![Helen Kilness, left, and Jean (Jene) Crenshaw, ca. 2014. [Photo] Katie Ives](https://i0.wp.com/alpinist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/jene-crenshaw-obit-1.jpg?resize=640%2C480&ssl=1)
Jean (Jene) Crenshaw–the cofounder of Summit magazine, the first monthly publication dedicated to climbing in the US–died September 2 in Big Bear, California, at age 95. She was preceded in death by her close friend and Summit cofounder Helen Kilness, who died at age 96 in 2018.
![She Explores. [Photo] Katie Ives](https://i0.wp.com/alpinist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/dei-1.jpg?resize=640%2C480&ssl=1)
As they praise the publication of She Explores–a 2019 anthology of women’s outdoor stories and photos–Alpinist editors Katie Ives, Paula Wright and Derek Franz write, “We felt struck by two thoughts: how rare outdoor publications like this book, with such a variety of women’s images and voices, were in the past; and how much the field of outdoor literature still needs to broaden to include the vast constellations of under-represented and long-silenced voices today.”
![Muhammed Ali Sadpara. [Photo] courtesy of Alex Txikon](https://i0.wp.com/alpinist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/muhammad-ali-sadpara-1.jpg?resize=538%2C620&ssl=1)
In this Climbing Life story from Alpinist 62 (2018), Amanda Padoan profiles Muhammad Ali of Sadpara, Pakistan, after he completed the first winter ascent of Nanga Parbat with Simone Moro (Italy) and Alex Txikon (Spain) in February 2016. Padoan writes: “Sponsorship never materialized for Ali, however, as it did for his European companions. He doesn’t question why, not out loud. Back in Sadpara, he says he has too much to occupy him: wheat to thresh, potatoes to dig, cattle to feed, walls to mend, roofs to patch and children to educate.”
![Cole Lawrence sends Pitch 6 (5.13a) on the first free ascent of Super Ultra Mega, an eight-pitch route on an unnamed buttress in Montana's Bitterroot Range. [Photo] Winter Ramos](https://i0.wp.com/alpinist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/super-ultra-mega-1.jpg?resize=930%2C620&ssl=1)
Missoula climber Cole Lawrence and several partners completed a vision that began a decade ago when he established and redpointed Super Ultra Mega (5.13a, 8 pitches) on an unnamed, unknown buttress in Montana’s Bitterroot Range last September. The climbers say this is just the beginning of the potential for new, big free routes and that it’s time to put the area on the map.
![Tom Ballard, left, and Daniele Nardi. [Photo] Daniele Nardi's Facebook page](https://i0.wp.com/alpinist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/ballard-nardi-1.jpg?resize=930%2C620&ssl=1)
Tom Ballard, 30, of Britain, and Daniele Nardi, 42, of Italy, are missing on Nanga Parbat (8126m) in Pakistan. According to updates on Nardi’s Facebook page, helicopters are attempting to deliver a rescue team “as close as possible” to Camp 3 today, where a tent “invaded by snow” was spotted amid “traces of an avalanche” during a morning reconnaissance. The climbers were last heard from on Sunday, February 24, while attempting a winter ascent via a new route up the Mummery Rib, which is prone to avalanches. Their last known position is somewhere around 6300 meters between Camp 3 and Camp 4.
![Andres Marin on Pitch 4 of Eternal Flame on Nameless Tower. [Photo] Anna Pfaff](https://i0.wp.com/alpinist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/trango-and-nameless-expedition-1.jpg?resize=930%2C620&ssl=1)
Andres Marin recently capped a successful trip to Pakistan with teammates Anna Pfaff and David Allfrey by soloing the American Route on Great Trango Tower (6286m)–base camp (ca. 4000m) to base camp in less than 12 hours–on August 22 after he had climbed that route and Eternal Flame on Nameless Tower (6239m) with his partners between August 12-18. In short, Marin tagged three summits over 6000 meters in the span of 10 days.
![[Photo] Derek Franz](https://i0.wp.com/alpinist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/shsa-survey-results-9.jpg?resize=930%2C620&ssl=1)
From April 16 to July 4, in collaboration with other national climbing organizations and magazines, we undertook a survey on the topic of sexual harassment and assault in the climbing world. In this article we share some of the results.
![[Photo] Derek Franz collection](https://i0.wp.com/alpinist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/shsa-survey-op-ed-1.jpg?resize=624%2C620&ssl=1)
American Alpine Club President Deanne Buck and Club CEO Phil Powers share their perspective as to why the results of a recent survey about sexual harassment and sexual assault within climbing communities should be taken seriously by everyone.
![The Askari Aviation helicopter landing on Nanga Parbat. [Photo] Courtesy of Denis Urubko](https://i0.wp.com/alpinist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/pakistan-rescues-1.jpeg?resize=930%2C578&ssl=1)
Elisabeth Revol and Tomek Mackiewicz completed the second winter ascent of Nanga Parbat in alpine style on January 25, but they got into trouble on the descent as a storm was building. What unfolded over the next several days became a demonstration of heroism and solidarity in the international mountain community, as people from different nations worked together to try to help the stranded climbers. It also raised questions about modern rescues in remote mountains–about the limits of possibilities; about best practices in a digital and increasingly technological age; and about disparities between which groups of people receive the most help.
![The Colorado Convention Center during the inaugural 2018 winter Outdoor Retailer and Snowsports Industry of America trade show in Denver. [Photo] Courtesy of Outdoor Industry Association](https://i0.wp.com/alpinist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/outdoor-industry-impacts-1.jpg?resize=930%2C620&ssl=1)
As the Summer Outdoor Retailer trade show heats up in Denver, Emma Murray and Sara Aranda take a look back at the winter trade show that was held in January and some of the events since then to consider how the outdoor industry is addressing environmental, social and political issues.
