• Raffi Bedayn: Shiprock

    The first ascent of Shiprock in 1939: tactics and equipment might seem alien to today’s climbers (and the use of bolts controversial at the time!) but the careful planning and tenacity are commendable modern

  • Don Wilson: The First Ascent of Spider Rock

    An account of the 1956 first ascent of Spider Rock by southern Californian youngsters with barely-adequate gear, a grand adventure

  • Mark Powell: The Totem Pole

    The 1957 first ascent of the iconic Totem Pole. The ascent went smoothly, belying the considerable hazards involved: testament to the climbers’ skills

  • Steve Roper: Cleopatra’s Second Ascent

    Entertaining tale of a 1962 repeat of this climb

  • Chuck Pratt: The View from Deadhorse Point

    The classic climbing tale. Pratt’s finest writing, witty, sharp, deep

  • Huntley Ingalls: The Colorado Plateau

    The desert, as seen through Huntley’s sharp eyes

  • Huntley Ingalls: Castleton Tower

    Vivid telling of the 1961 first ascent by Kor and Ingalls.

  • Layton Kor: The Best of the West

    Layton’s homage to the desert and to his friends.

  • Huntley Ingalls: The Finger of Fate

    Climbing the Titan in 1962 was an outrageously bold endeavor.

  • Harvey Carter: Kingfisher

    Kingfisher’s first ascent, the start of Harvey Carter’s Fisher Tower career, 1962

  • Steve Komito: Standing Rock

    One of the best climbing stories ever written, nominally about the first ascent of Standing Rock in 1962, yet really about so much more

  • Eric Bjornstad: The Rest of the Story

    Wonderfully convoluted tale of the first ascent of the Middle Sister

  • George Hurley: The Mystery Towers

    Early exploration in the remote Mystery Towers

  • Lou Dawson: Harvey’s Raiders

    Engaging and funny account of a major new route on the Titan with Harvey Carter

  • Fred Beckey: The First Ascent of Moses

    A giant of mountaineering takes on a giant of the desert in 1972

  • Ed Webster: The Desert Prophet

    The first free ascent of Moses, 1979

  • John Sherman: Tales from the Gripped

    Exploring the Mystery Towers in the early 1990s with Rob Slater and friends

  • Jim Beyer: World’s End

    Beyer’s is a singular vision, expressed on the rock and in print

  • Duane Raleigh: The Wasteland

    The writing wonderful, the rock on this corner of the Titan, not so much…

  • Alison Sheets: Queen for a Day

    The early Moab climbing community of the 1980s, with Charlie Fowler, Kyle Copeland and friends

  • Tim Toula: Shimá sání do Shí cheii A Cock and Pull Story

    A skilled telling of a logistically difficult first ascent on the San Juan River

  • Todd Gordon: The Whale’s Tale

    Todd spent several years teaching on the Navajo Nation, which gave him the opportunity to climb a number of first ascents, the Whale being one of them. Things did not work out as planned…

  • Andrew Burr: It’s Over

    What does it mean to climb Castleton Tower in the 21st century?

  • Strappo Hughes: The Enigmatic Syringe

    Uncertainty and commitment, alone, in the heart of Canyonlands National Park

  • Dougald MacDonald: The Big Muddy

    Exploring a wide-open Monument Basin in the early 1990s

  • Stevie Haston: Sundevil Chimney Free

    Stevie’s staggeringly bold and visionary free ascent from 2002

  • Greg Child: Excommunication

    In 2002, 5.13 climbing comes to Castle Valley

  • Ben Bransby: The Finger of Fate

    The Titan free, in 2005, by its original line of ascent, in a day

  • Jason Haas: Free Cottontail

    Free climbing Harvey Carter’s West Side Story in the Fisher Towers with Rob Pizem, 2009