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Hazel Findlay

Hazel Findlay

Hazel has been climbing for 20 of her 26 years, and started out trad climbing on the limestone sea cliffs of Pembrokeshire. She was the first British woman to c...
Angie Payne

Angie Payne

This Ohio native is a professional boulderer and communications and marketing director for USA Climbing. She's a life-long gym rat but is involved in a series o...
Corey Buhay

Corey Buhay

Corey Buhay is a Boulder-based freelance writer. After a brief stint researching salamanders in the temperate rainforest of North Carolina, she moved west in se...
Joe Kinder

Joe Kinder

Joe's first climbing experience was in Estes Park, Colorado on a family vacation when he was 13. The sport took over his life rapidly, and he evolved into a ful...
Paul Roberts

Paul Roberts

Paul is a long-time climber who has a drive to understand the mental game of climbing and life. He is an athlete with Evolv, Frictionlabs, and Roots to Rise, as...
Arno Ilgner

Arno Ilgner

Arno distinguished himself as a pioneering rock climber in the 1970s and ‘80s, when the top climbs were bold and dangerous first ascents. These personal exploit...
Dougald MacDonald

Dougald MacDonald

Dougald MacDonald is the editor of Accidents in North American Climbing, published annually by the American Alpine Club. He’s also the former editor in chief of...
Ryan Wichelns

Ryan Wichelns

Ryan is a freelance journalist and climber. His favorite climbs are the random, unaesthetic snow- and ice-covered heaps in the middle of nowhere that require a ...
JP Whitehead

JP Whitehead

JP is a Colorado-based freelance writer and avid boulderer. He has worked for Climbing magazine and Mountain Standard....
Nalle Hukktaival

Nalle Hukktaival

Nalle is a Finnish climber who travels around the world year-round to climb. He loves bouldering above all, but also trad and multi-pitch climbs. Learn more abo...