The lead stories for 2003 include a survey of a huge range in eastern Tibet where nearly every summit is unclimbed, three perspectives on new routing on Mexico's massive El Gigante, Sean Easton's gripping tale of the first ascent of Mt. Dickey's Blood From Stone route, Alun Hubbard's forty-day solo odyssey for a giant new route in east Greenland, Stefan Glowacz describing why they climb new routes from the ground up in the eastern Alps, and so much more.