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Bullwinkle
Boulder climber
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Corprate art still sucks. DF
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Katie_I
Mountain climber
Wyoming
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Dear Jaybro,
I'll bring up the idea of a sample copy.
There's no intention to make Alpinist like other magazines. I know that Adam Howard, the Backcountry-Alpinist editorial director, wants to preserve the qualities that formed the essence of the old Alpinist--that emphasis on the human experience and internal adventure of climbing, that effort to push boundaries both in the mountains and at the crags--as well as at the level of words and art and creative expression--that determination to attempt to rise to the level of the world's wildest and most compelling places, whether those are in remote regions or in our backyards or within our dreams. To quote Matt Samet's editorial about Alpinist in Climbing (272), it's about "the duty of a vertical publication to inspire the imagination."
We feel that duty keenly.
What Alpinist has, as a reader-supported quarterly, is that incredible, uncommon privilege of nearly unrestricted creative freedom--and of a much longer time span--to explore new ideas, to try to craft deeply envisioned narrative, to seek out authenticity and integrity, to put art above commercialism, to turn breaking news into in-depth, carefully thought-out feature stories. To reach for the timeless, rather than the time-bound. And we owe this privilege to readers like you.
We're still aiming for the best quality imagery and the best storytelling that we and our contributors can achieve. There may be a couple more ads to help pay the bills, but the magazine's ethos and overall appearance will be the same. We'd like, of course, to keep striving to make Alpinist better--to find new ways to get closer to expressing the heart of the climbing experience.
Of course it’s a tough economy, and it will be an adventure in its own way--we want to carry it out successfully and in the best style we can. To do so we'll definitely need help from our subscribers, our readers, our writers and from all the people who have advised us in the past. I've always felt as though Alpinist was a community effort (as certainly the numbers of folks on this site who assisted me and Tommy Caldwell in researching, collecting and fact-checking stories for the El Cap issue can attest--I’m very grateful). And in return, we’ve wanted each issue to be a service to the community, reflecting your climbing lives and your voices; preserving the rich legacy of climbing’s history; and also, we’ve hoped, helping to inspire and enrich your own future dreams.
Issue 26 will be a hybrid--a mixture of the articles originally slated under the old Alpinist, as well as new ones to replace stories that were lost to other mags, while Alpinist was closed. So please, when it does arrive (and it may take more than a month now--sorry--between the writers finishing their new stories; the designer adding them to the issue; and the printers and distributors getting the issue to you), let us know what we can do better. Alpinist exists, above all, for its readers. We want to be worthy of you, if we can.
best,
Katie
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Jaybro
Social climber
wuz real!
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Thanks, Katie, that's exactly what I needed to read. i'll send $, for a year, anyway.
Please, keep up the good work!
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Katie_I
Mountain climber
Wyoming
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Thanks, Jaybro. =)
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Jaybro
Social climber
wuz real!
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de nada, Katie. =)
edit;
I signed up and threw ($) down. This was the coolest climbing journal ever, the best melange of Ascent, Mountain, