Alpinist Magazine Issue 60 - Winter 2017 Gift Subscription

Alpinist Magazine Issue 60 - Winter 2017 Gift SubscriptionFeatures Mountain Profile: La Meije Part II (18772017) Once French climbers reached the summit of the previously unclimbed Grand Pic de la Meije in 1877, the mountain emerged as a national emblem. Yet la Meije also retained an elusive and wild identity of its own, an aura of mystery that contrasted with more developed regions of the Alps. Erin Smart chronicles the history of the mountain that managedas the novelist douard Estauni once wroteto "live a

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The Other Side

With the fate of their friends on their mind

the mountains endure

" and a history of varied dreams from the alpinists who have attempted—and sometimes even summited—these walls

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