Best of TSM

The BEST of THE SUBURBAN MOUNTAINEER

• Messner and Kukuczka: Two of the Greatest Climbers of All Time — are they the greatest of all?
• What is Alpine Style? — explaining a fundamental term for everyone. And don’t take it for granted.
• Fritz Wiessner and Dudley Wolfe on K2 — review of Jennifer Jordan’s book on the 1939 K2 expedition.
• Voytek Kurtyka, The Great — celebrating the achievement of one of the most visionary and mystical climbers of all time.
• The Greatest Climber of All Time — the culmination of an 11 part series.
• Who Are the Best Climbers of All Time? — trying to get at the root of what makes greatness in climbing.
• ‘Alpine Warriors’ by Bernadette McDonald — review of McDonald’s book about the unleashed Slovenian alpinists in the 1980s.
• Is Climbing Selfish? — it’s not about what you think.
• The Climbing Life with Chris Kalman — an interview with an increasingly popular climber and climbing writer.
• How Not to Share Your Climb or How to Be a Legend — stop using your Instagram account now, and here is why.
• Why Do We Climb Indoors? — diving 10 stories underground to answer my question.
• Why We May Climb on Public Land is You — freedom of the hills is always there, until it isn’t anymore.