![Stories of Ice: Adventure, Commerce and Creativity on Canada's Glaciers by Lynn Martel. Rocky Mountain Books, 2020. 336 pages. Hardcover, $40 (CAN). [Image] Courtesy Rocky Mountain Books](https://alpinist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/book-stories-of-ice-1-930x620.jpg)
Sarah Boon reviews Lynn Martel’s latest book, “Stories of Ice: Adventure, Commerce and Creativity on Canada’s Glaciers,” which was published earlier this year. Boon describes… Read More »Glaciers Abound in Lynn Martel’s new book, “Stories of Ice”
![[Illustration] Andreas Schmidt](https://alpinist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/a72-full-value-1-930x620.jpg)
In 1990 alpinist Barry Blanchard found himself trapped in a blizzard high on Yexyexescen (Mt. Robson), the tallest peak in the Canadian Rockies–with eleven other… Read More »And Then We Were Twelve
![[Photo] Satellite image courtesy of NASA](https://alpinist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/a72-tool-users-weather-forecasts-1-930x620.jpg)
In this Tool Users story from Alpinist 72–which is now available on newsstands and in our online store–Brandon Blackburn investigates one of the most paradigm-shifting… Read More »Tool Users: Modern Weather Forecasts
![George Lowe, during the 1977 first ascent of the Lowe-Kennedy Route on the north face of Mt. Hunter (Begguya, 14,573'), Alaska Range. On an earlier attempt, Jeff Lowe fell near the sun-shadow line. [Photo] Michael Kennedy](https://alpinist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/a72-on-belay-falling-into-place-1-930x620.jpg)
In this On Belay story from Alpinist 72–which is now on newsstands and in our online store–a young Michael Kennedy sets out in 1977 with… Read More »Falling into Place
![The Pearly Gates on Mt. Hood. [Photo] Maurico Portillo collection](https://alpinist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/a72-meditations-of-a-dreamer-1-930x620.jpg)
We’re sharing this story early from the upcoming issue of Alpinist 72 because it pertains to policies that may change depending on the outcome of… Read More »Meditations of a Dreamer
![Pictured here at sunset, Dook'o'oosliid, or Humphreys Peak (12,633'), is the highest point in Arizona. Dook'o'oosliid was once part of a much larger stratovolcano that erupted hundreds of thousands of years ago. [Photo] Chuck Lawsen](https://alpinist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/a71-wired-1-930x620.jpg)
In this Wired story from Alpinist 71–which is now available on some newsstands and in our online store–Dine climber Len Necefer journeys to the sacred… Read More »Water is Life
![Evangelista Torricelli experimenting in the Alps with a barometer, 1643. [Illustration] Ernest Board, Wikimedia](https://alpinist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/a71-tool-users-barometer-1-930x620.jpg)
What’s a glass instrument measuring four feet long and filled with mercury doing in your rucksack? In this Tool Users story from Alpinist 71, Caroline… Read More »Tool Users: Barometer
![Khamsang Wangdi Sherpa pictured (center of top photo) with two Ladakhi Instructors. [Bottom] Front row, left to right: Pasang Temba, Srikar Amladi, Khamsang Wangdi Sherpa. Back row: unknown. [Photo] Srikar Amladi collection; courtesy The Sherpa Project (both)](https://alpinist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/a71-local-hero-1-930x620.jpg)
In this Local Hero story that first appeared in Alpinist 71, Deepa Balsavar and Nandini Purandare recount the life of Khamsang Wangdi Sherpa, who was… Read More »Local Hero: Khamsang Wangdi Sherpa
![Ed Roberson on Mt. Washington (Agiocochook), New Hampshire, date unknown. [Photo] Courtesy Frank Daugherty](https://alpinist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/ed-roberson-1-930x620.jpg)
In this feature from Alpinist 71, Sarah Audsley interviews poet Ed Roberson. Born in 1939 in Pittsburgh, Roberson nurtured a burgeoning curiosity for the world… Read More »Beyond the Field Notes: Ed Roberson on Climbing and Poetry
![Fanny Bullock Workman with her Votes for Women sign. [Photo] William Hunter Workman, Wikimedia Commons](https://alpinist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/sharp-end-1-764x620.jpg)
In this Sharp End story from Alpinist 71–which is now on some newsstands and in our online store–Deputy Editor Paula Wright observes, “Today the phrase… Read More »Of Monuments and Mountains
![A storm settles over the Cirque of the Towers, Wind River Range, Wyoming. [Photo] Derek Franz](https://alpinist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/a70-tcl-wringing-it-out-1-930x620.jpeg)
In this story from The Climbing Life section of Alpinist 70, Spencer Gray experiences an unusual turn of events when he gets caught in the… Read More »Wringing It Out
![A climber displays their worn tape gloves. [Photo] Andrew Burr](https://alpinist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/a70-tool-users-crack-gloves-1-930x620.jpg)
In this Tool Users story that first appeared in Alpinist 70–which is now available on some newsstands and in our online store–Mailee Hung considers the… Read More »Tool Users: Crack Climbing Gloves
