{"title":"Back Issues - All Titles","description":"","products":[{"product_id":"alpinist-magazine-issue-26-spring-2009","title":"Alpinist Magazine Issue 26 - Spring 2009","description":"\u003ch2\u003eProfile\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cdl\u003e\n\u003cdt\u003eMt. Everest, Part I: The Early Years\u003c\/dt\u003e\n\u003cdd\u003eIt is the icon of all mountains, but years of exploitation have impugned the honor of Everest. Ed Webster, with Katie Ives, writes an honest mountain of it, while Wade Davis, Mike Westmacott, Wang Fuzhou and Tom Hornbein weigh in on the early innocence of the Goddess Mother of Earth. Ed Webster and Katie Ives\u003c\/dd\u003e\n\u003c\/dl\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eSharp End\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cdl\u003e\n\u003cdt\u003eBooty\u003c\/dt\u003e\n\u003cdd\u003eFor alpinists, there's only one drink: scotch. The Editors\u003c\/dd\u003e\n\u003cdt\u003eEditor's Note\u003c\/dt\u003e\n\u003cdd\u003eThe new editor of Alpinist sounds off. Michael Kennedy\u003c\/dd\u003e\n\u003cdt\u003eNamesake\u003c\/dt\u003e\n\u003cdd\u003eThe etymology of Bushido. The Editors\u003c\/dd\u003e\n\u003cdt\u003eOn Belay\u003c\/dt\u003e\n\u003cdd\u003eBlue ribbons of ice from Cody, Wyoming, and devotion on Arizona's Vermillion Cliffs. Aaron Mulkey and Albert Newman\u003c\/dd\u003e\n\u003cdt\u003eTool Users\u003c\/dt\u003e\n\u003cdd\u003eThe genesis of Tom Hornbein's oxygen mask. The Editors\u003c\/dd\u003e\n\u003c\/dl\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eContributors\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cdl\u003e\n\u003cdt\u003eContributors\u003c\/dt\u003e\n\u003cdd\u003eThe Editors\u003c\/dd\u003e\n\u003c\/dl\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eLetters\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cdl\u003e\n\u003cdt\u003eLetters\u003c\/dt\u003e\n\u003cdd\u003eReflections on love and loss, arrogance and reenactments.\u003c\/dd\u003e\n\u003c\/dl\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eClimbing Life\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cdl\u003e\n\u003cdt\u003eThe Climbing Life\u003c\/dt\u003e\n\u003cdd\u003eObservations from the field.\u003c\/dd\u003e\n\u003c\/dl\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eWired\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cdl\u003e\n\u003cdt\u003eEscape Route\u003c\/dt\u003e\n\u003cdd\u003eWhen Kurt Albert and Bernd Arnold bolted one of the proudest lines in Patagonia, purists were outraged. A young alpinist puzzles out the sometimes-paradoxical values of alpine free climbing. Freddie Wilkinson\u003c\/dd\u003e\n\u003cdt\u003eBachar-Yerian\u003c\/dt\u003e\n\u003cdd\u003eHow do you climb a blank wall without \"murdering the impossible\"? The author adopts a style that lets him have his pristine adventure and climb it, ground up, too. The result: the Bachar-Yerian, a mental testpiece that still defines boldness and traditional climbing twenty-eight years later. John Bachar\u003c\/dd\u003e\n\u003cdt\u003eFull Value\u003c\/dt\u003e\n\u003cdd\u003eA late start, a paucity of gear, and a looming storm combine to menace our heroes. Within hours on a new route up Colorado's Hallett Peak, an all-too-eager apprentice becomes a seasoned alpinist. Robert Culp\u003c\/dd\u003e\n\u003cdt\u003eOff Belay\u003c\/dt\u003e\n\u003cdd\u003eOne man's failed internship is another's liberation. Will Pass\u003c\/dd\u003e\n\u003cdt\u003eWired\u003c\/dt\u003e\n\u003cdd\u003eWill future high-altitude climbers count by numbers or by fair means? In August 2008, eleven climbers died on the world's second-highest peak. A re-examination, seven months later, of what the chaos of memory reveals. Katie Ives\u003c\/dd\u003e\n\u003c\/dl\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eFeatures