Alpinist 21, Autumn 2007

Language: English
Country: USA
Published 4 times per year
Web site: www.alpinist.com

FACES
In which we celebrate Giulio Malfer.

Crag Profile: Cannon Cliff
Since the turn of the twentieth century, the climbers of New Hampshire's Cannon Cliff have enjoyed tumultuous weather, constant rockfall, thin ice and local rivalries. Freddie Wilkinson tells it to us straight, while Herb and Jan Conn, Theodore "Sam" Streibert, Andy Tuthill, Mark Richey and Tim Kemple describe their escapades on New England's greatest alpine crag.
By Freddie Wilkinson

FEATURES

Based on a True Story
The past few Piolet d'Or award ceremonies have elicited increasing controversy; in 2007, even its winner denounced the prize. Why? Simple: the Slovenian alpinist had already found his gold.
By Marko Prezelj

Behind the Veil
The North Cascades in winter were a largely unexplored world--until a photographer in a homemade airplane set out to document them for the climbing community.
By John Scurlock

My Zion
Everyone gets a little nervous climbing. But what if you had an existential crisis ever time you got to a crux? When his Zion free-climbing revolution began to falter, Mike Anderson started to search for the deeper motives behind his ascents.
By Mike Anderson

The Space Between
Partway through his first road trip, one climber stumbled upon a subculture within his own: slacklining. As he became more immersed in the practice, he began to discover that the space between the vertical was equally compelling.
By Dean S. Potter

Two Frosts
When a young woman vanishes off the top of Cannon Mountain in broad daylight, it's up to the post-office clerk to decipher the mystery.
By Gallaudet Howard

LOCAL HEROES
Some of the heroes in our communities never make it into the headlines. The late Doug Coombs paid tribute to one such inspiration: Hans Johnstone.
By Doug Coombs

ESCAPE ROUTE
What could be better at the end of a long ice couloir than to pop off your crampons and just keep climbing? Welcome to the Enclosure/Northwest Ridge, the best moderate mixed route in the Tetons.
By Christian Beckwith

FIRST ASCENT
Take an intellectual, free-spirited Brooklyn girl, add a Bolivian Jesuit climbing boyfriend, throw in a crowd of painter's-pants-wearing purists, and stand back to watch the explosion: Epinephrine.
By Joanne Urioste

FULL VALUE 
For three young alpinists, completing their first new route up an Arctic big wall felt like the most important moment in their climbing lives. Yet by the end, the two survivors would find their innocence lost forever.
By Pete Dronkers

OFF BELAY
Where's Warren? Probably climbing.
By Jeremy Collins