Alpinist Magazine Issue 40 - Autumn 2012 Accessories A note from the editor

A note from the editor in chief

STRAIGHT LINES: RECLAIMING LOST GROUND

As summer burns to fall

" Now we're putting it all—the tour and the stories about gear and skills—under the Basecamp name

The Time Machine

Alpinist Magazine Issue 40 - Autumn 2012 Accessories A note from the editorFeatures Mountain Profile: The Eiger, Part I (18581938) Rising directly above Swiss Alpine meadows, the Eiger once represented a wild realm of "ultimate adventure" to the world's great climbers. But the proximity of the peak to civilization also magnified the ideological conflicts surrounding each ascent. Martin Gutmann puts the mountain's history back in context, while Charles Barrington, Saburo Matsukata and Stephan Siegrist add their own