Backcountry Magazine 126 - 2019 Skills Guide Alpinist 62

Backcountry Magazine 126 - 2019 Skills Guide Alpinist 62THE SKILLS GUIDE PRACTICE AND PROGRESS Learning never stops, even for the most experienced. Whether for dialing in navigation, understanding decision making processes or learning new rescue best practices, there are courses, workshops and opportunities out there for backcountry travelers of all levels. And there's always more knowledge to share, too. This year's Skills Guide covers the full spectrum, from gear and classes oriented toward first timers

the theme of this issue is simple: whether it's vertical

educators and innovators

Join us and imagine your Untracked Experience

to the rocky steeps of the Alps

and those remains unlocked a treasure of information about how indigenous people lived in the north before contact with Europeans

THE WOMEN OF TAHOE

much less let him trick you into trying on his Everest red jacket

Polish big-wall climber Marek Raganowicz has experienced many different varieties of silence

And with cheaper prices than typical heli-skiing and the elimination of long approaches

Full Value "While some choose the pursuit of rock climbing

2-end midweight fleece fabric

TRANSITIONS: PEOPLE OF THE BACKCOUNTRY