Content\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cdl\u003e\n\u003cdt\u003eAfter the Fall\u003c\/dt\u003e\n\u003cdd\u003eNo one likes to think about it, but when things are about to go terminally wrong, most climbers hope to be rescued. In the Tetons, the Jenny Lake Climbing Rangers get the call. Ron Matous\u003c\/dd\u003e\n\u003cdt\u003eThe Giri-Giri Boys\u003c\/dt\u003e\n\u003cdd\u003eIn spring 2008, five Japanese alpinists upturned the concept of enchainments in the Alaska Range forever. Two of them didn't come back. How the Giri-Giri Boys found their style, and lost their friends. Katsutaka Yokoyama An Infinite Lightness of Being\u003c\/dd\u003e\n\u003cdd\u003eThe fairytale towers of Elbsandstein near Dresden, Germany, have enchanted (and petrified) climbers for over a century. An exploration of the unusual atmosphere and ethics that make this Saxon wonderland unique. Helmut Schulze\u003c\/dd\u003e\n\u003cdt\u003ePostcards from Sardinia\u003c\/dt\u003e\n\u003cdd\u003eTo a young Italian steeped in the tradition and routes of the Alps, the crags of southern Italy were an anathema. Then a postcard arrived, and Sardinia's adventure climbing slowly took form. Maurizio Oviglia\u003c\/dd\u003e\n\u003c\/dl\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eLocal Heroes\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cdl\u003e\n\u003cdt\u003eLocal Hero\u003c\/dt\u003e\n\u003cdd\u003eKelly Cordes is more than familiar with \"disaster style\" and margaritas. But his unassuming hero, Scott DeCapio, taught him all he knows about simple happiness. With photographs by Dan Gambino. 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Ed Webster and Katie Ives uncover the mountain's lesser-known modern adventure-climbing history, while Doug Scott, Andrej Stremfelj, Pavel Shabalin and Dawa Steven Sherpa offer their own stories of \"creative mountaineering\" on the world's highest peak. Ed Webster and Katie Ives\u003c\/dd\u003e\n\u003c\/dl\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eSharp End\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cdl\u003e\n\u003cdt\u003eBooty\u003c\/dt\u003e\n\u003c\/dl\u003e\n\u003cdl\u003e\n\u003cdt\u003eEditor's Note\u003c\/dt\u003e\n\u003cdd\u003eThe editor of Alpinist sounds off. Michael Kennedy\u003c\/dd\u003e\n\u003c\/dl\u003e\n\u003cdl\u003e\n\u003cdt\u003eNamesake\u003c\/dt\u003e\n\u003c\/dl\u003e\n\u003cdl\u003e\n\u003cdt\u003eOn Belay\u003c\/dt\u003e\n\u003cdd\u003e\"Crumble stumps\" and Pinnacles, mountains lost and found. 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Steve \"Crusher\" Bartlett\u003c\/dd\u003e\n\u003c\/dl\u003e\n\u003cdl\u003e\n\u003cdt\u003eFull Value\u003c\/dt\u003e\n\u003cdd\u003ePost-breakup free soloing is a common theme in climbing literature, but this young woman finds that tumbling off an icefall is only the beginning of her story. Zoe Hart\u003c\/dd\u003e\n\u003c\/dl\u003e\n\u003cdl\u003e\n\u003cdt\u003eOff Belay\u003c\/dt\u003e\n\u003cdd\u003eThree friends visit the legendary Layton Kor in Arizona.\u003c\/dd\u003e\n\u003c\/dl\u003e\n\u003cdl\u003e\n\u003cdt\u003eWired\u003c\/dt\u003e\n\u003cdd\u003eA skeptic accepts an invitation to join the jury of the \"new\" Piolet d'Or—only to find that the alpine award ceremony satisfies more than just his curiosity. Jim Donini\u003c\/dd\u003e\n\u003c\/dl\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eFeatures Content\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cdl\u003e\n\u003cdt\u003eThe Beautiful \u0026amp; The Beast\u003c\/dt\u003e\n\u003cdd\u003eIn 1993 Lynn Hill made the first free ascent of the Nose, a feat no man would accomplish until 2005—the same year that Ines Papert won not only the women's difficulty dlision in the Ouray Ice Comp, but the men's as well. Is the term \"first female ascent\" still relevant? And how does a climbing photographer even begin to put together a women's photo-essay in a vertical world where gender roles keep evolving? James Q. Martin\u003c\/dd\u003e\n\u003c\/dl\u003e\n\u003cdl\u003e\n\u003cdt\u003eEmbracing Insanity\u003c\/dt\u003e\n\u003cdd\u003eHaunted by a childhood dream, a climber searches for a way to fly free. He begins to realize that the solution to the \"landing problem\" may lie along the border between reality and impossibility, creativity and madness. Dean S. 