Climbing Gunsight Mountain wasn’t just another hike—it was a full-on vertical challenge. With 4,000 feet of steep elevation gain and no marked trails, this route pushed us both physically and mentally ...

Tracee Metcalfe wouldn’t have considered herself a mountaineer at the beginning of it all. Growing up in the suburbs of L.A.

Kilian Jornet wanted to summit 72 of the tallest peaks in the contiguous United States. He gave himself a month to do it.