Andrew Bisharat

Andrew Bisharat is a writer and climber based in western Colorado. He is the publisher of Evening Sends and the co-host of The RunOut podcast.

The Best Quickdraws for Sport Climbing

“It’s weird being the same age as old people,” the saying goes. Time can slip away from you without you even realizing it. I mean, it’s almost the 10th anniversary of the Dawn Wall’s first ascent, and that still feels like a current event in my mind. Anyway, I write...

Your Climbing Shoes Are Too Tight

At some point in the course of climbing’s history, the idea of equating tighter shoes with higher performance became a truth as unassailable as the granite of El Cap. The culture of tight shoes took hold in the community, persuading generation upon generation to...

There is Just Climbing

The National Park Service and US Forest Service agencies have each introduced proposals for how they’d like to start managing climbing access. The proposals, which are virtually identical, seek to re-define bolts as prohibited “installations,” thereby making them...

Can You Climb for the Wrong Reasons?

After climbing all 14 8,000-meter peaks, with oxygen, in about three months—a climbing record of some significance—Kristin Harila said that she’s probably “done with climbing now.” What’s next? She says she’ll be parlaying her stint as a mountaineer into professional...