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Katie Ives\u003c\/dd\u003e\n\u003c\/dl\u003e\n\u003cdl\u003e\n\u003cdt\u003eNamesake\u003c\/dt\u003e\n\u003c\/dl\u003e\n\u003cdl\u003e\n\u003cdt\u003eTool Users\u003c\/dt\u003e\n\u003c\/dl\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eContributors\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cdl\u003e\n\u003cdt\u003eContributors\u003c\/dt\u003e\n\u003c\/dl\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eClimbing Life\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cdl\u003e\n\u003cdt\u003eThe Climbing Life\u003c\/dt\u003e\n\u003cdd\u003eObservations from the field.\u003c\/dd\u003e\n\u003c\/dl\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eWired\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cdl\u003e\n\u003cdt\u003eFirst Ascent\u003c\/dt\u003e\n\u003cdd\u003eNot every eighties climber wore Lycra as just a fashion statement. Jim Surette\u003c\/dd\u003e\n\u003c\/dl\u003e\n\u003cdl\u003e\n\u003cdt\u003eFull Value\u003c\/dt\u003e\n\u003cdd\u003eHow \"Sketchy Kelly\" got his nickname. And how he survived it. Kelly Cordes\u003c\/dd\u003e\n\u003c\/dl\u003e\n\u003cdl\u003e\n\u003cdt\u003eOff Belay\u003c\/dt\u003e\n\u003cdd\u003eThe late, great century of Riccardo Cassin. Jeff Burke\u003c\/dd\u003e\n\u003c\/dl\u003e\n\u003cdl\u003e\n\u003cdt\u003eRaw\u003c\/dt\u003e\n\u003cdd\u003eSometimes a bad climbing day leaves you raw. And sometimes, that's a good thing. Kim Csizmazia\u003c\/dd\u003e\n\u003c\/dl\u003e\n\u003cdl\u003e\n\u003cdt\u003eWired\u003c\/dt\u003e\n\u003cdd\u003eA Spanish climber falls ill halfway along a seven-kilometer knife-edge ridge, above 7400 meters, on one of the world's most dangerous mountains. Despite all the left-to-die scandals on other 8000-meter peaks, a group of climbers mobilizes for a heroic rescue attempt. Stephen Venables\u003c\/dd\u003e\n\u003c\/dl\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eFeatures Content\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cdl\u003e\n\u003cdt\u003eA Muscular Imagination: Andy Parkin and the Art of Climbing\u003c\/dt\u003e\n\u003cdd\u003eEach year grades get higher, climbers send faster and a focus on financial return increases. But has the \"creative edge\" been lost? British writer Ed Douglas travels to the Alps in search of the aesthetic intensity that inspired his youth. Along the way, he encounters Andy Parkin and other artists who continue to expand the limits of the alpine imagination, painting their visions on both canvases and mountainsides. Ed Douglas\u003c\/dd\u003e\n\u003c\/dl\u003e\n\u003cdl\u003e\n\u003cdt\u003eA Stonemaster Remembered: John Bachar (1957–2009)\u003c\/dt\u003e\n\u003cdd\u003eWhen John Bachar passed away this summer, he left behind a legacy of grace and purity, fierce ideals and compassionate friendship. As a result, Peter Croft says, \"a whole herd of us went a lot farther than we planned.\" Herein, some tributes from the friends Bachar inspired. Peter Croft\u003c\/dd\u003e\n\u003c\/dl\u003e\n\u003cdl\u003e\n\u003cdt\u003eThings Invisible to See\u003c\/dt\u003e\n\u003cdd\u003eIt's easy to get nostalgic about the early days of Himalayan exploration. But what if they didn't have to be over? Since 2005, with a small number of partners, Joe Puryear has been venturing up difficult, unclimbed peaks in the Asian Ranges—and trying to keep them spotless for the future. 