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.” “What?!” mimes my tent-mate Chad Sayers. A deafening…
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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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ML Interview: Ski Mountaineer Holly Walker
In the last 10 years, 33-year-old Holly Walker has skied on most of the world’s continents and recently returned from an expedition to cross the world’s largest non-polar glacier in…
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The ML Interview: Ed Viesturs on Everest
By Ned Morgan. Ed Viesturs has summited the world’s highest mountain – seven times. In his new book The Mountain, he traces his time on Everest – which Tibetans call…
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