Simon Gietl and Roger Schaeli have made the first ascent of the 1,000m northwest ridge of the north summit of Devil's Paw in a rapid 19 hours. Read more »
Supported by grants from the BMC, Mount Everest Foundation, and the Alpine Club, Tim Blakemore and Mike "Twid" Turner have recently climbed a hard new ice route on North Triple Peak in Alaska's Kichatna Range. Read more »
Brits Pete Graham and Ben Silvestre have climbed a new route on the east face of Jezebel, in the relatively unexplored east part of the Revelations Range at the south west end of the Alaska Range. Jezebel west summit 9650' has been climbed twice before, but the east summit 9450' and the east face were unclimbed. Read more »
Spanish mountain runner Kilian Jornet has just set a new record time for the ascent, and descent, of 6,186m Denali. Read more »
Supported by grants from the Mount Everest Foundation and the Canterbury Mountaineering Club, Paul Knott (UK/New Zealand) and Kieran Parsons (NZ) made three first ascents in the Fairweather Range of Southeast Alaska's Glacier Bay National Park. Read more »
Supported by a grant from the Mount Everest Foundation, Seattle-based New Zealand alpinist, Graham Zimmerman, whose 2013 new route on Mount Laurens with Mark Allen was nominated for a 2014 Piolet d'Or, made the first ascent of the west face of Titanic in the Revelation Mountains Read more »
This spring has seen unusual activity in the largely unfrequented Revelation Mountains, with three teams all making notable first ascents over technical ice and mixed terrain. Read more »
In May experienced British mountaineers Derek Buckle and Paul Knott, supported by a grant from the Mount Everest Foundation, reached the summit of previously unclimbed Mt Eaton (3,336m GPS) in Alaska's St Elias Range. Subsequently, their escape, and eventual return to civilization, would be a close call. Read more »
Supported by grants from the BMC and MEF, Dave Gladwin and Mike 'Twid' Turner climbed a new route on the northwest pillar of Middle Triple Peak in Alaska's Kichatna Spires. Read more »
Andy Houseman and Nick Bullock have just made the first British ascent (and sixth overall ascent) of the huge Slovak Direct route on the South Face of Denali, Alaska. Read more »
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