![Erin Smart on the summit of la Meije in 2016, with the Pic Central in the background. [Photo] Kurt Dienel](https://i0.wp.com/alpinist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/la-meije-erin-smart-interview-1.jpg?resize=930%2C620&ssl=1)
Alpinist 60 completes our two-part Mountain Profile of la Meije–a mountain often referred to as the Matterhorn of the Dauphine Alps. In this article, we interview Erin Smart, the author of the Mountain Profile, about the process and the quirky stories she encountered from the mountain’s slopes.
Alpinist contributor Nick Bullock has been selected as a finalist for this year’s Mountaineering Article Award by The Banff Mountain Film and Book Festival.
![Alpinist Associate Editor and Podcast Host Paula Wright record in the sound booth. [Photo] Alpinist staff](https://i0.wp.com/alpinist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/alpinist-podcast-sound-booth.jpg?resize=602%2C620&ssl=1)
In collaboration with Dispatch Radio, Height of Land Publications is pleased to announce the Alpinist podcast, a series of episodes that take the stories Alpinist readers love to a new medium. Each season, the Alpinist podcast delivers fresh interviews and untold stories, humorous adventure tales and discussions of important issues in the climbing world today. Each episode is hosted by Associate Editor Paula Wright.
Read all four essays by Graeme Dingle, Naoe Sakashita, Sergey Kofanov and Dawa Sherpa from our Mountain Profile of Jannu / Kumbhakarna in Alpinist 57–Spring 2017.
![On the Nose by Hans Florine and Jayme Moye. Falcon Books, 2016. 203 pages. Hardcover, $25. [Photo] Paula Wright](https://i0.wp.com/alpinist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/on-the-nose-1-scaled.jpg?resize=930%2C620&ssl=1)
On the Nose chronicles Hans Florine’s “lifelong obsession” with the most iconic route on El Capitan. Herein, we interview Florine and co-author Jayme Moye about their new book documenting Florine’s pursuit of the Nose speed record.
![[Photo Bryce Brown]](https://i0.wp.com/alpinist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/acp-recap-1.jpg?resize=640%2C620&ssl=1)
This week, we’re sharing an assortment of social media posts from the Alpinist Community Project in 2016. In this collection we’re resharing photos from Bryce Brown, James Rushforth, Michael Kennedy, Abhijeet Singh, Jeremy Joseph, Jenny Abegg and Forest Woodward, Tamotsu Nakamura and Caroline Treadway.
On November 16, 2016, the Access Fund released a statement in response to the outcome of the U.S. presidential election, “What Will the Trump Administration Mean for Climbing?” We’ve since followed up with Brady Robinson, executive director of the Access Fund and chair of the Outdoor Alliance, to learn more about his thoughts on the broader future of environmental issues and public lands–and the roles that climbers might play in helping to conserve wild places.
![Ogre II (6980m) above the Choktoi Glacier in Pakistan. [Photo] Courtesy of Kyle Dempster](https://i0.wp.com/alpinist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/ogre-2-1.jpg?resize=930%2C620&ssl=1)