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But the massif contains more than just the North Ridge of Latok I: a series of spires like \"a row of El Capitans,\" and a history of varied dreams from the alpinists who have attempted—and sometimes even summited—these walls. Conrad Anker explores the blanks on the map, while Don Arturo Bergamaschi, Jeff Lowe, Tsuneo Shigehiro, Christian Schlesener and Mark Richey fill in their lines. Conrad Anker\u003c\/dd\u003e\n\u003c\/dl\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eSharp End\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cdl\u003e\n\u003cdt\u003eBooty\u003c\/dt\u003e\n\u003cdd\u003eThe approach: a vanishing art. The Editors\u003c\/dd\u003e\n\u003c\/dl\u003e\n\u003cdl\u003e\n\u003cdt\u003eEditor's Note\u003c\/dt\u003e\n\u003cdd\u003eMemory and desire. Michael Kennedy\u003c\/dd\u003e\n\u003c\/dl\u003e\n\u003cdl\u003e\n\u003cdt\u003eNamesake\u003c\/dt\u003e\n\u003cdd\u003eRon Kauk dreams his Separate Reality. 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Patricia Deavoll\u003c\/dd\u003e\n\u003c\/dl\u003e\n\u003cdl\u003e\n\u003cdt\u003eOff Belay\u003c\/dt\u003e\n\u003cdd\u003eOn the 30th anniversary of the first ascent of Latok IV, a nod to its climbers—and to all the Japanese contributors of Issue 30.\u003c\/dd\u003e\n\u003c\/dl\u003e\n\u003cdl\u003e\n\u003cdt\u003eWired\u003c\/dt\u003e\n\u003cdd\u003eToday, the images of Yosemite's Golden Age illuminate climbing publications and Web forums with a glow of myth. But can the desire to reconnect with an iconic past actually create a greater distance between it and the present? Peter Beal takes a critical look at the paradoxes of our history. Peter Beal\u003c\/dd\u003e\n\u003c\/dl\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eFeatures Content\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cdl\u003e\n\u003cdt\u003eA Simple Line\u003c\/dt\u003e\n\u003cdd\u003eWhen Maxime Turgeon experiences too much routine on a faraway expedition, he wonders whether modern alpinists are becoming overly conventional. 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Andy Kirkpatrick\u003c\/dd\u003e\n\u003c\/dl\u003e\n\u003cdl\u003e\n\u003cdt\u003eFirst Ascent\u003c\/dt\u003e\n\u003cdd\u003eNot all classic climbs have grandiose heroic tales. Peter Haan narrates the comedy of antics and errors that created Yosemite's beloved Wheat Thin. Peter Haan\u003c\/dd\u003e\n\u003c\/dl\u003e\n\u003cdl\u003e\n\u003cdt\u003eFull Value\u003c\/dt\u003e\n\u003cdd\u003eAfter growing up together, two young Pacific Northwest climbers confront the consequences of a recent Cascades winter ascent. Jens Holsten\u003c\/dd\u003e\n\u003c\/dl\u003e\n\u003cdl\u003e\n\u003cdt\u003eOff Belay\u003c\/dt\u003e\n\u003cdd\u003eHelp save the Bird. Marty Roberts\u003c\/dd\u003e\n\u003c\/dl\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eFeatures Content\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cdl\u003e\n\u003cdt\u003eAll That Is Gold\u003c\/dt\u003e\n\u003cdd\u003eAmid the adventures of fatherhood and the terrors of \"Scottish full conditions,\" Ian Parnell discovers that even small moments and peaks can seem Himalayan at times. 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Keese Lane\u003c\/dd\u003e\n\u003c\/dl\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eContributors\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cdl\u003e\n\u003cdt\u003eContributors\u003c\/dt\u003e\n\u003c\/dl\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eLetters\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cdl\u003e\n\u003cdt\u003eLetters\u003c\/dt\u003e\n\u003cdd\u003eCerro Torre controversies, historical omissions and some literary advice.\u003c\/dd\u003e\n\u003c\/dl\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eClimbing Life\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cdl\u003e\n\u003cdt\u003eThe Climbing Life\u003c\/dt\u003e\n\u003cdd\u003eKatie Lambert falls, then mends; Clint Helander quoths the raven; and Gallaudet Howard writes more fiction.