Trad

A long-awaited send of Come Get Your Love (5.10a) on Lost Dome in the Wichita Mountains — a lost-trail approach, a runout, a fall and a hard-won clip to the chains.

Reflections of a trad climber, the early years — my self-taught journey from a gym n00b to a full-blown trad climber, plus the books that helped me along the way.

What else are three Texans going to do over a long Labor Day weekend than head north to Shelf Road, climb limestone cliffs and clip bolts before the rain hits?

Caleb and John climb the North Face Cables Route on 14,259-ft Longs Peak — a snow traverse, an injured stranger and a campground that came together to help.

Caleb and John visit Colorado to climb Fandango (5.5) on the First Flatiron in Boulder — runout slabs, hollow flakes and a hellish walk back to the car.