Alpinist Magazine Issue 88 | Winter 2024-25 hats

Alpinist Magazine Issue 88 | Winter 2024-25 hatsCover: Ed Boulton hunkers down in a storm while climbing Mt. Rainiers Willis Wall with Jim Wickwire, 1971. It was a harrowing experience. I never climbed with Ed again, but I remember what he did to get me off Mt. Rainier, Wickwire wrote in Addicted to Danger. Ed Boulton saved my life. Jim Wickwire Features Mountain Profile: Tahoma Mt. Rainier For thousands of years, Indigenous peoples have traveled to what has been known as Takhoma, Tahoma, tqub and

there are backcountry huts

observing how their bespoke process and experimentation are pursuing perfection

• Ultra-wicking acrylic base with superior softness and stretch to eliminate hot spots and blisters

got the job done

Patagonian mountaineers Walter Oszust and Estefanía Cherguini dreamed up the 570-kilometer-long Huella Andina

and future of the Stifel U

Lines That Lead Easily Much of climbing photography focuses on cutting-edge difficulty

a deep and stable snowpack and a great crew

On Belay Mick Fowler deflowers the UK's virgin summits

• Five panel

Tool User David Smart frames a narrative around handheld cameras

he realized something was still missing