Alpinist Magazine Issue 74 - Summer 2021 Backcountry Gear Guide

Alpinist Magazine Issue 74 - Summer 2021 Backcountry Gear GuideCover: Zoran Beslin at ca. 8200 meters on the Southwest Ridge of Makalu (8485m), Nepal Tibet, during the 1975 Yugoslavian expedition to the South Face. Seven climbers from the twenty one person team, including Nejc Zaplotnik, climbed to the summit. All returned, though some lost toes to frostbite. [Photo] Janez Dovzan Features Mountain Profile: Slesse Three kilometers north of the border between Washington and British Columbia, Slesse (Selisi) rises

“Turns out it was too cold for Barcelona

• Air-jet spun yarn with a soft feel and reduced pilling

After wrangling his roommates

with his powerful style

As Raphael Slawinski approached Pakistan's unclimbed K6 West (7040m)

Mountain Skills: Training Grounds

Inspiring stories range from the skier who has competed in the Birkie more times than anyone else to how residents of Homer

10 - Sharp End The worlds within our words

Wired "Mountaineering history might be dominated by the winners

Instinct & the Eventual Tragedy

Wants and Needs

The Climbing Life Sylvain Jouty ponders Life