Summitpost mention in Alpinist
Posted: Sat Apr 24, 2010 7:18 am
Has anybody else noticed it in Alpinist 30? Pretty cool, huh?
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Zzyzx wrote:Has anybody else noticed it in Alpinist 30? Pretty cool, huh?
peladoboton wrote:one day PnP will be mentioned if i have anything to say about it...
MScholes wrote:Summitpost gets mentioned on page 57 in a photo caption:
"Ménard, about to bail off the north face of Latok I. In part because of the focus on the North Ridge, and on Latok I, much of the other peaks' potential remains unknown. In July 2009, two Czechs, O. Mandula and J. Pliska, reported climbing 800 meters of new terrain (TD: WI5+) to the summit ridge of Latok IV (Summitpost.org). ...." Alpinist 30, p.57
The profile on Latok is certainly a good one imo, I enjoyed #30 quite a lot actually from cover to cover.
Zzyzx wrote:MScholes wrote:Summitpost gets mentioned on page 57 in a photo caption:
"Ménard, about to bail off the north face of Latok I. In part because of the focus on the North Ridge, and on Latok I, much of the other peaks' potential remains unknown. In July 2009, two Czechs, O. Mandula and J. Pliska, reported climbing 800 meters of new terrain (TD: WI5+) to the summit ridge of Latok IV (Summitpost.org). ...." Alpinist 30, p.57
The profile on Latok is certainly a good one imo, I enjoyed #30 quite a lot actually from cover to cover.
Here's a guy who reads his Alpinist carefully
Alpinisto wrote:Well hell, we mention Alpinist often enough here...it's about damned time they return the favor!
MScholes wrote: the Latok profile by Conrad Anker was extremely well written ..
Damien Gildea wrote:MScholes wrote: the Latok profile by Conrad Anker was extremely well written ..
I always enjoy the mountain profile section of Alpinist, and this was generally a good one, but there were a number of errors in it and I thought Conrad's contribution overly digressive (like I can talk!).
dynamokiev98 said:
Sorry..what is PnP?