It all began with a picture It started with a photo that raised my interest right away: a perfect crack in polished granite, two climbers in t-shirts high above turquiose water, with endless islands and rough mountaintops in the background. “Where is this?!” my climbing... Continue reading
For decades, the Marmot Mountain Club has consisted of a colorful mix of people who have made their love of nature and the mountains the focus of their lives. Mountain athletes, alpinists, campers, climbers, skiers, adventurers, etc. tell their stories and share them with like-minded... Continue reading
In the North of England, sitting quietly amongst the rolling green fields and moors of The Yorkshire Dales, sits the mighty Malham Cove, a huge cliff of brilliant white limestone with a vertical drop of over 80 meters. And right at the top of this... Continue reading
“Towering above me, the huge wall of limestone seemed endless; it looked impossible for a human to scale. White chalk covered patches on orange rock drew me in, marking the way; someone had been there before. I tied in, excited to see how far I’d... Continue reading
Scrambling the Flatirons Satan’s Minions Scrambling Club Boulder, Colorado Massive slabs of red sandstone jut towards the sky from Boulder, Colorado’s Chautauqua Park, dramatically marking the Earth’s transition from the flatland prairies of the Midwest to the foothills of the Rocky Mountains. The 300 million-year-old... Continue reading
It’s that one crux move that Stefan Glowacz and Markus Dorfleitner shook off day after day, week after week, month after month and, in the end, year after year. The mysterious “Black Wall” in hell valley, on the north side of the Wetterstein mountains above... Continue reading
Robert Jasper, extreme mountaineer from the German Black Forrest, scores another first ascent solo in the world-famous north face of the Eiger! This summer Robert Jasper took on another first ascent in his favorite wall, the historic Eiger north face, to prepare for an upcoming... Continue reading
After Marmot athlete Stefan Glowacz crossed Greenlands inland ice back (1000 km) last year, he now came back to complete his expedition. Last years attempt to end this expedition with a climb of a big wall at the east coast failed due to several reasons.... Continue reading
Marmot PRO and extreme climber Robert Jasper successfully returned from his solo expedition to Greenland with a first ascent. Robert had embarked on an adventure of the special kind in mid-July from Kulusuk in East Greenland. He left civilization from the last Inuit settlement Kungmit solo,... Continue reading
Marmot PRO Sarah Kampf (formerly Seeger) recently could send “Battle Cat” (8c/+), one of Frankenjura’s most impressive lines. As Sarah reports, on the day of the send everything fell into place: “Succeeding in a project often depends on so many different factors, and luck is... Continue reading
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