Girls on the FREERIDER

A solstice send by Kate Rutherford and Madaleine Sorkin PHOTOS BY MIKEY SCHAEFER, stories by Kate Rutherford (below) 2010.06.22 Kate and Madaleine on FreeRider – Images by Mikey Schaefer

we freed el Cap!

The princess cruse up the Freerider, and all womens team free ascent…. I have approximately 30 bruises, I tried to count them, but some blend together, 5 gobbles (cuts or abrasions from the rock), one on the ankle, one on each shoulder, a small one on my hand,...

Yosemite

How I have gotten so busy, I don’t know, I apologize for my delinquency. Here is an update from the spring in Yosemite. I think what happened is that is was dark and rainy for the whole month of May, and while we climbed a bit in the rain, mostly we just moped...

more art from the south, VENEZUELA photos

Our time in Venezuela was characterized by long days toiling on our new route. Jumaring fixed lines, climbing a few pitches of mind boggling overhanging sand stone consumed us. We found only a few moments to explore other aspects of our Venezuelan base camp. But when...