Rethinking Mountaineering Histories: Amrita Dhar
"We need to acknowledge mountaineering as a profoundly social pursuit…. I strongly resist the idea that there is a kind of objective kind of excellence in mountaineering. The road to mountaineering ac...
21 Nov 201940min
From the Gunks to Desert Towers: Jeff Achey
In this episode, Alpinist Digital Editor Derek Franz interviews Jeff Achey, a prolific first ascensionist and author who lives in Western Colorado, where he co-owns Wolverine Publishing with his wife ...
21 Okt 201934min
Perspective: Robbi Mecus
"Perspective is a curious lens," climber and forest ranger Robbi Mecus says. "If I never turn my gaze to the side, my interpretation of the world becomes static, unempathetic. Changing my vantage poin...
25 Sep 201926min
Inner Ranges: Geoff Powter
"Mountains have always been the sharpest mirrors for me: they've simplified, purified and clarified my life, and have reliably shown me the better side of myself," Geoff Powter writes in his new book,...
9 Sep 201938min
An Enormously Familiar Voice: Chris Kalous
Climber, father and house painter Chris Kalous launched the climbing podcast The Enormocast in 2011. In this episode, Alpinist Digital Editor Derek Franz sits down with Kalous, a longtime friend, to r...
4 Mars 201940min
The Calling: Barry Blanchard
In 1969, at the age of nine, Barry Blanchard sat on a Greyhound bus as a young woman read to him from the pages of the mountaineering classic, The White Spider. Five decades later, alpinist and mounta...
1 Mars 201942min
To Abandon: Claire Carter
"How often do we, as climbers, reach out for abandonment?" Claire Carter asks. "Leave the ground to find a swinging freedom; bitter-cold, bittersweet." In this episode, we sit down with poet, climber ...
1 Mars 201937min
Strange Music: Doug McCarty
In 1972, barely out of high school, Doug McCarty and Brian Leo completed the first winter ascent of the North Face of 12,799-foot Granite Peak—only to endure an icy bivy on the remote summit. In this ...
24 Jan 201950min
