ALPINIST 48

features
44 Mountain Profile: The Palisades

Doug Robinson
76 Aberrations of Light

Andrew Burr
84 The Echo of the Wind

Tommy Caldwell
departments
11 The Sharp End: The Art of the Approach

In praise of cliffs where you can’t belay from your car. Katie Ives
15 Letters

A graduate student unpacks more of the myths of mountain tourism. A librarian
and a sailor share stories of meeting and missing the late, elusive Charlie
Porter. And a reader adds a footnote to a Mountain Profile.
17 On Belay

Suzanne Ybarra and Libby Sauter
26 Tool Users: The Jensen Pack

Brad Rassler
29 The Climbing Life

Nick Bullock writes the soundtrack of the mountains. Gwen Cameron celebrates
Jeff Lowe’s Zion years. John Hessler goes mountaineering with monks. And Luke
Mehall narrates the origin of Creeksgiving.
92 Local Hero

Hayden Kennedy
95 Full Value

Will Mayo
105 Off Belay

Matt Samet