Alpinist Magazine Issue 78 - Summer 2022 BOLD_HIDDEN_PRODUCT

Alpinist Magazine Issue 78 - Summer 2022 BOLD_HIDDEN_PRODUCTCover: 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.

And David Roberts revisits moments of doubt

The 80-mile Bugs to Rogers Pass Traverse in 44 hours

Freddie Wilkinson and Renan Ozturk traversed the five- mile skyline of the Mooses Tooth massif in the Ruth Gorge of Alaska

Pamela Shanti Pack and others on closing the gender gap in the upper limits of hard trad climbing

after racing road bikes for the U

Mount Smuts (9

Climbing Life Helen Mort extols a woman climber's best (imaginary) friend

Cover: Shelma Jun

columnist Whitney James wants a bike that reflects her personality

This limited-edition t-shirt features the artwork of Leighan Falley from her issue 60 story "Taking Flight"

Kiss or Kill and Extreme Alpinism

Wild Duck Review