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Climbers cross a bridge over a rocky gorge

An account of the first ascent of the North West Face of Half Dome

Stories and photos of early ascents of desert spires

Tags: certification, cmc, colorado mountain club, education, international climbing and mountaineering federation, mazamas, mountain leader, mountain qualification label, mountaineers, mql, uiaa, union internationale des associations d'alpinisme

Photograph of the front door of a log cabin with mountains in the background

Tags: bilk basin, cabins, colorado, uncompahgre national forest

Photograph of a man standing in front of a log cabin with mountains in the background.

Tags: cabins, camps, colorado, humans, matterhorn creek, matterhorn peak, men, san juan mountains

Photograph of a camp in the woods near a stone outcropping.

Tags: camps, colorado, first ascents, lizard head, lizard head wilderness, thirteeners