Alpinist Magazine Issue 45 - Winter 2013-14 Gift

Alpinist Magazine Issue 45 - Winter 2013-14 GiftFeatures A Reasonable Risk? As Raphael Slawinski approached Pakistan's unclimbed K6 West (7040m), the aftermath of the terror attacks at Nanga Parbat's Diamir Base Camp, as well as the objective hazards of the mountain itself, forced him and his partner Ian Welsted to re examine their understanding of risk. Edges of Land and Light In recent years, Jon Griffith has made an alpine style ascent of the East Face of Piergiorgio and a solo linkup of the

This year the entire snowboard review is devoted to splits—19 in total—a testament to the sport's explosive growth

And there are big names

In a perfect world

brilliantly shot inverts over the old wood mines on Red Mountain Pass

The Mountain Bike Journal

Everest guide Phurba Namgyal Sherpa recalls the 2015 earthquake

Out of Character

right brain

It doesn't mean you have a death wish

Steep Price to Pay

Tim Leach and Steve Bell—trying to understand the 1981 Annapurna III attempt that caused these men to scale back their alpinism and to search for other meanings in their lives: What if the most important peaks are the ones we never climb

Finding meaning in tragedy