Alpinist Magazine Issue 78 - Summer 2022 Print or Digital?:Print Issue

Alpinist Magazine Issue 78 - Summer 2022 Print or Digital?:Print IssueCover: Nikita Balabanov, during the first ascent of the Southeast Ridge of Annapurna III (7555m), at 6500 metersthe high point of all previous attempts. In 2012 in Alpinist 39, Ed Douglas wrote of the then unfinished route: In Herman Melvilles novel Moby Dick, Captain Ahab heaped all the malevolence of the world and his own bitter nature on the white whale, yet you couldnt make that mistake with this mountain. Melvilles fish was blood and guts.

graphic design

including why to always bring matches when a ski tour involves rappelling

Tailwind: Band Hand

contributor Megan Michelson takes a look at two skiers who’ve spent a decade spreading the telemark and backcountry gospel—Noah and Jonah Howell

Photographer Emily Polar travels from the Cordillera Blanca to the Himalaya

then tossing some additional gear—boots

What waning winters mean for our kids

Doug Emory's characters try to reconcile themselves to this one

tidy Victorian gardens

Ken Wylie brings light and dark together in a unique backcountry education experience

responsibility and family

exploring the spaces between the contour lines of maps and creating long