Mike Dobie climbs the iconic overhanging ringlock crack, The Great Firewall (5.13d) at the Cretaceous Area in Liming, China

Mike Dobie climbs the iconic overhanging ringlock crack, The Great Firewall (5.13d) at the Cretaceous Area in Liming, China

Small climber, big crack! Raul Sauco establishes the First Ascent of the fearsome offwidth, The Black Hole (5.13) in Liming, Yunnan Province, China

Small climber, big crack! Raul Sauco establishes the First Ascent of the fearsome offwidth, The Black Hole (5.13) in Liming, Yunnan Province, China

Ana Pautler climbs pitch 2 (5.11+) of the Liming classic "The Great Firewall" in Yunnan, China.

Ana Pautler climbs pitch 2 (5.11+) of the Liming classic "The Great Firewall" in Yunnan, China.

Mike Dobie on the First Ascent of "The Viper" in Keketuohai Valley, Xinjiang Province, China.

Mike Dobie on the First Ascent of "The Viper" in Keketuohai Valley, Xinjiang Province, China.

Mike Dobie climbs the cave formation in Shigu, Yunnan Province, China.

Mike Dobie climbs the cave formation in Shigu, Yunnan Province, China.

A team navigates a snow bridge across a big crevasse on the Emmons-Winthrop Glacier, Mount Rainier.

A team navigates a snow bridge across a big crevasse on the Emmons-Winthrop Glacier, Mount Rainier.

A view down the Black Velvet Wall in Red Rock Canyon, Nevada.

A view down the Black Velvet Wall in Red Rock Canyon, Nevada.

Woody Jacobson solos a ridge up Skookum Peak in the Twin Sisters Range in the North Cascades. Mount Baker, the tallest peak in the North Cascades National Park, looms behind.

Woody Jacobson solos a ridge up Skookum Peak in the Twin Sisters Range in the North Cascades. Mount Baker, the tallest peak in the North Cascades National Park, looms behind.

Woody Jacobson poses atop Mount Torment with the entirety of the famed Torment-Forbidden Traverse behind him. North Cascades.

Woody Jacobson poses atop Mount Torment with the entirety of the famed Torment-Forbidden Traverse behind him. North Cascades.