\u003c\/dd\u003e\n\u003c\/dl\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eWired\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cdl\u003e\n\u003cdt\u003eFirst Ascent\u003c\/dt\u003e\n\u003cdd\u003eIn 1994 Alex Lowe was the \"undisputed chief\" of the North American climbing community. He was also a great mentor to his friends. After an attempt on a new ice climb ended in wild flight, Lowe gave Doug Chabot the courage to finish Airborne Ranger. Doug Chabot\u003c\/dd\u003e\n\u003c\/dl\u003e\n\u003cdl\u003e\n\u003cdt\u003eFull Value\u003c\/dt\u003e\n\u003cdd\u003eIn 1981 Phil Broscovak plotted a first winter ascent on a terrifying Black Canyon wall—an exploit that seemed a sure way to enter the history books. The result proved to be one of his \"wildest wild hairs\" ever. Phil Broscovak\u003c\/dd\u003e\n\u003c\/dl\u003e\n\u003cdl\u003e\n\u003cdt\u003eOff Belay\u003c\/dt\u003e\n\u003cdd\u003eIt was a dark and stormy ridge.... Jamie Givens\u003c\/dd\u003e\n\u003c\/dl\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eFeatures Content\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cdl\u003e\n\u003cdt\u003eEarth, Stone and Sky\u003c\/dt\u003e\n\u003cdd\u003eMuch of the world's great climbing literature describes grand adventures on big, snowy peaks. On a short desert crag, Peter Beal sought a different kind of transcendence. 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In a remote corner of Namibia, Majka Burhardt strove for a deeper connection between cultural understanding and vertical adventure. Majka Burhardt\u003c\/dd\u003e\n\u003c\/dl\u003e\n\u003cdl\u003e\n\u003cdt\u003eOn the Trails of the Glaciers\u003c\/dt\u003e\n\u003cdd\u003eIn 1909 the Duke of the Abruzzi attempted K2. Although he didn't get the summit, his expedition photographer, Vittorio Sella, captured some of the most beautiful mountain images in history. A century afterward, Fabiano Ventura traveled to the Karakoram to re-create these and other legendary shots. Along the way, he uncovered visual proof that the world's glaciers are shrinking. 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Jeremy Kroeker and Andrew Querner commemorate a man who dedicated himself wholly to a life of simplicity, adventure and wilderness. Jeremy Kroeker\u003c\/dd\u003e\n\u003c\/dl\u003e\n\u003cdl\u003e\n\u003cdt\u003e66 - Still Life, with Sand\u003c\/dt\u003e\n\u003cdd\u003eA few stark colors define the landscape of Sedona. The essence of the place—and the fascination of its climbing—eludes understanding. Amid the sandstone spires, John Burcham and Andrew Frost pursue its fleeting compositions of space, light and human form. Andrew Frost\u003c\/dd\u003e\n\u003c\/dl\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eDepartments\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cdl\u003e\n\u003cdt\u003e10 - Sharp End\u003c\/dt\u003e\n\u003cdd\u003eAn editor pays tribute to the mountain that remains at the heart of Alpinist. 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Lionel Daudet\u003c\/dd\u003e\n\u003c\/dl\u003e\n\u003cdl\u003e\n\u003cdt\u003e78 - Dionysian Fire\u003c\/dt\u003e\n\u003cdd\u003eAs a young artist, enamored with Michelangelo' s work, Shelley Zentner wanted to paint her own muscular figures with \" turbulent inner worlds and violent emotions.\" For a while, she struggled to find the right subject matter. And then she discovered climbers. Shelley Zentner\u003c\/dd\u003e\n\u003c\/dl\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eDepartments\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cdl\u003e\n\u003cdt\u003e10 - Sharp End\u003c\/dt\u003e\n\u003cdd\u003eThe worlds within our words. 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