Alpinist Magazine Issue 26 - Spring 2009 Alpinist 59

Alpinist Magazine Issue 26 - Spring 2009 Alpinist 59Profile Mt. Everest, Part I: The Early Years It is the icon of all mountains, but years of exploitation have impugned the honor of Everest. Ed Webster, with Katie Ives, writes an honest mountain of it, while Wade Davis, Mike Westmacott, Wang Fuzhou and Tom Hornbein weigh in on the early innocence of the Goddess Mother of Earth. Ed Webster and Katie Ives Sharp End Booty For alpinists, there's only one drink: scotch. The Editors Editor's Note The new

DOUBLE POLING JUST GOT TOUGHER

the landscape morphs into a world where frosty bison stand among steaming geyser basins

They're skiers and snowboarders

THE HARBINGER

trusted avalanche safety skills and reliable

Leigh Ortenburger (1929-1991) lugged heavy camera equipment at high altitude to capture some of the most aesthetic (and dangerous) features in the mountain landscape

905') in the St

Derek Franz asks: How do we "climb on"

Tool User Ross Taylor

found out after a season spent prepping to climb and ski Denali ended in stay-at- home orders

Bears Ears National Monument

For anyone who sets foot on the mountain