Backcountry Magazine November 2010 - Travel Issue Alpinist 54 On Belay David Pickford travels

On Belay David Pickford travels back in memory from the desert rock of Jabal Misht to the sandstone cliffs of the Cederberg mountains

Bob Craig and Luca Signorelli offer their own interpretations of what it has meant—and still means—to climb on the "mountaineer's mountain

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the great Slovenian climber Marko Prezelj

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Backcountry Magazine November 2010 - Travel Issue Alpinist 54 On Belay David Pickford travelsFeatures: Lessons of the Alps: Two American receive an education in the Swiss backcountry Smoke and Rails: Rebirth of the Ski Train Gear: 2010 11 Travel and Camping Gear How to: Learn to cope with four common types of instability Plus: B. C. Government fund bc skiing New Avy Danger Scale The Lost Range of Antarctic Mountains After controversy dissolves, Jay Pistono reeducates Teton Pass users Old Tracks Offer Fresh Snow: Riding NHs Cog Railway