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The Alpine Start

Volume 28, Issue 4

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Sara Lilley • A season of sends

Climbing in Ulassai • Modern Sardinian sends

Manaslu • A famous trek and classic peak

America’s Mountains • First ascents of five classic U.S. peaks

Secrets of the Routesetters • From dual-tex to setting for shorter climbers

Bird Cage • A classic Gunks 5.10 pitch

Completing the Alpine Trilogy • Lara Neumeier makes history on famous 5.14 multi-pitches

Spring on Denali • A busy season on North America’s highest peak

Michaela Kiersch • Talks Hard First Ascents and Repeats

Rockies 11,000ers Speed Record • How a Biathlete Rewrote a Canadian Alpine Record

Mexico Volcano Gets 5.14 Trad • One of the World’s Hardest and Highest Gear Climbs

The Hellfire Club • Secrets of the Stanley Valley

Sarah Christina • The Psychological Astronaut

Thin Air in the High Atlas • A Solo Climbing Trip to Morocco

Alpine Gear • The last thing you want is for a crampon to fall off or to be left without a rescue rig in the alpine. Be sure to update your kit for this summer’s alpine objectives.

Alpine Boots • Alpine boots are one of the most important pieces of your alpine kit. These new models are ligher, warmer and more comfortable than ever before.

Approach Shoes • As one of the most versatile types of footwear, approach shoes are often the best option to get you to the crag, to the boulders to base camp and can even double as technical climbing shoes on moderate terrain.

Lorenzo Fornaro Makes Fourth Ascent of Red Ram 5.15a in Montserrat, Catalunya

Yosemite Madness

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Josh Korman

Looking Up and Down