Peering into the Void
In this Sharp End story from Alpinist 94, Derek Franz considers the culture that produced Dean Potter after a four-part documentary about Potter’s life, titled… Read More »Peering into the Void
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Searching for Light in the Dark Arts
Jeff Shapiro reflects on wingsuit flight after the death of his friends Sean “Stanley” Leary, Dean Potter and Graham Hunt. See the tribute to the… Read More »Searching for Light in the Dark Arts
Mountain Profile: The Aiguille du Dru Part II (1955-2015)
“It seemed built to perpetuate our dreams”–thus Guido Magnone described the Aiguille du Dru in The West Face. Ian Parnell relives the history of a… Read More »Mountain Profile: The Aiguille du Dru Part II (1955-2015)
What the Heart, Only, Sees
February 20, 2015: I lay awake in a small cave, high above the Torre Valley in Patagonia. Storms echoed across the giant arena of granite… Read More »What the Heart, Only, Sees
Going Home
One after the other, their toes compress then release from the cliff’s edge. Shoulders hunch forward, chins are tucked in. Toes are pointed. Legs are… Read More »Going Home
The Face of the Future
LIKE A LIGHTHOUSE DOMINATING the sea…. The Sea of Ice. The Drus seem to have conquered the Mer de Glace and stilled its waves, until… Read More »The Face of the Future
The Drus, 1952 Vintage
IN 1952 A SPIRE of monolithic granite presented a high challenge to the climbers of the day–a dare that the setting sun outlined each evening,… Read More »The Drus, 1952 Vintage
The North Face of the Drus
DURING THE 1980S, WHEN I was the editor-in-chief of the French magazine Alpinisme et Randonnee, I spent several days in Grenoble each year for an… Read More »The North Face of the Drus
Jean-Esteril Charlet and Mary Isabella Straton: A Fairy Tale
SEPTEMBER 22, 1871, WAS ONE of those magical autumn days, when your gaze pierces farther than usual across the crystalline air. Mists had already consumed… Read More »Jean-Esteril Charlet and Mary Isabella Straton: A Fairy Tale
The Alpinist Saga
Fifty issues deep, and we’re still pushing for the infinite summit. The irrepressible Tami Knight directs a romp back through the years, with essays by… Read More »The Alpinist Saga
