The sting in my fingers became unbearable. I attempted to move with careful grace as I could hear my heartbeat in my ears. My mouth filled with cotton and the rising feeling that something was not good surrounded me. Onsighting while lead...
The first time Ulises Fierro told me about El Centinela was over the phone as I drove through Mexico City. He said it was a wall on Iztaccíhuatl [Mexico’s third tallest peak at 5,230 m] he had been visiting for months, and that getting there was...
Former Canadian biathlete Haldan Borglum completed all 58 of the Canadian Rockies’ 11,000foot summits in just two years and six days, eclipsing the previous fastest known completion of five-and-a-half years. It wasn’t just a test of...
Hanging daggers loom over the quiet valley floor, often hidden amongst clouds, void of sunlight. Each year when the days grow shorter and colder the area slips into a hibernation allowing ice to grow as freezing water is slowly expelled from the...