So, you want to learn to climb big walls?
If you've ever dreamed about climbing a big wall like Yosemite's El Capitan, my friend Chris McNamara, main dude at the essential climbing website Supertopo.com...
Category: Enduring Patagonia
Posts related to climbing and my book, ENDURING PATAGONIA
This news causes me intense pain…
I feel like I viscerally understand how this tragedy happened. Here's why...
Powerful research tool
I know Evernote isn’t new software, so those digital savants among you are probably already aware of it, but it’s new to me, and it’s changing...
Enduring Patagonia: honored, haunted, humbled
An email dropped in from a climbing friend of mine this week that leaves me honored, haunted, and humbled. And stunned. The email tells the story of a friend of...
A good climbing blog…
Thepainofdiscipline, a nice blog that spotlights climbing videos. Enjoy.
Stephen Alvarez’s photos from our adventures in Iran last summer — climbing and otherwise
Stephen Alvarez’s photos from our adventures in Iran last summer, featuring Mark Wilford, Jim Donini, Mary Ann Dornfeld, Mohammad Norouzi, Mohammad Bahrev...
interviewed by NPR’s Robin Young for “Here and Now”
A few weeks ago, Abbas Sabetian of the Alpine Club of Iran (ACI) and I were interviewed by NPR’s Robin Young for “Here and Now.” Our story, US...
Jim Bridwell weighs in on “The Big Chop”
Climbing legend Jim Bridwell weighs in on “The Big Chop” on Cerro Torre earlier this year. Here are a few quotes: “This aggressive policing of...
China’s Wings and The Atlantic
Last night’s China’s Wings event at Bookshop West Portal in SF was a major success — we sold out the store. Thanks to all the friends and CNAC...
Kiwi climbing hero Athol Whimp
Athol’s great partner Andrew Lindblade emailed this picture to me this morning. Andy took it in February 1999, in Venice, California, when he and Ath had ...