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tommy caldwell

Tommy Caldwell getting funky during a one-day free ascent of El Corazon (VI 5.13), El Capitan, Yosemite National Park, CA.

Find out what Tommy's Top 5 wild free pitches on El Cap are.

PHOTO: Corey Rich

flying squirrel

Matt "The Flying Squirrel" Twyman going for it at Enchanted Rock State Natural Area, Texas.

Find out why The Flying Squirrel is wearing bicycling shorts and aviator sunglasses... oh, and what happened on the landing.

PHOTO: Trevor Livingston

dodo kopold

Triple load, anyone? Humping gear down from Cho Oyu's basecamp.

Read about Dodo Kopold's ascent of the 8201-meter Cho Oyu.

PHOTO: Dodo Kopold

alex honnold

Alex Honnold cruising past someone else's tick marks on Concepcion (5.13), Day Canyon, Utah.

Get Alex's account of his second-try ascent of this Moab-area testpiece.

PHOTO: Cory Richards

mount dickey

Home sweet home—Mathieu Maynadier, Mathieu Detrie and Sebastien Ibanez during the first ascent of Move Your Ass and Your Mind Will Follow (ED M6 A3), Mount Dickey, Alaska.

Read about the French squad's wild adventure on Mount Dickey.

PHOTO: Patrick Pessi

Albert Leichtfried and Markus Bendler attempting the first ascent of Furope No Taki, Hokkaido Island, Japan.

Read how Leichtfried and Bendler narrowly avoided getting pummeled by several tons of falling ice.

PHOTO: Hermann Erber

Tom Wayes, dropping pillows, Haines, Alaska.

Get the full scoop on Wayes' epic trip.

PHOTO: Gene Dwarkin


The definition of "snorkel depth." Geoff North getting in ultra-deep at Alpental, Washington.

Read about the outrageous dumps of Alpental.

PHOTO: Bissell Hazen

Mark Westman leading out on Tamara's Traverse, Moonflower Buttress (Alaska Grade 6: M5 AI 6), Mount Hunter, Alaska.

Read what Westman and Walsh had to say about their ascent of this famed alpine route.

PHOTO: Eamonn Walsh

Clemens Stieböck caught in the dep end of the pool, Krippenstein Freeride Arena, Austria.

Read about Stieböck's close call.

PHOTO: Hermann Erber


Sean Isaac on Distiller, Stanley Headwall, British Columbia, Canada.

Get Isaac's insider take on the wild mixed scene at the Stanley Headwall.

PHOTO: Andrew Querner

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