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Posted February 24, 2017
Local guide Dawa Sherpa describes what it's like to live and work near the base of Jannu/Kumbhakarna—a mountain sacred to his culture.
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Posted February 23, 2017
Russian alpinist Sergey Kofanov recounts his 2007 encounter with the “cosmic cold” shoulder of Jannu, when he and Valery Babanov made the first ascent of the West Pillar in alpine style.
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Posted February 22, 2017
In an Alpinist exclusive poetry feature, award-winning outdoor writer Chip Brown imagines the landscape of the Yukon within the sounds of the city, and in an interview he reflects on the connection between climbing and poetry.
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Posted February 22, 2017
The great Japanese mountaineer Naoe Sakashita looks back on the first complete ascent of the north face of Jannu / Kumbhakarna to the summit of the 7710-meter Himalayan peak, and on his friendship with teammate Nobu-yuki Ogawa.
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Posted February 21, 2017
In 1975 New Zealand climber Graeme Dingle joined an expedition to the legendary Wall of Shadows on Jannu / Kumbhakarna, a 7710-meter peak in Nepal. High on the mountain, he looked up at an immense ice formation that seemed about to collapse. "You can't tell me those cliffs are safe," he said. "This is as far as I'm going."
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Posted February 20, 2017
Read all four essays by Graeme Dingle, Naoe Sakashita, Sergey Kofanov and Dawa Sherpa from our Mountain Profile of Jannu / Kumbhakarna in Alpinist 57—Spring 2017.
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Posted February 18, 2017
Ross Taylor grew up as a family friend of Roland Pauligk, the man who created the brass "RP" micronuts that revolutionized rock climbing in the 1970s and are still essential gear at many cliffs today. Taylor recounts an influential life well lived since Pauligk died of cancer January 22.
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Posted February 14, 2017
Now facing Stage IV throat cancer, David Roberts reflects on his climbing and writing careers in this interview with Michael Wejchert. Roberts is one of the most prolific American climbing authors and has a climbing resume to match his list of titles.
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Posted February 3, 2017
On the Nose chronicles Hans Florine's "lifelong obsession" with the most iconic route on El Capitan. Herein, we interview Florine and co-author Jayme Moye about their new book documenting Florine's pursuit of the Nose speed record.
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Posted January 30, 2017
In a letter to the editor, longtime Alpinist reader Tad Welch examines our looming environmental crisis from the perspective of a roped team braving the odds on the Eiger Nordwand. He writes, "As we enter what may be one of the darkest times of our country's history, I feel an obligation to subject my most basic values to the utmost scrutiny.... I must never put my rope mates in harm's way because I expect the mountain to become benign—when history proves otherwise—simply because I think it will. Off the hill, I am roped to more than a close friend or two. A rope of seemingly infinite length connects me to strangers of all ethnicities, languages, and beliefs—and to generations yet unborn."
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