Upon our arrival I was both excited and nervous. Cerro Agujerado was larger and more intricate than I had visualized. Mark and Joel pointed out the existing routes. It was clear that there was room for more. This prospect of so many beautiful climbs still to be put up was something I had never experienced. I had never been involved with the inception of a world class crag.
Read MoreOur 2020 Essay Contest (longe essay category), Jackson Wetherill of Helena, Montana reflects on his first major climbing trip on his own, as an adult, during the summer and fall of 2020.
Read Morealpha climbing founder and owner Aaron Hjelt visited Cuba for 10 days in early 2019 to explore the climbing, experience the culture, and meet the local climbing community. Here is a reflection of his trip. This is part 1 of 2 posts Aaron will publish about the trip. The second will be devoted to the planning and logistics of a climbing trip to Cuba.
Read MoreBy alpha climber Quinn Harper. I sat with legs wrapped around a tufa half way up the route, choking on smoke, trying to harness the power to make a few more moves, but I tossed and lowered off into the jungle below. I walked out smelling like smoke, frustrated, and humbled. I repeated in my head a new phrase I had been given: “If it doesn’t go to the tick list, at least it will go to the forearms.”
Read MoreBy Robyn Ragins, fall 2017 Gap Semester athlete. “The morning light here is an airy kind of bright. It covers the sky and shines all around while not really shining anywhere at once. There is no direct beam of sun to divert your eyes from but instead a glow all around.”
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