“Honouring High Places”: A Lifetime of Exploring “Unforgiving Terrain”
“Honouring High Places”–the final book authored by Junko Tabei, who died in 2016 at age 77 and was the first woman to summit Chomolungma (Everest)–is… Read More »“Honouring High Places”: A Lifetime of Exploring “Unforgiving Terrain”


![A view of Nanda Devi (7816m) from snow camp on Devistan I (6678m) at about 6100 meters. [Photo] Suman Dubey collection](https://alpinist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/xsuman-interview-nanda-devi-2-930x620.jpg.pagespeed.ic.rRSFlulijH.jpg)

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![Madaleine Sorkin onsighting the crux pitch of Qualgeist (IV 5.12) on North Chasm View Wall in the Black Canyon of the Gunnison, Colorado, 2012. [Photo] Chris Noble](https://alpinist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/xclimbing-grief-fund-1-930x620.jpg.pagespeed.ic.fqjjOCEDtU.jpg)