A Venture Backward, Inward, and Upward by Rhiannon Williams
In Memory of Towyn Williams (1926 – 2016) I associate much of my childhood with a little white farmhouse in…
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The Joy Pendulum, Swinging High and Low in Yosemite Valley by Lauren DeLaunay
As I listened to my boyfriend make his tenth phone call of the hour, I absentmindedly stirred vegetables and reflected…
Brooke Sandahl on the beginnings of freeing The Nose
Man what a route! As a child, I remember looking at photos of it in my Dad’s climbing books thinking,…
Adventures With Two Tent Timmy
“If Jesus can’t save you, life starts when the church ends.” Empire State of Mind by Jay Z Some call…
22 – Wide Eyes, High Times, and Hard Times, A Story of Climbing With Mark Grundon
Adventures with Mark Grundon, a climber with an infinite amount of energy, who endures an avalanche and cancer all while…
Where The Winds Hit Heavy by Matt Spohn
The granite escarpments of Castle Crags silhouetted the western skyway, massive gargoyles hunched and staring. I thought of my mother’s…
The Long Run, a profile of Alan Carne by Luke Mehall
“There were no girls when I started climbing [in England],” Alan said, in a tone more serious than joking. I’d…
Flirting with The Nose In A Day in The Valley of Stone
“Whatever you can do, or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, power and magic in it.” Goerte I…
The Light and Dark Sides of Free Soloing by Alexa Flower
I’ve heard some describe Yosemite as a vortex, and so is the culture that comes with it. I am sucked…
Jim Bridwell’s Memorial in Yosemite (a photo essay)
When I heard that Jim Bridwell had died, my first thought was, I bet even he didn’t think he’d live…
Going It Alone by Vic Zeilman
At some point in my early to midtwenties, I came to the conclusion that life is not about rock climbing.…
Announcing a Climbing Children’s Book: Squeak
UPDATE: the second edition of Squeak! has been released. Same great story, with a couple updates, including The Climbers Pact…
Part 2: Chuck Pratt, Liquid Sunshine by Pat Ament
This is part 2 of Pat Ament’s essay, published in Volume 17. If you missed part 1, you can read…
Reflections on Dad by Tamara Robbins
Since November, I’ve been in Modesto, California, with my family and, while here, digitally archiving the multitude of slides, negatives,…
Off Root on El Capitan
I wasn’t sure if I should start this piece with being three thousand feet off the ground on El Capitan,…