Alpinist Magazine Issue 53 - Spring 2016 BCMFEATURED featuring a hand sketched carabiner

featuring a hand sketched carabiner on one side and Alpinist logo on the other

But photography is different

We take our boards around the world and the artists—and their art—come with us

that such a complex history was so well preserved

So what happens when your bc partner is family

Alpinist Magazine Issue 53 - Spring 2016 BCMFEATURED featuring a hand sketched carabinerOn the 100th anniversary of Americas National Park Service, Alpinist 53 features a Mountain Profile on Zion National Park, tracing the human history of its great sandstone walls, from tales of indigenous cliff dwellers to modern climbersincluding essays and photos that span decades of exploration. Author Ethan Newman speaks with many of the local protagonists and asks: How will the forces of erosion, human impact and climate change shape the landscape