Surviving Mount Shasta: Climber Crawls Barefoot Through the Night After 500-Foot Glissading Fall

The towering volcanic slopes of Mount Shasta in Northern California once again proved that even non-technical routes can swiftly transition from a rewarding alpine adventure into a life-threatening ordeal. On…

Emily Harrington on Girl Climber, Motherhood, and Redefining the Limits of Elite Mountaineering

The acclaimed 2025 feature-length documentary Girl Climber is scheduled to make its global streaming debut on Netflix on September 16, bringing the intense, high-altitude world of professional rock climbing to…

High-Tech Rescue on the Granite Wall: How Drones Saved a Stranded Climber in Squamish

In a milestone deployment for mountain rescue operations, emergency responders in Squamish, British Columbia, utilized a specialized two-drone tactic to safely extract a climber stranded on a sheer cliff face…

Massive Rescue Operation Saves Climber Trapped Under Eight Ton Boulder on Mount Hood

In a remarkable display of inter-agency coordination and technical precision, emergency personnel on Oregon’s Mount Hood successfully extracted a climber who had become pinned beneath a 16,000-pound boulder. The incident,…

The Science of the Summit: How Endurance Coaching and Data-Driven Training are Redefining the Modern Everest Climber

On a quiet farm in Northern Colorado, the metallic screech of crampons against an aluminum ladder pierces the morning air, startling a small herd of cattle. Andy Pemberton, a 58-year-old…