Mongolia in Print

The latest Rock & Ice is out and features a story and photos from my trip to Mongolia earlier this year. Along with the Mongolia article I have a few other photos including the parting shot and an ad for a photo contest.

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Rock & Ice magazine has also released a video teaser of photos from my trip to Mongolia earlier this year. The magazine article in issue #190, and is out now. Here is the write-up from Rock & Ice:

"Nathan Smith towers like an oak, a handy attribute for the globe-travelling climber photographer always searching for far-flung, unknown stone. Recently, Smith ventured to the arid steppes of Mongolia, land of Genghis Khan and, he hoped, killer rock.

Smith and crew arrived to find rolling greenlands studded with granite outcrops similar to Joshua Tree and Vedauwoo. Racking up, the team hopped on an enticing first ascent, a left leaning crack lined with crystals. As Erin Bergey plugged up the crack, Smith set up on a shelf to watch and capture the action. Peering through the viewfinder as Bergey neared the end of the crack, Smith was startled when Bergey fell, ripped gear, then fell 5, 10, 20, 30 and finally 40 feet to the ground. Sickened, Smith thought he had just witnessed his friend's death. By a miracle, Bergey escaped with only a few scrapes—and one of many great stories to tell, which you'll find in the December issue of Rock and Ice, on newsstands or in your mailbox in about 10 days."

But why wait? Click here and preview Smith's amazing photos and story in our special preview video.

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Death Defying Climbing Ground Fall from Rock & Ice on Vimeo.