Alpinist Magazine Issue 35 - Summer 2011 Print or Digital?:Digital Issue (PDF)

Alpinist Magazine Issue 35 - Summer 2011 Print or Digital?:Digital Issue (PDF)Features Out of Darkness In the spring of 2009, Jonny Copp, Micah Dash and Wade Johnson died below the 8,530 foot east face of Mt. Edgar (21,713') in the Minya Konka Range of Sichuan, China. A year and a half later, Kyle Dempster and Bruce Normand followed their path through mist and avalanches to finish a dangerous route they believe no one should climb again. Kyle Dempster Forest and Fog Today, Sonnie Trotter is known for hard trad ascents of routes

With the next two Olympics occurring in Asia

In between dodging rockfall and scrounging for funds

Hooker—and finds that the heritage of Himalayan exploration contains more than mere Romantic tales of climbing adventures

Booty For alpinists

But we've gone deeper with this year's Apparel Guide

on one of the world's most dangerous mountains

Everest) when an earthquake hit Nepal

Find both in the 2012 Photo Annual

Helen Rennie pushed through the extreme weather of the Scottish Highlands

shipping at the end of September

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Behind the blower and Editors' Choice storm cycles