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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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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Jeff Shapiro—Along the Humble Edge
Jeff Shapiro on gratitude, risk, and living where consequence sharpens perspective.
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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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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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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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From the ML Archive: Climbing Showcase Spire, Blackcomb Mountain
Getting down is half the fun of this classic rock climb on Blackcomb Mountain.
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Friday Flick: Woods n’ Peaks
Two South African mountain hotshots—Andy Court and the late Teodor Iliev—use modern trad- and speed-climbing techniques to see if a 20-year-old challenge is really as monumental as it sounds.
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