The three months (if you’re lucky) of joy for most Midwestern ice climbers are filled with long, sleepless weekend drives to Ontario, Northern Minnesota and… Read More »Obsession and Ingenuity, Part I: Michigan
K2’s mighty West Face is one of the greatest big mountain walls in the world and ripe for a beautiful alpine style ascent. This past… Read More »THE “RUSSIAN WAY” IS AN AGENT OF DEATH TO MODERN ALPINISM
Alpinist seeks a producer for The Alpinist Film Festival. Dynamic and challenging part-time position helps plan, organize and execute annual film festival for Alpinist Magazine.… Read More »Alpinist Seeks Film Festival Producer
I have not yet had time to read through Alpinist 21 properly, but I noticed a picture caption on Page 82 that gives the impression… Read More »CHOMOLHARI FIRST ASCENT HISTORY REVISITED
Andy Kirkpatrick and Ian Parnell get stormed off Patagonia’s Cerro Standhardt. This clip from PSYCHE is available only on Alpinist TV.
So, Mayor Kiss, of Burlington, Vermont, USA, decides that the 86 percent of tax payers that voted to change the empty, decommissioned power plant into… Read More »SCOTS BRING INDOOR ICE CLIMBING TO VERMONT
In the October 1 NewsWire there was some discussion about Mt. Mahindra. Number three above is the ascent line that was made by Kopold and… Read More »An Answer Regarding Mt. Mahindra
Here is the other side of Iapetus, one of Saturn’s moons. If you go to saturn.jpl.nasa.gov and ciclops.org, you can check out hi-res images (so… Read More »New Iapetus Photos
