Alpinist 18

Issue 18:
– Mountain profile: Central Tower of Paine
– The Weight of thin Air
– A Short March to the Hindu Kusch
– Bird’s Eye View: Jim Bridwell
From Abbey Smith’s exploration of mentorship on 5.14 trad climbs to Ed
Darack’s expose of Afganistan’s forgotten war to Jim Bridwell’s life story as
a climber to Steve ‹Shipoopi› Schneider’s Mountain Profile on the Central
Tower of Paine, Issue 18 delivers all this and more.