Renegade Hangdoggers
In the 1980s, the rules of rock climbing were in a state of galactic entropy, out of which competing ideas about the fairest and most ethical approach to climbing would…
Category: Books & Movies
Heroism, Masculinity, and The Dawn Wall Film
What made the Dawn Wall the Dawn Wall? A new film by Sender Films and Red Bull Media House answers this question. The Dawn Wall was such an unforeseen, earth-shattering…
The Life and Climbs of Voytek Kurtyka
“Alpinism is the art of freedom,” wrote Voytek Kurtyka, the great Polish alpinist who redefined the limits of Himalayan climbing and exploration in the 1980s. Voytek is perhaps best known…
Punk in the Gym: Shrivel-Dick in the Lakes
I normally don’t like running book excerpts since they drop you into the middle of a scene/story, and I’m never able to really follow what the heck is going on.…
Holy Lands
Running through the Utah Hills, old Highway 91 winds from St. George, Utah, to Littlefield, Arizona. The old two-lane road, mostly abandoned in favor of I-15, is of central importance…
The Return of Climbing Porn
When I was a sophomore in college in 2000, the Internet still had a bit of a wild west feel to it. I used Napster to cop all my music, and…
Valley Uprising Nostalgic
When I was working as the senior editor at Rock and Ice magazine, there was one year when I had to put my foot down. “Do you think that we…
Climbing Fitz Roy 1968
In one of the all-time greatest road trips, a group of self-described “Funhogs” that was comprised of three rock climbers, a skier and filmmaker piled into a 1965 Ford Econoline…