Alpinist 24

Mountain Profile: Denali

The High One has been luring climbers skyward for more than 100 years. Steve
House explores the attraction, while Barbara Washburn, Riccardo Cassin, Art
Davidson, Doug Scott, Phil Powers and Maxime Turgeon relate their adventures
on the top of North America. Steve House and Katie Ives

Buildering
The formations may be man-made, but the experience remains elemental. A
photographic essay explores this age-old offshoot of modern climbing. Andrew
Burr

The Grand Plan
Think America’s deepest hole is just for floating? Think again. A team of
climbers plunges in?and reimagines the future of climbing. Tommy Caldwell

Stolby
For most climbers, soloing is out-there enough. But an entire Siberian
community of city folk who have soloed en masse every weekend for the last 150
years – That’s off the charts. Jonathan Thesenga

The Upturned World
One of the most transcendent mountains in the world offers a portal to another
way of being. But once you’re in there, how do you get out – Valeriy Babanov