Alpinist Magazine Issue 89 | Spring 2025 Print or Digital?:Digital Issue (PDF) farther and faster with less

farther and faster with less effort and more fun

Boots & Bindings

workmanlike spirit to its eclectic trail scene

poles and children's equipment packaged into our fourth-annual Gear Guide special feature

Alpinist Magazine Issue 89 | Spring 2025 Print or Digital?:Digital Issue (PDF) farther and faster with lessCover: Mary Catherine Eden squeezes up Gabriel (5. 13), an offwidth route in Zion National Park. Keisuke Mizuno Features In the Shadow of the Grand The world renowned alpinist Michael Gardner guided Brendan Jones up the Grand Teton in 2022. The two kept in touch with plans for Jones to write a magazine profile about Gardners wild and unusual life. Meanwhile, Gardner continued to climb new lines, ski first descents and set speed records on Denalis