Author Bio

Hayden Carpenter

Hayden Carpenter is a climber and a freelance journalist. He lives in Santa Fe, New Mexico, where he roams the mountains and mesas eagerly searching for elusive desert ice.

Stories by Hayden Carpenter...
El Capitan in 40 Billion Pixels

El Capitan in 40 Billion Pixels

Gone are the days of hand-drawn topos, primitive sketches of a climbing route’s pitches and main features. Thanks to a two-year-long project completed this summ...