Alpinist Magazine Issue 80 - Winter 2022-23 apparel Ski Team's "COVID Bubble

Ski Team's "COVID Bubble

alpinist Erin Smart sits perched near the summit of the Doigt de Dieu on la Meije

Of Bikes and Beer: Fu Fighter

and Chris Van Leuven re-enacts a history of chossaineering

Alpinist Magazine Issue 80 - Winter 2022-23 apparel Ski Team's "COVID BubbleCover: Craig Pope leads on Winter Dance (WI6+ R M8), belayed by Matt Tuttle, in Hyalite Canyon, Montana. [Photo] Austin Schmitz Features Odyssey on Mt. Neacola In 1995, Kennan Harvey and Topher Donahue charged up the Medusa Face on Mt. Neacola (ca. 9,350') between Alaskan storms. "For 24 hours we sorted through some of the most difficult and diverse climbing either of us had ever done or ever will do," Donahue wrote in a 2014 blog post. "Tricky aid,