{"id":181206,"date":"2025-09-03T15:03:03","date_gmt":"2025-09-03T13:03:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pizbube.ch\/?post_type=product&p=181206"},"modified":"2025-09-03T15:19:03","modified_gmt":"2025-09-03T13:19:03","slug":"alpinist-magazine-issue-90-summer-2025","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/pizbube.ch\/en\/shop\/alpinist-magazine-issue-90-summer-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Alpinist Magazine Issue 90 | Summer 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"

Features<\/p>\n

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Silent Reflections<\/strong><\/dt>\n
Last June, Japanese climber Keita Kurakami died of a heart condition while hiking on Mt. Fuji. His death came just before he was due to join an expedition to Greenland\u2019s Mirror Wall. Pete Whittaker shares the story of seeing that trip through, and of the route the team named in honor of their late friend.<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n
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The Russians<\/strong><\/dt>\n
Russian journalist Anna Piunova grew up climbing in, as she puts it, \u201ca world that no longer exists.\u201d Through political and cultural changes, she saw a once robust system of government support for alpinism fade away. Herein, Piunova reflects on Russia\u2019s complicated climbing history and the losses that accompany it.<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n
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Lessons from the Photographs I Never Shared<\/strong><\/dt>\n
Jayce Kolinski arrived in Bishop, California, uncertain about the future. They soon met Dustin Sutton, a climber who was battling brain cancer, and who changed the National Geographic photog\u2019s perspective on the big picture. Kolinksi writes: \u201cWe had come … to search the boulderfields for what we had lost … and found each other.\u201d<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n
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Am I the Asshole?<\/strong><\/dt>\n
Confronting the realities of climate change, Christian Kiefer grapples with the age-old question: Am I the asshole? That is, is his lifestyle as a climber making climate change worse? To find his answer, Kiefer wades through the complexities of emissions calculators and carbon footprints to understand his own personal responsibility.<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n

Departments<\/p>\n

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Sharp End<\/strong><\/dt>\n
Derek Franz finds adventure close to his home in Colorado.<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n
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Escape Route<\/strong><\/dt>\n
Paula LaRochelle, Katie Ives and Derek Franz share reading recommendations. Abbey Collins interviews Julia Cassou. And Carolyn Tillie looks into the eccentric expeditions of Aleister Crowley.<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n
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On Belay<\/strong><\/dt>\n
Fay Manners ventures across fast rivers, through dense forests and up dirty granite to get closer to the unknown.<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n
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Tool Users<\/strong><\/dt>\n
Matt Samet considers the futuristic influence of light-up training boards.<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n
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The Climbing Life<\/strong><\/dt>\n
Lauren DeLaunay Miller makes the case for truth. Laura Case Larson reflects on her path to copy editing. Rosie Bates shares a poem. And Chris Deuto rope solos the Diamond in winter.<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n
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Wired<\/strong><\/dt>\n
Sara Frenning analyzes the impacts of Western worldviews and the commercial tourism industry on Nepal.<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n
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Local Hero<\/strong><\/dt>\n
Eliza Nelson recognizes the strength and character of Venezuelan climbing guide Jaseh Munelo.<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n
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Off Belay<\/strong><\/dt>\n
Holly Yu Tung Chen draws inspiration from a painting in Taiwan\u2019s National Palace Museum.<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n

Cover:<\/strong> Se\u00e1n Villanueva O\u2019Driscoll confronts the \u201cimpassable\u201d corner that had ended his previous Mirror Wall expedition in 2023. Last summer, he proved the dihedral was, in fact, passable. Julia Cassou<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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