Alpine Big Wall Climber Seth Shaw Killed
May 30, 2000
Seth Shaw, a Salt Lake City resident and one of America's outstanding alpine big wall climbers, was killed by serac fall on Alaska's Mount Johnson. His partner, Tim Wagner, escaped with a fractured fibula.

The North Face Expedition series
January 17, 2000
The North Face Expedition series continues January 30 with Madagascar: A Woman's First Ascent, which chronicles climber Lynn Hill and her team of women as they attempt first ascents of the Tsoronoro Cliffs in southeastern Madagascar.


Mallory & Irvine Expedition Leader Weds
January 3, 2000
Eric Simonson, leader and driving force behind the Spring 1999 Mallory & Irvine Expedition, married the expedition manager, Erin Copland, in Napili, Maui, Hawaii, on New Year's Eve




Mallory & Irvine Artifacts Exhibition Extended
February 18, 2000
The Washington State History Museum in Tacoma, Washington, will exhibit the recently discovered artifacts of legendary Mount Everest climber George Mallory through March 26, 2000.


News Brief: Katie Brown Flashes 5.14a
October 29, 1999
Katie Brown recently became the first woman to flash a 5.14a sport route after climbing Mont Sant Spain's Hydrophobia. After receiving information on how to do the crux of the route, Brown sent it on her first try. Brown said that without the information, she definitely would not have been able to do the route first try, according to information provided by her sponsor, The North Face. Not only is this Brown's first 5.14a flash, it is her first 5.14a ever.

Click here for last month's interview with Katie Brown.


Ginette Harrison Killed On Dhaulagiri
October 27, 1999
The BBC and Times of London reported yesterday that British climber Ginette Harrison died in an avalanche on Nepal's 26,795-foot Dhaulagiri on October 24.




Caldwell's Kryptonite: 5.14d?
October 25, 1999
Tommy Caldwell's new sport route Kryptonite may well be the hardest in the United States, superceding Chris Sharma's Necessary Evil(5.14c).