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Joseph Hobby joins Team MILLET The MILLET Team

Joseph Hobby joins Team MILLET

When I first visited France, I was introduced to the brand. Millet is rooted to the Alps, the Mont Blanc massif, and the core of alpinism. I was intrigued and...

Esplorazioan oinarrituta, bi estatubatuar jarduera bikainekin egin dira Alaskan naiz 20240616

Esplorazioan oinarrituta, bi estatubatuar jarduera bikainekin egin dira Alaskan

“Small Talk Couloir” bidearekin, Fred Caloggero eta Joseph Hobbyk Mantok 1 mendiaren bigarren igoera sinatu dute.

Alaska: ouvertures sauvages sur le Mantok I et le mont Charles Montagnes Magazine 20240521

Alaska: ouvertures sauvages sur le Mantok I et le mont Charles

Fin avril, les Américains Fred Caloggero et Joseph Hobby ont ouvert Small Talk Couloir (1 200 m, M4R 70°), une nouvelle voie sur le Mantok I (2 834 m), en...

Big New Climbs on Mantok 1 and Mount Charles Planet Mountain 20240520

Big New Climbs on Mantok 1 and Mount Charles

In 2023, Fred Caloggero and I queued up with other climbers for our first expedition together in the Alaska Range, but the mountains had other plans. With minimal weather windows...

Piolet d’Or – Significant Ascent 2023 les Piolet d'Or

Piolet d’Or – Significant Ascent 2023

First ascent of Rise and Shine (ca 2,400m), Kichatna Mountains, via Superfly Couloir (500m, AI5 M6 A2) on the east face, on April 20, by Joseph Hobby and Zach Lovell...

Kichatna Mountains Cathedral Spires Two New Routes American Alpine Journal

Kichatna Mountains Cathedral Spires Two New Routes

Time is often an unhelpful metric when weighing the value of a trip in the mountains. Even a few days can gift the richest of experiences when partnership, conditions, and...

Doblete De Aperturas De Joseph Hobby y Zach Lovell En Las Kichatna Spires Desnivel

Doblete De Aperturas De Joseph Hobby y Zach Lovell En Las Kichatna Spires

Joseph Hobby y Zach Lovell son dos amigos y guías estadounidenses de 34 y 30 años respectivamente. Esta primavera fueron a trabajar a Alaska una vez más y, tras completar...

Alaska: Doublé Américain Dans Les Kichatna Spires Montagnes Magazine 20230502

Alaska: Doublé Américain Dans Les Kichatna Spires

Des couloirs de glace, un peu de mixte facile et des rochers recouverts d'une fine couche neigeuse, le tout gardé par un théâtre de champignons de neige. Voilà comment Hobby...

Citadel NW Face Climbed In Kichatna Spires Planet Mountain 20230501

Citadel NW Face Climbed In Kichatna Spires

The next day, on April 20th, we climbed an easterly couloir/ice hose south of the Reisenstein on an unnamed peak. We started in the afternoon for safer conditions and simul-soloed...

Dall Glacier Mt Mason And Mt Stansfield 2022 American Alpine Journal

Dall Glacier Mt Mason And Mt Stansfield 2022

“Zach, I just learned that Mason Stansfield died in a crevasse fall in AK.” I read and re-read the message on my satellite phone. Aside from the steady purr of...

Mount Mason / Mount Stansfield Gripped 20220504

Mount Mason / Mount Stansfield

Zach Lovell and Joseph Hobby have climbed two previously unclimbed peaks in the Alaska Range near Mount Russell on the Dall Glacier with one of them including a ski descent....

Crown Glacier Peasant Pillar 2021 American Alpine Journal

Crown Glacier Peasant Pillar 2021

One of my favorite parts of “going to school” in the Alaska Range are the annual lessons in adaptation. Both of my expeditions in June shared several elements: week-long weather...

Wasatch Snowpack KSL Feature 20191225

Wasatch Snowpack

SALT LAKE CITY — As families and vacationers alike pack the Utah's slopes for the holiday, avalanche experts urge people to be aware of dangerous backcountry conditions this season. “As...

Mount Baker Erik Weihenmayer 20190910

Mount Baker

For this blog, I asked my good friend and climbing partner, Eric Alexander, to write his perspective on our recent climb of Mt. Baker. I've been putting my life in...

Quebec’s La Pomme d’Or Vail Daily 20190414

Quebec’s La Pomme d’Or

Erik Weihenmayer is one of the world's foremost mountaineers. He also happens to be blind. That didn't stop him from summiting the world's tallest peak, Mt. Everest, with the help...

Denali 2016 Gore-Tex Partnership 20160222

Denali 2016

What does it take to lug 100lbs of gear up 2000 ft. worth of Denali, then set up camp, sleep (maybe) and do it all over again the next day?...

Mount Hood – Rockfall Helicopter Rescue The Oregonian

Mount Hood – Rockfall Helicopter Rescue

Casey Ferguson, age 27, was struck by a boulder while descending a chute just below the summit on June 14. The microwave-size rock fractured her lower leg. Three other companions...