Backcountry Magazine February 2015 - The People Issue Back Issue Wired Austrian climber Hermann Buhl

Wired Austrian climber Hermann Buhl remains one of the most iconic figures in mountaineering literature

THE PLACES WE'VE BEEN

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Little did he know that the writings of this nineteenth-century Danish existentialist would become his guide as he struggles to understand the dilemmas of the modern climbing world and the darkness in his imagination

Blake Herrington extols the oft-forgotten

Backcountry Magazine February 2015 - The People Issue Back Issue Wired Austrian climber Hermann BuhlFrom remote mountains to on piste, uphill routes, the backcountry movement is full of characters. So for our February issue, were celebrating those who get out there and advocate, inspire and spice up the skintrack. Starting the issue off, contributor Drew Pogge battles snow and the unknown to ski the unforgiving chutes in Montanas seldom traveled Beartooth Mountains. Meanwhile, Vermonts Sugarbush Resort focuses on the newest generation of skimo