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Thursday, May 06, 2010

Scientists: 'We May Be Running Out of Rocks'

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This just in: Geologists are warning that, unless current habits change, the world is in danger of running out of rocks in a remarkably shor...
Tuesday, May 04, 2010

Tuesday Morning Time Waster

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A beautiful, inspirational look at one of the greats, Japan's Yuji Hirayama, climbing in Turkey. From the Camp 4 Collective , a new co...
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Friday, April 30, 2010

Oh, Zermatt, Where Did You Go So Wrong?

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Zermatt, Switzerland, one of the birthplaces of Alpinism, promotes...well, who knows what it's promoting with this advertisement, spotte...
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Sunday, April 25, 2010

Inspiration and Sobering Reality

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I've just returned from a couple of weeks of skiing in the French and Swiss Alps, where we stuck to well-traveled tracks and merely ogle...
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Saturday, April 03, 2010

Russian Avalanche (Out of) Control

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Think you'd be safe on a chairlift if a big avalanche swept underneath? Skip to about 0:25 to jump-start the action and find out.
Tuesday, March 30, 2010

"Unclimbed": Seven Years Later

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I've just been editing a story for the American Alpine Journal about the first ascent of the north face of Chang Himal in Nepal, by Bri...
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Friday, March 26, 2010

Kite Skiing on Patagonia Ice Cap

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Don't miss Dave Turner's wild stories and photos of kite skiing on the Patagonia Ice Cap. Absolutely crazy! Click on the link in the...
Tuesday, March 16, 2010

Best Climbing Trailer Ever Made

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The movie is Core, by Chuck Fryberger. The world premiere is April 7 at the Boulder Theater.
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Sunday, March 14, 2010

Marko Prezelj Slide Show: Repost

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Sorry for the technical difficulties with the Marko Prezelj slide show (below). I was climbing at Shelf Road (T-shirts, sunburn, sharp rock....
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Dougald MacDonald
I work full-time as a freelance writer and editor: associate editor, American Alpine Journal; news editor, Climbing.com; contributing editor, 5280 magazine; frequent contributor to Backpacker, Men's Journal, Outside, 5280, and other magazines. I was editor in chief and publisher of Rock and Ice magazine for five years, and cofounded Trail Runner magazine. During the 1990s, I was editor in chief of the Denver Business Journal.
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