Ian McEleney

Almost every backcountry trip I've ever been on started with a map. When I was first figuring out how to travel in the backcountry in Ne...

Everybody knows that Lee Vining Canyon is the number one spot in the state of California for ice climbing. It's also a growing center fo...

My first review for OutdoorGearLab just went live. It's a review of alpine climbing packs and you can read it by clicking on this link ....

Scott Sinner and I did The Minaret Traverse a couple of weeks ago. We climbed all of the named Minarets in a day, which added up to 20 pe...

Recently, I got home from my second expedition up the West Buttress of Denali. Between the two trips I've guided a total of 15 climbers ...