I always kinda' dug The Alpinist..

Post by **the lurkist** » Sat Oct 18, 2008 8:43 am

Yeah, Alpinist's writing addressed adults.

Post by **pkananen** » Sat Oct 18, 2008 12:58 pm

Here's an interesting article that reveals some of the history.
http://outside.away.com/outside/feature ... ist_1.html

Post by **dmw** » Sat Oct 18, 2008 11:38 pm

I love that mag.... I know their warehouse with all their back issues burned down recently, so if you own any of the mags, keep them, they will be worth something. It sucks, bc they were just here for the Alpinist film fest and didn't let on at all. Very sad indeed.

Post by **sendit** » Tue Jan 06, 2009 4:30 pm

Tried to access some archives today and it looks like they took the site down....was hoping they would find a way to at least keep all the old resources online even if it wasn't updated.

Post by **kafish2** » Tue Jan 06, 2009 6:09 pm

this may prove promising for you alpinist fans out there.

http://www.allclimbing.com/archive/2008 ... gh-bidder/

Seems someone is trying to revive the magaizine, however i wonder if it will live up to what the magazine once was... we will see someday i hope

Post by **Saxman** » Tue Jan 06, 2009 6:51 pm

Wow, only 71k.

Post by **michaelarmand** » Wed Jan 07, 2009 2:41 am

$71k for the Alpinist...and I thought GM stock was cheap!

But I would be curious to see if they could ever make it profitible. I loved the pictures, but never bought one.

Most agree it was a unique, well developed magazine. In the end I just don't think it was relevant to the vast majority of "climbers". I've done lots of trad and ice cragging - and I couldn't relate to much in this magazine. Their focus is bold, hard, remote alpine ascents. Really cool stuff....but I don't see many of us paying $15 for it.

Post by **woodchuck008** » Wed Jan 07, 2009 4:17 am

the overhead with paper and color ink quality alone must have been staggering. agree it was priced waay out of the typical climbers cash flow, but it did have some really great writings in the past. If buyers keep it afloat, I would imagine we could expect to see some of the frills cut. I'd be happy to read great stories on cheaper paper and ink.

Post by **John E** » Sat Jan 10, 2009 2:54 am

Joseph Beth Booksellers in Lexington has two copies of the latest issue.

Post by **Jay** » Thu Jan 22, 2009 2:13 pm

It's baaaaaaack!!!

http://www.supertopo.com/climbing/threa ... _id=767837