Stories

After retreating from our first rainy attempt we went back to St. Exupery on a beautiful sunny day with high spirits. Our chosen line looked so obvious, a big corner splitting the East face all the way to the ridge. The sun rose golden, and we quickly crossed new...

I feel totally lame that I have neglected my blog all fall….. what can I say, I was having too much fun! There were all sorts of adventures, Lurking Fear in a push with Rachel Greenberg for her birthday. Then Snake Dike in patagonian winds with my Dad, yes dad. Burly!...

check out ESPN women's web site to hear about my not so particular eating habits!...

Today was making earrings, I have a huge pile of stones from the beach, and it was like finding a needle in a hay stack looking for stones that matched to make earrings. It took 2 hours to pick through the stones, and in my frustration I thought "I will never find 2...

  Our trip to Croatia was outstanding. Mikey Schaefer and I drove the coast from southern Slovenia to Paklenica National Park in late April. We met our awesome crew of Slovenian friends for an insanely busy Easter weekend, and they gave us a great tour.   Paklenica is...

It is very exciting to announce that National Geographic has published an article about climbing in Yosemite. Jimmy Chin and Mikey Schaefer worked long and hard last year to capture images of our culture in Yosemite. I'm devistated that there are no women climbing...

we are in Slovenia! The climbing is really steep and we have bad jet lag. This is a spectacular place though! Mikey and I are staying and climbing in Osp. The mega crag Misa Pec is just around the corner. This is one of the oldest villages in south western Slovenia....

Check out the new way to support our environment! Patagonia is now in the music business. They have collaborated with musicians and iTunes to make some money that will go towards the environment. All profits from these tracks sold by Patagonia are going to...

Why do I climb? Where did I learn to tell stories? How did I learn to suffer, and why should you too? Is it in the human genome to want to "move across a landscape and explore?" I learned from my dad, Mark Rutherford. Liston to my dad's story...

THE WASHINGTON ROUTE: 2/11/2011  a new line by Kate Rutherford and Mikey Schaefer I sat in a cloud of dust. Pants dirty. My hand planted in the sewing needles of some patagonian flora. I'd just landed there after my tired muscles failed to correct a small foot slip on...