imagined this… Mount Vinson is Antarctica’s highest peak. At 4,892m, it takes most people betwe...

Morag Skelton believes that nothing should come between anyone and getting out there in nature. As a deaf climber constantly pushing the limits of possible, she lives that belief. The Ascension Series explores stories of people pushing through bar...