The Vertical Life 2011

Ascent brings you the world of climbing like you've never seen it before. Get the inside story with the best climbing writers and photographers around. Climbing's best stories by Steve Roper, Tommy Caldwell, John Long, Niall Grimes, Geoff Childs, Doug Robinson and more.

Printed to Rock and Ice's usual high standard and same size format as the Magazine.

Stories in this years include:

• This Risk of Luck
• Climbing's 'Lifers'
• The ides of Climbing
• Taking the bait
• ASTROMAN first ascent
• the Thief of Kathmandu
• El Cap the really hard way
• Coming of age in Yosemite
• Dodging Rockfall
• China's Sacred Stone
• Climbing as medicine
• Climbing Partner blues
• The curios case of Smoke Blanchard

plus more... and photos...