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A pageant queen, a prostitute and a famed mountaineer lie among the dead at Old General Cemetery

A pageant queen, a prostitute and a famed mountaineer lie among the dead at Old General Cemetery

A pageant queen, a prostitute and a famed mountaineer lie among the dead at Old General Cemetery

A pageant queen, a prostitute and a famed mountaineer lie among the dead at Old General Cemetery

April 28 Conrad Kain Slide Show precedes book reprint

Mechanical Advantage: Tools for the Wild Vertical draft for Volume 2

It’s been a long year and we’re all itching to shed the masks and hit the road, or jump on a plane for anywhere not in North America.

It’s been a long year and we’re all itching to shed the masks and hit the road, or jump on a plane for anywhere not in North America. Luckily, those of us in the Bow Valley have mountains, rivers and crags to play on, most being world-class destinations. This past week alone, I rock climbed at a sunny sector, ice climbed on a north face, paddled a river and skied on sunny resort slopes with thousands of people. Shoulder season rocks. Like many people in the Bow Valley, I’m from Ontario, b...

Posted: February 14, 2021 “Perceptions,” by Gerry Warner Time is running out. Running out on what, you say? Something you’ve probably never thought about or only thought about very fleetingly when you were camping in the backcountry, hiking up Lakit Lookout or maybe even climbing Mt. Fisher. Or you could just be strolling up to Windy Bluff in the Community Forest or the Eager Hills in spring when the Balsam Root Sunflowers spread out around you like an endless yellow tapestry. You take i...

Alpinist.com Also in This Area Also in This Style And Then We Were Twelve Barry Blanchard [Illustration] Andreas Schmidt STREAMERS OF CIRRUS CLOUD picketed the sky like a fence made of bones. I worried that by days end the dark underbellies of storm clouds might sink onto the summit of Yexyexescen (Mt. Robson). By tomorrow, the sharp contrast of black rock and white ice could vanish under new snowfall, and a murky smoke of clouds could dull the midday summer air. For now, the sun still shone, a...