Alpinist Magazine Issue 83 | Autumn 2023 Print or Digital?:Digital Issue (PDF)

Alpinist Magazine Issue 83 | Autumn 2023 Print or Digital?:Digital Issue (PDF)Cover: Rachel Hallnan climbs Pente (5. 11 ) on Reservoir Wall in Utahs Bears Ears National Monument. [Photo] Nathalie DuPr Features Revelation on Mt. Kenya Last January, Mark Jenkins found himself shivering through the night on a slender ledge high on Mt. Kenya with Justin Bowen during a first ascent on the mountains southwest face. In their push to summit and descend before snowfall engulfs them, Jenkins reflects on his fifty years of climbing

and every notable backcountry binding

And the November issue is here to profile those transitions

Early-season hazards

Last spring

a longtime mountain rescuer

and a lot more complete

especially in the remote mountains and resort towns that dot British Columbia's Powder Highway

hoping to find acceptance in the local climbing community—only to come to a different understanding of what true belonging might mean

locally maintained glades and touring zones have become united under one provincial umbrella—an organization focused on supporting outdoor recreation

Stephen Venables Features Content

Sharp End An Alpinist editor ponders her obsession with early season ice

Berthe sailed across the At- lantic to join Siebe Vanhee in a bid to free climb the Dawn Wall (VI 5