Alpinist Magazine Issue 26 - Spring 2009 Print or Digital?:Digital Issue (PDF) About 100 peak photos have

About 100 peak photos have detailed route overlays

Washington to transcontinental snow travels

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Alpinist Magazine Issue 26 - Spring 2009 Print or Digital?:Digital Issue (PDF) About 100 peak photos haveProfile Mt. Everest, Part I: The Early Years It is the icon of all mountains, but years of exploitation have impugned the honor of Everest. Ed Webster, with Katie Ives, writes an honest mountain of it, while Wade Davis, Mike Westmacott, Wang Fuzhou and Tom Hornbein weigh in on the early innocence of the Goddess Mother of Earth. Ed Webster and Katie Ives Sharp End Booty For alpinists, there's only one drink: scotch. The Editors Editor's Note The new