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ecp88
Posts: 71 Joined: Fri Aug 25, 2006 3:33 am
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by ecp88 Tue Oct 21, 2008 1:38 pm
Another victim of the economy; Alpinist has closed its doors:
http://www.alpinist.com/
It was the best climbing magazine around.
krampus
Posts: 3933 Joined: Tue Dec 26, 2006 9:31 am
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by krampus Tue Oct 21, 2008 1:59 pm
definitely the most interesting news I heard.....last week.
How you compare may not be as important as to whom you are compared
bcombs
Posts: 2048 Joined: Sun Nov 02, 2003 4:20 pm
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by bcombs Tue Oct 21, 2008 2:18 pm
.... for me to poop on.
p0bray01
Posts: 482 Joined: Sat Oct 29, 2005 8:05 pm
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by p0bray01 Tue Oct 21, 2008 3:23 pm
holy shit. Well there price was steep. But I did love their mags.
"The Mountains are my church and climbing is how I worship" - Tommy Caldwell
pkananen
Posts: 368 Joined: Wed Jul 18, 2007 2:20 am
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by pkananen Tue Oct 21, 2008 4:50 pm
Not sure I'd say they were a victim of the economy...even though they mentioned that in the press release.
bcombs
Posts: 2048 Joined: Sun Nov 02, 2003 4:20 pm
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by bcombs Tue Oct 21, 2008 5:30 pm
IMO they were a victim of being a company that only put out a handful of issues a year to a market segment the size of a pinhead.
pkananen
Posts: 368 Joined: Wed Jul 18, 2007 2:20 am
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by pkananen Tue Oct 21, 2008 6:00 pm
bcombs wrote: IMO they were a victim of being a company that only put out a handful of issues a year to a market segment the size of a pinhead.
That's basically true. They had the founder of RedHat giving them money to stay alive for a few years because it was his pet project. My guess is that he was sick of doing it, especially during this financial mess, so the ride was over.
