Alpinist Magazine Alpinist 70 | Summer 2020 Back Issue

Inside Alpinist 70 features an article by Bernadette McDonald on the history of winter climbing on Nanga Parbat. At 8125 meters, the mountain has seen more winter attempts to date than any other 8000-meter peak. Before climbers made the first winter ascent in 2016, Polish alpinist Krzysztof Wielicki had described the feat as “pure science fiction.” Meanwhile, Elisabeth Revol shares visions of her days on the “mountain of paradox.” Elsewhere in the magazine, Craig DeMartino reflects on the physical and emotional process of rebuilding himself after a hundred-foot ground fall. You’ll also hear from Jeff Smoot, who recounts visions from a haunting trip to Monte Cristo Peak nearly twenty years ago. And photographer John Scurlock shares a perspective he’s come to call “the Monochromatic Mountain.” And much, much more....