Alpinist Magazine Issue 40 - Autumn 2012 Accessories a few climbers—like Mugs Stump

a few climbers—like Mugs Stump and Erhard Loretan—have ventured up big routes in this unearthly landscape

As summer burns to fall

Katsutaka Yokoyama An Infinite Lightness of Being The fairytale towers of Elbsandstein near Dresden

A note from the editor in chief

Crazy Wisdom The April 2014 avalanche brought worldwide attention to the struggles of Sherpa guides on Everest

Alpinist Magazine Issue 40 - Autumn 2012 Accessories a few climbers—like Mugs StumpFeatures Mountain Profile: The Eiger, Part I (18581938) Rising directly above Swiss Alpine meadows, the Eiger once represented a wild realm of "ultimate adventure" to the world's great climbers. But the proximity of the peak to civilization also magnified the ideological conflicts surrounding each ascent. Martin Gutmann puts the mountain's history back in context, while Charles Barrington, Saburo Matsukata and Stephan Siegrist add their own