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Six Books Up for Esteemed Mountain Literature Award
4+ day, 23+ hour ago (258+ words) The Boardman Tasker Award for Mountain Literature has announced its 2026 shortlist, with six books selected from 33 entries submitted from nine countries. The shortlisted authors are from a range of backgrounds and the books span mountaineering history, environmental writing, mountain culture,…...
Barry Blanchard Has a New Book Called The Echo
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (305+ words) Gripped Climbing Magazine Canadian alpinist Barry Blanchard’s second book, The Echo: Stories from the Edge of Survival, will be published Sept. 15, 2026 by Patagonia in hardcover and ebook, with an audiobook from Penguin Random House. The new release continues the narrative…...
Connor Herson Climbs Drifter's Escape, the World's Hardest Trad Climb
4+ mon, 2+ week ago (299+ words) American climber Connor Herson made the first free ascent of Drifter’s Escape (proposed 5.15a/9a+) on the Stawamus Chief in Squamish on July 14, 2025. The climb represented the culmination of two seasons working the route. If confirmed, the grade would make Drifter’s Escape…...
Interview: After Bombé Bleu (5.15b), Erwan Legrand shows us how to climb barefoot
5+ mon, 1+ week ago (1421+ words) Erwan Legrand’s ascent of Bombé Bleu, 9b/5.15b, is one for the history books. Not just because it’s an ascent of a 35-year-old project that has stopped some of the best climbers in the world, but also because of the method: barefoot…...