Alpinist Magazine Issue 62 – Summer 2018

Inside Alpinist 62 are more than 114 pages of words and images that examine
both historical and modern mountaineering from a wide range of perspectives.
You’ll find the first part of a two-part series on the climbing history of
Nanda Devi, Nanda Devi East and Nanda Kot. Within this first part, American
alpinist and author Pete Takeda examines the complex interweaving of
international mountaineering, local traditions and global politics that helped
shape travel and exploration in the Garhwal Himalaya of India, from centuries’
old religious pilgrimages to climbs of the 1930s. (The years 1940 to 2018 will
be covered in the second part, appearing in Alpinist 63.) Paula Wright, Julia
Pulwicki and Stewart Weaver also provide accounts of a few early
mountaineering expeditions to the region.

In addition, you’ll get a chance to learn more about the prolific career of
Japanese alpinist Yasushi Yamanoi, known for alpine-style first ascents on
some of the world’s highest and most challenging peaks—as told by Indian
climber and liaison officer Sartaj Ghuman. Anindya Mukherjee, another
mountaineer from India, recounts some of his expeditions, often accompanied by
local Lepcha residents, around the East Ridge of Kangchenjunga. Meanwhile in
the US, Joe Whittle, an enrolled tribal member of the Caddo Nation and a
descendent of the Delaware Nation, recounts a trip with other Native Americans
to the Wal’wá·maXs (Wallowa Mountains of Oregon), as part of an exploration of
ancestral connections to mountain lands.

Among other articles: Lauren Smith writes of climbing and ornithology as means
to seek close experiences of nature; Amanda Padoan shares stories of the great
winter alpinist Muhammad Ali of Sadpara, Pakistan; Sara Aranda describes how
an experience of the eclipse in the Wind River Range influenced her
understanding of family, mortality and self—and much, much more….