![Cover design by Sarah Nicholson. [Photo] Jimena Peck](https://alpinist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/as-above-so-below-1-930x620.jpg)
About four years ago, Chris Kalman found himself struggling with heavy emotions while living with his girlfriend and her father who was dying of cancer.… Read More »“As Above, So Below” uses fiction to explore the realities of risk and relationships
![Ichimura and Yokoyama at the end of Day 6 on the upper pitches of the Slovak Direct. [Photo] Yusuke Sato](https://alpinist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/giri-giri-boys-8-930x620.jpg)
Ten years ago, in May 2008, an unassuming group of five Japanese climbers who jokingly dubbed themselves the Giri-Giri Boys caught the world’s attention for… Read More »The Giri-Giri Boys
![Morning view of Trisul (7120m), Nanda Devi (7816m) and Nanda Kot (6861m), from Kaser Devi in the Garhwal Himalaya of India. [Photo] Coni Horler](https://alpinist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/a63-sharp-end-1-930x422.jpg)
In this Sharp End essay from Alpinist 63, Editor-in-Chief Katie Ives contemplates the varying meanings of awe as she delves into mountain darkness and solitude… Read More »Silences at Dawn
“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/suman-interview-nanda-devi-2-930x620.jpg)
With Alpinist 63 and Part II of the Nanda Devi Mountain Profile now on newsstands, we bring you this interview with Suman Dubey, who became… Read More »An interview with Suman Dubey about his memories of the 1961 Indian expedition to Nanda Devi
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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… Read More »Out from the Shadows: Sexual Harassment and Assault in Climbing Communities
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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… Read More »Safety Means More than a Good Belay
![Tim Auger as a young man. [Photo] Gord Irwin](https://alpinist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/tim-auger-1-930x620.jpg)
Tim Auger died on August 9, 2018, in Banff, Alberta, at age 72. The following story is an excerpt from a feature by Brandon Pullan… Read More »Remembering Tim Auger
![The Hodgson survey map of 1823. Just northwest of the region labeled as Juwahir near the horizontal tear across the middle of the map, Peak XIV (Nanda Devi) appears marked as A No. 2, 25,580 ft. [Photo] Courtesy of the PAHAR Mountains of Central Asia Digital Dataset](https://alpinist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/a62-mp-essay-highest-mtn-1-930x620.jpg)
In this Mountain Profile essay from Alpinist 62, Stewart Weaver documents the early mapping of Nanda Devi and the initial belief that it was the… Read More »A2: The Highest Mountain in the World (1819)
![The Askari Aviation helicopter landing on Nanga Parbat. [Photo] Courtesy of Denis Urubko](https://alpinist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/pakistan-rescues-1-930x578.jpeg)
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… Read More »A retrospective on the second winter ascent of Nanga Parbat, the heroic rescue and the logistical and financial challenges of helicopter operations in Pakistan
Jan Redford’s new memoir, “End of the Rope: Mountains, Marriage, and Motherhood,” takes the reader on her journey of rebelling against her family and society’s… Read More »‘End of the Rope’: Courage and Humor on the Cliffs and on the Ground
![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://alpinist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/outdoor-industry-impacts-1-930x620.jpg)
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… Read More »Responsibility is a Gift: OR trade show provides a glimpse of outdoor industry’s impacts and influence
