Climbing to Freedom Dick Dorworth 14 min readThen she recounted a story that put climbing into a stark, perhaps primordial perspective, one that I’d never entertained or needed to entertain.Read More
Will the Real Fake John Muir Please Stand Up? Michael P. Branch 11 min readEVERY TIME Chautauqua season rolls around, I feel compelled to rant about this bizarre cultural practice, which Teddy Roosevelt once...Read More
The Greening of Alex Honnold Brad Rassler 19 min readGO AHEAD: ASK ALEX HONNOLD about his unprecedented solo ascents, and watch how he reflexively flips the toggle switch to autopilot. He’ll rhapsodize about climbing...Read More
It Started With a Pile of Stones John Long 13 min readTHE JOB SOUNDED AGREEABLE: film the Cliff Diving World Championships in Lana’i, Hawaii, for a network sports show. I didn’t...Read More