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Alpinist Magazine Issue 57 - Spring 2017 drinkware And that’s why we’ve devotedFeatures Mountain Profile: Jannu, the Sleeping Warrior In Alpinist 24, the great Russian alpinist Valery Babanov declared, "Any ascent of Jannu is a leap into the unknown, and the unpredictability of the result grows geometrically with the increasing difficulty of the line. Any path to Jannu would require the surpassing of ourselves." On the Nepali side of the Kangchenjunga Himal, near the border with India, this 7710 meter summit remains one of the