Beyond the Send: Chasing a First Free Ascent in the Chilean Wilderness

Three climbers, two seasons and one massive granite wall in the Patagonian Andes. Deep in Chile’s Cochamó Valley, where temperate rainforest climbs toward epic granite walls, Hayden Jamieson, Jacob Cook…

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Rapelling down Pigeon Spire wide. Photo credit Adam Greenberg 1

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The Hidden Curriculum of Alpine Climbing

Six days climbing in the Bugaboos with Yamnuska Mountain Adventures taught me that the most lasting alpine lessons are about judgment, trust, and instinct.

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Beyond the Wall: The Power & Community of Paraclimbers

For a group of elite paraclimbers, success is measured not only in routes climbed but in resilience, stoke and community.

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Arc’teryx Lithos SL Harness: Minimal Build, Dialled Fit

Arc'teryx drops a new stripped-down sport climbing harness that prioritizes precision fit and clean design without sacrificing support.

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Dirtbag Climber

CBC drops a new true-crime podcast with Squamish roots.

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Live It Up with ML Podcast: Matt Maddaloni

A true adventurer, Matt Maddaloni is a climber, surfer, paddler and mad-genius tinkerer/inventor/self-taught engineer whose company Sea to Sky Cable Cam has helped him travel the world to capture top…

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Mountain Lifer

Jeff Shapiro—Along the Humble Edge

Jeff Shapiro on gratitude, risk, and living where consequence sharpens perspective.

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Ashima Shiraishi rock-climbing at night.

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New Climbing Film Dissolves Boundaries Between Self and Stone

Born in New York City to Japanese artist parents, Ashima Shiraishi first touched the rock at just six years old. From the beginning, climbing felt less like a sport and…

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Building Connection through Climbing

Cassie Ayoungman musters and shares the healing power of the mountains.

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Grateful To Be On The Land

Iikaiksimatsa’pao’p (Grateful to Be on the Land) is a story of healing, belonging and reclaiming space in the mountains. This new short film follows Cassie Ayoungman—climber, community advocate, and founder of Soul…

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Squamish Chief rock clicmbing Sonnie Trotter

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Behind the Photo: The Human Flag

Superstar climber Sonnie Trotter flies a human flag—because a 5.13a pitch isn't hard enough when you're 1,000 feet off the ground.

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Mountain Lifer: Sport Climber Marieta Akalski

Marieta Akalski’s journey to the upper echelons of sport climbing has been filled with twists, turns and tenacity.

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Sonnie Trotter’s Uplifted: The Evolution of a Climbing Life

Sonnie Trotter has spent much of his life calculating risk—logging roughly 5,000 days scaling rock faces around the world.

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Nikol Kovalchuk and the True Explorers Grand Slam

To most people, any one of the Explorers Grand Slam missions would be the goal of a lifetime. Nikol Kovalchuk is on pace to finish them all before her youngest child starts high school.

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Storied Slabs Above Sunny Abraham Lake

“Hidden gem” is a phrase that gets chucked around liberally in tourism parlance, but how else can you describe a historic hamlet, tucked in a wild corridor, offering the same epic outdoor opportunities as neighbouring resort communities, but with a fraction of the crowds? In spring, Nordegg and Abraham Lake is an incredible destination to find sunny crags, take an Indigenous-led hike, or simply share a slice of pie.

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Bronwyn Hodgins rock climbing in Spain in a photo by Julia cassou, for the film LA RUBIA.

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La Rubia: Big Wall Climber Faces Toughest Route of Her Life

A new all-female film production showcases Canadian climber Bronwyn Hodgins' epic achievement on La Rubia, a gruelling sport climb in southern Spain.

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Friday Flick: Tim Emmett’s Mad For It

The new short film is a glorious rundown of climber and all-around adventurer Tim Emmett's most legendary sends...so far.

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Take Your Shot – Jimmy Martinello and Alenka Mali Bring the Spirit of Adventure to the VIMFF’s 2025 Opening Night Show

In its 28th year, the VIMFF has a long-held mission to rouse a community to action through the power of connection and inspiration. Their 2025 Festival makes no exception, kicking off this year’s event with an evening that explores identity, wild places, and the pursuit of dreams. The stunning imagery and captivating stories we’ve come to expect from the VIMFF will be heightened by headlining speakers Jimmy Martinello and Alenka Mali, offering both inspiration and motivation through their talk The Spirit of Adventure.

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Ground Up: A Gruelling Free Ascent of El Cap

Climber Amity Warme needed to call on some deep inner reserves for her free ascent of El Capitan, a sheer granite wall rising almost a kilometre above the floor of…

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