ML Live It Up Podcast: Alpinist Barry Blanchard
Legendary Canadian alpinist Barry Blanchard just dropped his second book of climbing tales: The Echo – Stories From The Edge Of Survival. Recounting the second half of a lifetime of…
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Living the Line: Inside the World of a Chamonix Mountain Guide
New film 'A Guide’s Book' traces Pierre “Pim” Idris Mehdi’s path from wide-eyed beginner to certified guide, revealing the skill, humility and human connection at the heart of life in the Alps.
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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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For the Thrill of Stopping Time
A new short film explores the powerful legacy of lost mountaineers.
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Empowering the World’s Top Mountain Guides
We all want to be as safe as possible when we play and explore in the winter backcountry. A certified guide can help us forge the best trip—and even more importantly, help us avoid the worst.
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Ski Mo, Not Less
Skimo? WTF is skimo? You haven’t heard? Ski mountaineering (or “skimo” for short) is taking the type-2-fun world by storm.
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Friday Flick: Earthside
In the spring of 2022, four athletes on The North Face team—Emily Harrington, Brette Harrington, Christina Lusti and Hilaree Nelson—embarked on a truly epic trip.
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Friday Flick: Race to the Summit
The new doco Race to the Summit takes a deep dive into speed-climbing’s greatest rivalry and its tragic aftermath.
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Marie-Pier Desharnais: A Woman’s Experience on K2
A thousand and one things could have gone wrong, but she made it to the top: Marie-Pier Desharnais is the first Quebecois woman to climb K2.
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Blizzard Tecnica’s Scholarship Renamed for Mountaineer Hilaree Nelson
The scholarship for women looking to advance their education in snowsports has been updated with a new name—the W2W Hilaree Nelson Education Scholarship—in honor of the fallen mountaineer.
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New Series: Deadman’s Curse
What happens when four treasure hunters team up to find a lost gold mine—facing extreme weather, unforgiving terrain and a century-old curse?
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Friday Flick: Journey to 100
Jason Hardrath has spent his entire life in motion: whether that was on sports teams as a young boy, as a triathlete through his early adulthood, or in the mountains, through today.
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The Zone: A Love Song to the Power of Nature
Based on the core philosophy expressed in the forthcoming documentary film of the same name, The Zone details the emotional and physical struggles of renowned mountaineer, naturalist, and architect Rob Wood as he deals with the ravages of Parkinson’s disease on his body and mind.
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Massif Envy: Scaling The World’s “Biggest” Mountain
Even when nothing really goes wrong, scaling the world’s "biggest" mountain is no small feat. “If anyone’s up on the ridge, they’re dead.”
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Everest Guide Adrian Ballinger: Women Climbers Stronger than Men
In the world of big-mountain climbing, decision-making is king. Every footfall counts. Every handhold. Every piece of weather demands action.
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Powder Pioneer: How Mike Wiegele Changed the Way We Ski Powder
Mike Wiegele is focused. Focused on skiing powder, and enabling others to do so. No one else in the industry can stand up to the influence he had on the…
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Searching For Scale: Highlights From The Himalayan Midlands
words & photography :: Hilary Matheson The Himalayas contain many of Earth’s highest peaks, and in the last hundred years there have been thousands of attempts, many ending tragically, by…
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Last Col with Austin Ross
Born and raised on a hobby farm in B.C.’s Pemberton Valley, Austin Ross quickly fell in love with the mountains. Under the craggy peaks of Mt. Currie, his tight knit…
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Big Line Hunting: Tracking First Descents in the Caucasus Range
The adventure had begun only a month prior when I received an invitation to ski in Georgia from Chris, one of my regular Squamish ski partners. Through a chance Facebook…
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Behind the Photo: Jimmy Martinello
Jimmy Martinello is an Arc’teryx ambassador who has been exploring the Coast Mountains for over 20 years and has been a Mountain Life contributor since day one. He combines his…
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