ALPINIST 56

Alpinist Magazine Issue 56 – Winter 2016

Features:
Yosemite: A Layered Terrain
In mountaineering literature that focuses on the individual, it can be hard to
remember that landscape is not just a backdrop; stories occur where topography
and history meet. From famed ascents to razed forests and rockfall, we present
one valley ve ways. With texts from Peter Haan, Paula Wright, Peter Croft,
Libby Sauter and Chris Kalman, and images by Craig Muderlak, Alex Nabaum,
Jamie Givens and Jeremy Collins.

Untracked
In a debate with a fellow guide about the current state of mountaineering,
Cosmin Andron struggles to answer the question, What is climbing for? From the
Carpathian Mountains of Romania to the Western Garhwal of India, the Romanian
alpinist recalls false starts, unplanned walls—and the intense, indescribable
feeling that lures him on.

The Many Faces of One Face
On March 25, 1966, Dougal Haston, Sigi Hupfauer, Jörg Lehne, Günther Strobel
and Roland Votteler completed the rst ascent of the Eiger Direct on the Eiger
North Face. ough the British-American team’s trials were well documented, the
stories of the German climbers largely faded from the record. On the ftieth
anniversary of this controversial climb, German historian Jochen Hemmleb joins
British journalist Peter Gillman on a quest for a more «multifaceted,»
complex history.

Beginnings of Histories
On September 3, 2016, the search for missing climbers Kyle Dempster and Scott
Adamson on the Ogre II in Pakistan ended. In these pages, friends and climbing
partners alike share memories of two great alpinists and beloved men.