The world’s best ice climber is turning 50.

Three deaths in the mountains, and a community left to wonder: How close should we stand to our own mortality to feel alive?

Four American rock climbers are kidnapped by guerillas in Kyrgyzstan.

How Yvon Chouinard turned his eco-conscious, anti-corporate ideals into the credo of a successful clothing company.

Ashima Shiraishi is the most talented rock climber in the world. She’s also 14.

Searching for the line between courage and humility on an expedition to Cirque of the Unclimbables, a remote ring of perfect rock-climbing mountains in Canada.

“‘When I heard the facts,” says Matt Kull, one of DiPaolo’s former climbing partners, “I thought, That’s what Dave is capable of.’”