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Alpinist Magazine Closes, Suspends Operations

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Jackson, Wyoming — October 16, 2008 — Alpinist LLC, which publishes the climbing magazine Alpinist, runs the website www.alpinist.com and produces The Alpinist Film Festival, announced today that the October 2008 financial crisis has forced them to suspend operations.

Founded in 2002 by Marc Ewing and Christian Beckwith, Alpinist began in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, as an archival-quality publication dedicated to world alpinism and adventure climbing. The quarterly quickly gained a reputation for both superior writing and beautiful photography; by 2004, Italian climbing legend Reinhold Messner called it, "The best climbing magazine in the world today." Alpinist went on to win numerous awards; in March 2005 it was featured in a seven-page article in Outside Magazine ("The Purists") that explored its impact on American climbing.

Full Press Release at: www.alpinist.com

This may not be the end of Alpinist magazine however. We'll keep you posted.


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17 Oct, 2008
Oh dear. There goes the only climbing magazine.
17 Oct, 2008
Thats a real shame - one you got past the Americanisms it was a pretty good magazine. The Ben issue was good also
17 Oct, 2008
So Alpinist joins the likes of Mountain & Mountain Review - great magazines that presumably didn't sell enough to be viable. Is there a market for such a magazine ? maybe something like Ascent or Altitudes which appear yearly is the only viable option ?
17 Oct, 2008
Mountain Review - havn't heard that one in a while; I used to read it at school! God i'm getting old
17 Oct, 2008
Is Vertical still going? I tried to find a working wbsite to subscribe at last week but came up short.
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