Alpinist Magazine Issue 40 - Autumn 2012 Accessories STRAIGHT LINES: RECLAIMING LOST GROUND

STRAIGHT LINES: RECLAIMING LOST GROUND

A note from the editor in chief

The Time Machine

Are lady's skis a myth or a must-have

a few climbers—like Mugs Stump and Erhard Loretan—have ventured up big routes in this unearthly landscape

Alpinist Magazine Issue 40 - Autumn 2012 Accessories STRAIGHT LINES: RECLAIMING LOST GROUNDFeatures Mountain Profile: The Eiger, Part I (18581938) Rising directly above Swiss Alpine meadows, the Eiger once represented a wild realm of "ultimate adventure" to the world's great climbers. But the proximity of the peak to civilization also magnified the ideological conflicts surrounding each ascent. Martin Gutmann puts the mountain's history back in context, while Charles Barrington, Saburo Matsukata and Stephan Siegrist add their own