Backcountry Magazine October 2013 - The New Ski Bum Alpinist 54

Backcountry Magazine October 2013 - The New Ski Bum Alpinist 54FEATURES How Backcountry Changed the Ski Bum Forever If you put any stock in popular media, the ski bum has been dying for just as long as he's been alive. In fact, ski film legend Dick Barrymore proclaimed The Last of the Ski Bums way back in 1967, meaning we're in the middle of the longest death throe on record. But ski bums aren't a dying breed. Not even close. To make the case, Dick Dorworth, Peter Kray and Drew Pogge investigate the evolution of

Mountain Profile: Logan Massif When the great Canadian alpinist Hans Gmoser first saw the Logan massif from a distance

Leif Whittaker and a close friend with an incurable illness discover life lessons in the cold smoke

Nanda Devi East and Nanda Kot

First Ascent Not every eighties climber wore Lycra as just a fashion statement

Meera Baindur

Clear Protective Skin for rugged durability

Martin Gutmann puts the mountain's history back in context

Wired In the late 1860s

often accompanied by local Lepcha residents

The Climbing Life David Stevenson climbs after the volcano poets

Rachel Fixsen hears snakes in the wall

Jim and John Morrison have together experienced accident