ROCK & ICE

In our Annual Winter Gear Issue:

THE ODYSSEY: A Mentor is supposed to keep us safe, right? By Jeff Jackson

CEUSE: Seeing is believing just how great this mountain-top crag in the Hautes-Alpes really is. By Same Bie

FLUID MACHINE: His father stricken with terminal cancer, one climber seeks meaning on a very wet, very loose island tower. By Tyler Rohr

PROJECT TAHOE: A rejuvenation of hard climbing on the shores of a California high lake.

COLD RUSH: Thumping Wyoming’s off-the-grid high scape in a journey for frozen gold. By Aaron Mulkey.

DEATH OF PERFECTION: Paul Preuss was the Alex Honnold of his day, onsight soloing hundreds of big, free first ascents – over a century ago. By David Smart

STRANDS: Cold and Beautiful. Getting vertical in the Canadian Rockies. By Tim Banfield