Alpinist Magazine Issue 44 - Autumn 2013 t-shirts

Alpinist Magazine Issue 44 - Autumn 2013 t-shirtsBeyond the crowds on Vinson's normal route, much of the Sentinel Range of Antarctica is a quiet fortress of precise geometry that remains scarcely visited. Yet despite the storms and bitter cold, a few climberslike Mugs Stump and Erhard Loretanhave ventured up big routes in this unearthly landscape, usually in alpine style, often unheralded and alone. After years of mapping the region, Damien Gildea pieces together the history in this issue Mountain

Letters In response to Eileen Guo's Alpinist 61 article—"Dreaming of Afghan Mountains"— a German reader shares the story of how his father helped build the first ski lift in Afghanistan

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Sharp End A mountain of data

” a photo essay spotlighting the trails

14 Splitboard Collection

scientists and inventors

A social media movement encourages people of color to mountain bike

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Teton Pass Backcountry Guide is the first and only guidebook for backcountry skiing on world-famous Teton Pass

Technology

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