![Jenny Abegg and Alix Morris look on as Forest Woodward gets enthusiastic about his morning coffee in basecamp. [Photo] Graham Zimmerman](https://dev.alpinist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/first-first-ascents-leaning-towers-1-930x620.jpg)
Diving into the Unknown
Four friends spend 10 days doing first ascents in the Purcell Wilderness, British Columbia, and for some it was their first time doing a first ascent.
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Talking Environmentalism at the Summer Outdoor Retailer 2016
At the 2016 Summer Outdoor Retailer trade show, Erin Monahan wonders how far leaders in the outdoor gear industry are really willing to take their commitment to the environment.
![Mount St. Helens [Photo] Lyn Topinka/Wikipedia Commons](https://dev.alpinist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/david-stevenson-tcl-18-1-930x620.jpg)
Lives of the Volcano Poets
The author climbs after the volcano poets. This piece originally appeared in Alpinist 40.
![[Photo] Alberto Cafferata/Wikipedia Commons](https://dev.alpinist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/david-stevenson-tcl-18-930x620.jpg)
After the Expedition
In this work of short fiction from Alpinist 18, Stevenson weaves a tale about a driftless climbing guide balancing his successes “against an unwritten page of his climbing resume, against the darkness.”
![Snowy Range Medicine Bow Mountains from Bellevue, Colorado. [Photo] Wikipedia Commons](https://dev.alpinist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/david-stevenson-tcl-20-930x620.jpg)
Axe of Contrition
Stevenson contemplates the axe of God in this Climbing Life story from Alpinist 20.
The Adventure Gap and Narratives of Inclusion: James Edward Mills talks about why the face of outdoor adventure must change
Brad Rassler interviews author James Edward Mills about current events and the disparity of opportunities for minorities to try outdoor activities like climbing.
![Columbia Icefield, Alberta. [Photo] Manasseh Franklin](https://dev.alpinist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/poetry-feature-experiencing-ice-1-930x620.jpg)
Poetry Feature: Experiencing Ice
In this poetry feature, writer and adventurer Manasseh Franklin shares work from Experiencing Ice, a series of images and poems about glaciers and “vastness to ponder.”
![Base camp on the frozen Nipissis River below the M51 cliff, in Nitassinan, the Innu name for this land that overlaps with northeastern Quebec. [Photo] Maarten van Haeren](https://dev.alpinist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/the-country-of-winter-1-930x620.jpg)
The Country of Winter: Nitassinan, Quebec
Pete Takeda ventures into some of the vast realms of ice, and the countries within countries of Nitassinan and northeastern Quebec.
Beyond the Guide: White Mountains, New Hampshire
For years, Alan Cattabriga has roamed the White Mountains of New Hampshire, exploring the spaces between the contour lines of maps and creating long, arabesque-like enchainments of classic ice routes. Herein, a tale from one of the East Coast’s most imaginative wanderers.
![Shelika (6045m), south face, northeast of Jindong. [Photo] Tom Nakamura](https://dev.alpinist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/hidden-mountains-of-tibet-1-930x620.jpg)
Nakamura unveils hidden mountains of southern Tibet
Eighty-two-year-old Japanese mountaineer Tamotsu “Tom” Nakamura has been exploring and documenting the seldom-visited regions of Tibet for the last 25 years. In this feature he shares photographs of southern Tibet’s “hidden” mountains.