Alpinist Magazine Issue 65 – Spring 2019 <\/p>\n
Alpinist | Spring 2019 | An Obsessive Undertaking Features Crag Profile: The
\nBlack Canyon In 1965 the geologist Wallace R. Hansen observed, «Many great
\nwestern canyons are as well remembered for their brightly colored walls as for
\ntheir airy depths. Not so the Black Canyon\u2026. The dark-gray tones of its…<\/p>\n
Crag Profile: The Black Canyon
\nIn 1965 the geologist Wallace R. Hansen observed, «Many great western canyons
\nare as well remembered for their brightly colored walls as for their airy
\ndepths. Not so the Black Canyon\u2026. The dark-gray tones of its walls and the
\nhazy shadows of its gloomy depths join together to make its name well
\ndeserved. Its name conveys an impression, not a picture.» Spanning nearly
\nfifty miles in western Colorado and plunging over 2,000 feet deep, the Black
\nCanyon of the Gunnison has allured and repulsed climbers for more than eighty
\nyears with harrowing tales of gothic spires, tumbling blocks and poison ivy.
\nHerein, Vic Zeilman recounts decades of adventures, from Ute people and early
\nEuropean American explorers who descended into the deep chasm to modern
\nclimbers who ventured up its steepest, biggest walls. Jamie Logan, Ed Webster
\nand Amanda Tarr Forrest share some of their encounters with the storied
\ncliffs, which even today, maintain a sense of mystery.<\/p>\n
Rocks, Clouds, Ice and Water
\nFor decades, Indian photojournalist Sujoy Das wandered the Himalaya taking
\npictures of the highest peaks\u2014until he realized how much he missed by not
\nlooking more closely at the paths beneath his feet.<\/p>\n
Over the Edge and Off the Map
\nAbout 110 miles from the Scottish coast, the archipelago of St Kilda was once
\nhome to a centuries‘ old culture whose members scaled steep cliffs to hunt
\nseabirds to support their community. To tourists, the islands seemed to form a
\nsurreal utopia, an «Ultima Thule,» where they might live out fantasies of
\nlost paradises. By 1930, however, the original inhabitants, no longer able to
\nmaintain their traditional way of life, felt compelled to leave. In 2017
\nScottish climber Natalie Berry traveled with Dave
\nMacLeod and Chris Prescott to explore possible new routes and examine some of
\nthe consequences of the desire for terra incognita.<\/p>\n
Departments<\/p>\n
Sharp End
\nOur editor-in-chief revisits a few of the many\u2014but often-forgotten\u2014climbing
\nnovels and short stories by nineteenth to twenty-first century women.<\/p>\n
On Belay
\nIn May 2018, Matt Spohn sets out to make a ground-up free ascent of El Corazon
\non Yosemite’s El Capitan, with the legendary Josh Wharton. Along the way,
\nSpohn attempts to come to terms with the inescapability of uncertainty\u2014on the
\nwall, in his own life and in the future of this earth.<\/p>\n
Climbing Life
\nCameron M. Burns learns to belay from an eccentric mentor. Sarah Audsley seeks
\nthe true meaning of wild. Angela McPherson trains to climb for an unusual
\nreason. Robbi Mecus realizes her unique perspective. And Ian Wyatt weathers a
\nstorm with a cast of characters.<\/p>\n
Full Value
\n«While some choose the pursuit of rock climbing,» Sasha Turrentine recounts,
\n«I’d inherited the pastime from my dad.» When she finds herself stuck with
\nhim in an unplanned bivy near the summit of Lone Pine Peak, she contemplates
\nthe ways that heritage could either save or destroy her.<\/p>\n
Wired
\nStruggling with cancer, David Roberts visits the menhirs of France to try to
\nunderstand why climbers\u2014and people in general\u2014are drawn to stone as they
\nsearch to connect with «something, perhaps, that outlasted human hopes and
\nfears.»<\/p>\n
Local Hero
\nOur digital editor, Derek Franz, presents Anna Piunova, editor-in-chief of
\nMountain.ru.<\/p>\n
Off Belay
\nJoe Whittle meets with Nez Perce elder Allen Pinkham to learn more of the
\nstories that archive thousands of years of human relationships with the
\nmountains of the Nimi’ipuu homeland. <\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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