Archives for May 2011

We are fresh back from the Kahiltna glacier in AK and we have a public service announcement from the most frustrating part of our trip. As you can guess or hopefully have experienced personally, climbing in Alaska is expensive. It requires a lot of gear and high costs associated with inner-state transport like van rides […]

Fabrizio Zangrilli is the man. He spends about 9 months out of the year in Himalaya guiding all manner of peaks from warm up routes to K2. He uses these expeditions as a launching pad for his huge personal climbing ambitions like the Rupal Face. He is a mild-mannered bad ass and one of the […]

Denis Urubko, the highly acclaimed alpinist and a committed user of CAMP gear, has won “The Golden Thistle" literary award from Itas during the Trento Film Festival. The book describes Denis’ approach to alpinism, with special consideration given to his first important solo ascents in the territories of the old Soviet Union. Through the pages, […]

The 2010-11 ski mountaineering race season has finally come to a close with the Mezzalama and CAMP athletes were once again in the lead pack where they could be spotted most of the season. Daniele Pedrini and Alain Seletto finished second, just 18 seconds behind gold medal winners Burgada, Bon Mardion and Blanc. Michele Boscacci […]

Join Blake Herrington and his Patagonia climbing partner Scott Bennet at Bent Gate Mountaineering in Golden, Colorado on May 18th at 7pm. They will be presenting a slideshow and videos on their recent trip to Patagonia which included putting up FA's and FAA's. You can find more information about this event on Blakes blog here […]

Justin is in the middle of a huge traverse in the Himalaya where he and his partner are covering an unfathomable amount of ground, most of which is above 16,000 feet in elevation. He is the world's leading through-hiker and he is an inspiration to all of us who have the desire and predisposition to […]

We were keyed into this by our athlete Fabrizio Zangrilli. He wrote to us, "You think you are fast or in shape? These guys just skied the entire Haute route in less than 19 hours. That's 3 days normally for fit people, 4-5 for anyone else!" We can only hope the new record becomes a […]

The AAJ has just released its e-newsletter with a sampling of new route descriptions submitted by members and climbers. This is an annual project of the AAC that then turns into the American Alpine Journal (AAJ). We anticipate it each year like daylight savings time in Spring. Like the release of the Accidents Report, it […]