\nAlpinist Magazine Issue 70 – Summer 2020<\/p>\n
Features <\/p>\n
The Magnificent Obsession
\nAt 8125 meters, Nanga Parbat has seen more winter attempts to date than any
\nother 8000-meter peak. Before climbers made the first winter ascent in 2016,
\nPolish alpinist Krzysztof Wielicki had described the feat as «pure science
\nfiction.» Bernadette McDonald recounts stories from the history of winter
\nclimbing on the notorious peak. Meanwhile, Elisabeth Revol shares visions of
\nher days on the «mountain of paradox.» <\/p>\n
Rebuilt
\nIn 2002 Craig DeMartino survived a hundred-foot ground fall. After doctors
\nfused vertebrae in his back and neck, he decided to have his right leg
\namputated below the knee. He now mentors others who have suffered life-
\naltering injuries, all while making the most of life with his wife and kids. <\/p>\n
Encounter with the Alien
\nIn August 2000, Jeff Smoot was climbing near Monte Cristo peak when a stranger
\nwith wild red hair passed by him alone. Later, as reports of a missing hiker
\nemerged on the news, Smoot realized that he might’ve been the last person to
\nsee him alive. Amid strange reports of alien conspiracies and clandestine
\nresearch, Smoot searches for the true story of Mike Wessels and what might’ve
\ncompelled him to climb alone that day. <\/p>\n
The Monochromatic Mountain
\nAs he flies above the peaks, photographer John Scurlock searches for a glimpse
\nof the view that he’d always sought as a climber. Herein, Scurlock describes
\nthe journey toward the perspective that he’s come to call «the Monochromatic
\nMountain.» <\/p>\n
Departments <\/p>\n
Sharp End
\nRoaming in place. <\/p>\n
Letters
\nOur readers write in about the importance of mentors; the life and death of
\nMont Blanc; and the perils of social media. <\/p>\n
On Belay
\nTucked away in northern New Hampshire, the Presidential Range spans about
\ntwenty miles in the White Mountains. After years of seeking faraway alpine
\nobjectives, New Englander Michael Wejchert searches out a new route, and a
\nrenewed sense of adventure, in the wildness next door. Meanwhile, Masami Onda
\nreveals the origins of Japan’s «Ben Nevis.» <\/p>\n
Tool User
\nAs climbers continue to argue over the efficacy (or necessity) of tape,
\nreusable crack gloves occupy an even more fraught space on the rack. Mailee
\nHung considers the history, and the perceived absurdity, of crack climbing
\ngloves. <\/p>\n
The Climbing Life
\nSpencer Gray suspects a mishap. Drew Thayer rides the waves. Claire Carter
\nconjures a mountain. Kate Harris remembers the many lives of Wayne Merry. And
\nafter the loss of many friends and community members, Derek Franz asks: How do
\nwe «climb on»? <\/p>\n
Full Value
\nA descendant of coal miners in the Ohio River Valley, Andy Munas reflects on
\nthe harms that the mining industry has wrought\u2014and the freedoms that climbing
\nappears to promise. <\/p>\n
Wired
\nAfter viewing depictions of the Kashmir Valley in 1960s Bollywood films that
\nconstructed the valley as a romantic playground, Maya Prabhu wonders: What do
\nwe allow when we evacuate a landscape of its people? <\/p>\n
Local Hero
\nIn 2014 Nandini Purandare assumed the position of editor of the Himalayan
\nJournal. Herein, Paula Wright recounts Purandare’s path to the journal and her
\nvisionary aims for mountaineering literature. <\/p>\n
Off Belay
\nJeremy Collins draws. <\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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