Alpinist Magazine Issue 61 – Spring 2018<\/p>\n
The Beckey Effect
\nWhen he died last October, Fred Beckey, often referred to as the
\n«indomitable,» left behind an unprecedented legacy of first ascents across
\nNorth America, as well as a legend shaped by decades of lore from all who
\nencountered him in the mountains. In this article, Brad Rassler unravels the
\nmyth of the «original dirtbag,» while Megan E. Bond, Alex Bertulis, Cameron
\nM. Burns and Douglas McCarty share encounters with one of the most prolific
\nand complicated alpinists of our time.<\/p>\n
Pressure Lift
\nForty years after Bob Plumb and Dave Stutzman’s first ascent of the North
\nPillar on Devils Thumb (Taalkhunaxhk’u Shaa), Cole Taylor sails to the Stikine
\nIcecap of Alaska, alone, to complete an unsupported solo second ascent of the
\nroute.<\/p>\n
Dreaming of Afghan Mountains
\nIn the 1960s and 70s, Afghanistan hosted some of the world’s most accomplished
\nalpinists. Then, with the Soviet invasion and the Afghan Civil War,
\nmountaineering disappeared from the country for more than two decades. Now,
\namid the ongoing fighting between the US, the Taliban and other forces, Eileen
\nGuo recounts efforts of local and international alpinists to restore a
\nmountain tourism economy.<\/p>\n
Glimmers in the Dark
\nIn early October 2017, Inge Perkins and her boyfriend Hayden Kennedy were
\ncaught in an avalanche that she did not survive. Kennedy later died by
\nsuicide. In the aftermath, Derek Franz remembers his friendship with Kennedy,
\na two-time Piolet d’Or winner who shunned publicity and who had long seemed to
\nbe seeking a deeper connection with the world.<\/p>\n
Departments<\/p>\n
Sharp End
\nIn 1872 American climber Clarence King revealed a strange and audacious hoax;
\nmore than 145 years later, the myth of the mountain of diamonds still haunts
\nthe Western landscape.<\/p>\n
Letters
\nOne reader considers the age-old question: if an alpinist solos in the
\nCascades and there is no one to Instagram it, does it matter? Another shares
\nthe stoke with an Alpinist Cover Guy.<\/p>\n
On Belay
\nOn a trip to the rarely visited Leaning Towers in British Columbia’s Purcell
\nWilderness, Jenny Abegg considers the limits of what it means to leave no
\ntrace. Meanwhile, Paula Wright finds Horn’s mother<\/p>\n
Climbing Life
\nEmily Stifler Wolfe climbs a «different kind of big wall» under the light of
\nthe moon. Kathy Karlo considers the value of sentimentality in climbing. Tashi
\nSherpa stands atop Denali twice in three days\u2014and explains why. And Laura
\nWaterman becomes a mountain steward.<\/p>\n
Wired
\n«Mountaineering history might be dominated by the winners,» German scholar
\nCaroline Schaumann writes. «But mountaineering literature is frequently
\nwritten by those who have to come to terms with failure.» In this essay,
\nSchaumann suggests that the literary theme of the «art of failure» was
\nperfected by the Prussian naturalist and adventurer Alexander von Humboldt,
\nwhose philosophic writings and attempt on Chimborazo propelled him to fame in
\nthe early nineteenth century.<\/p>\n
Full Value
\nAfter the death of Ueli Steck, Stephan Siegrist recalls the friendship that
\ngrew between them on the terrifying North Face of the Eiger, the mountain that
\nthe late Swiss alpinist called «home.»<\/p>\n
Local Hero
\nKapil Bisht profiles Lopsang Tshering Sherpa, whose impressive feats as a
\nhigh-altitude expedition staff member and later sirdar on expeditions to
\nKumbhakarna (Jannu) and Annapurna have long been overlooked.<\/p>\n
Off Belay
\nJerry Auld describes a close encounter in the Seward Glacier.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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