Harriet Ridley

Abstract Large changes in hydroclimate in the Neotropics implied by proxy evidence, such as during the Little Ice Age, have been attributed to meridional shifts of the intertropical convergence zone (ITCZ), although alternative modes of ITCZ variability have also been suggested.

In late August last year the professional climbers Madaleine Sorkin and Kate Rutherford were climbing in the Wind River Range, Wyoming, when a climber died in a rappelling accident. Michael Sullivan, aged 54 from Durango, Colorado, fell around 600-feet after he lost his footing while unroped at a rappel station on Steeple Peak.

The world's first permanent deep water soloing wall, at the U.S. National Whitewater Center (USNWC) in Charlotte, North Carolina, made its debut appearance this weekend during Tuck Fest—a three-day celebration of outdoor lifestyle that includes competitions, demos, exhibitions and live music. "These type of events are gaining in popularity after the annual [Psicobloc Masters] was introduced a few years ago," Carlo Traversi, the overall men's winner, posted on Instagram.