Good Ol' Cold Splinters has a story in the new issue of Mountain Gazette called "The Lost Art of Hiking With Strangers." Go pick it up at your local magazine shop or get a subscription. Published in the same magazine that Ed Abbey contributed to? Not a bad Christmas present.MP3: Fred Neil - Little Bit Of Rain
CAMPMOR
Some of you may already be hip to this, but the New Jersey camping supplier Campmor (still) puts out a fully illustrated, black and white catalog printed on newsprint. This thing makes everything look like the stuff we wish we could still buy from the ads in the margins of a 30 year old Backpacker magazine.Request one.
Alpinist 32
ALPINIST, one of the best looking magazines around, has just released their 32nd issue for your reading and eye popping amazement. (The picture above is from the archives, not from 32.) Articles in the new issue include "Earth Stone and Sky" and "On The Trails Of Glaciers":
In 1909 the Duke of the Abruzzi attempted K2. Although he didn't get the summit, his expedition photographer, Vittorio Sella, captured some of the most beautiful mountain images in history. A century afterward, Fabiano Ventura traveled to the Karakoram to re-create these and other legendary shots. Along the way, he uncovered visual proof that the world's glaciers are shrinking.
If you've been on this blog more than once and you've never seen an ALPINIST, do yourself a favor and chalk up the 12.99 to buy one.
Summit Magazine
Thanks to Southland Topology for scanning the covers of his old Summit Magazines. They're beautiful. Have a look here.MP3: Vetiver -Through The Front Door