![[Illustration] Andreas Schmidt](https://dev.alpinist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/a64-full-value-1-930x620.jpg)
In this Full Value story from Alpinist 64, Quentin Lindfield Roberts confronts the long journey home and the occasionally even-greater dangers of daily life after his climbing partner nearly dies in an accident on Cerro Torre.
![Todd Preston leads Alpha (WI5) with the Black Diamond Reactor ice tools in Hyalite Canyon, Montana. [Photo] Jim Menkol](https://dev.alpinist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/black-diamond-reactor-1-2-930x620.jpg)
Todd Preston is a geologist for the US Geological Survey who has been ice climbing for 20 years. He tested the Black Diamond Reactor ice tools and concluded that the Reactors are ideal for steep ice and cragging, awarding them a solid four stars.
![Scott Coldiron climbs next to the route Raggedy Man. [Photo] Marlin Thorman](https://dev.alpinist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/a64-on-belay-1-930x620.jpg)
After recovering from a severe illness in the wake of the Gulf War, veteran Scott Coldiron returns to his long-abandoned climbing dreams–exploring new ice in remote parts of Montana’s Cabinet Mountains Wilderness. In this On Belay story from Alpinist 64, Coldiron traces the formative experiences of his hard-knock childhood, his discovery of what the mountains offered, and how he found his way back to the peaks that first stirred his imagination.
