Alpinist Magazine Issue 60 – Winter 2018 <\/p>\n
Mountain Profile: La Meije Part II (1877\u20132017)
\nOnce French climbers reached the summit of the previously unclimbed Grand Pic
\nde la Meije in 1877, the mountain emerged as a national emblem. Yet la Meije
\nalso retained an elusive and wild identity of its own, an aura of mystery that
\ncontrasted with more developed regions of the Alps. Erin Smart chronicles the
\nhistory of the mountain that managed\u2014as the novelist \u00c9douard Estauni\u00e9 once
\nwrote\u2014to «live a life apart,» while Paula Wright, Claude Gardien, Bruno
\nGardent and Pascal Tournaire share stories from its quiet slopes.<\/p>\n
Taking Flight
\nWhen Denali guide and artist Leighan Falley gets her commercial pilot’s
\nlicense, her drawings from expedition notebooks expand into paintings of vast
\nmountain landscapes as seen from high above.<\/p>\n
The Force of the Soul: Hugues Beauzile
\nIn the winter of 1993, media helicopters flew over the iconic Walker Spur of
\nthe Grandes Jorasses in anticipation of Catherine Destivelle’s winter ascent,
\nwhen another solitary figure emerged from the wall: Hugues Beauzile, a
\nHaitian-French climber who had only recently put on crampons for the first
\ntime. Herein, James Edward Mills recalls the remarkable life and untimely
\ndeath of an alpine prodigy.<\/p>\n
Into the Blue
\nA grainy photograph of a half-hidden big wall leads J\u00e9r\u00f4me Sullivan on a
\nremote journey into Greenland. Sullivan and his partners eschew a helicopter
\nflight to Apostelens Tommelfinger in favor of a «fair-means» approach: a
\n170-kilometer paddle through the icy waters of the North Atlantic and
\nIkerasassuaq (Prince Christian Sound).<\/p>\n
Departments<\/p>\n
Sharp End
\nAn atlas of vanishing landscapes.<\/p>\n
Letters
\nA reader cherishes two minutes of eternity.<\/p>\n
On Belay
\nIn 2015 Jeff Snyder journeys into the Grand Canyon with local climber Zach
\nHarrison and photographer Blake McCord to pursue the elusive first free ascent
\nof Zoroaster Temple’s Southeast Face. As they descend through layers of
\ngeology and history, they realize that the greatest adventure might not be the
\nclimb, but the approach. Meanwhile, in Yosemite, Shawnt\u00e9 Salabert recalls an
\nunusual heroine.<\/p>\n
Tool Users
\nNick Aiello-Popeo uncovers decades of climbing lore\u2014and surprising
\ndebates\u2014circling a little loop of nylon.<\/p>\n
Climbing Life
\nAlexa Flower discovers her yield point. Tami Knight introduces the
\n#nextgen#GMO-oh climbers. Annie Osburn scrapes the abyss. Alex McKiernan finds
\nhis way back to the sharp end. And after years of climbing at Indian Creek,
\nMcKenzie Long returns to listen to some of the many voices of the Bears Ears
\nNational Monument debate.<\/p>\n
Wired
\nSince the founding of the Club Alpin Fran\u00e7ais in 1874, alpinists scampered
\nabout the sandstone boulders in the forest of Fontainebleau as practice for
\nroutes in the high mountains. Nearly a century and half later, David Roberts
\ntraverses the forest to discover some of the deeper curiosities that poets and
\nclimbers, artists and wanderers alike sought in its depths.<\/p>\n
Full Value
\nAs unexpected snow piled deep drifts around a mountain hut, David Stevenson
\nencounters a startling omen: a raven at the door.<\/p>\n
Off Belay
\nIn memory of Hayden Kennedy and Inge Perkins.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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