Over the Top outside
David Sharp's lonely death on Mount Everest revived the old, raging debates about personal ethics and the wisdom of commercially guided climbing. But whatever went right and wrong in 2006, the bottom line remains: You challenge this peak at your own risk, because its punishments are swift, terrible, and blind.
Because It's Sacred outside
Why climb America's most spectacularand controversialnatural landmark? For the same reason you shouldn't.
Visibility Unlimited outside
Pioneering climber, explorer, and mapmaker Bradford Washburn has shot some of the most epic mountain photography of all timemuch of which has never seen the light of day. Kurt Markus delves into a cache of unforgettable images and reports on the long, full life of an alpine icon.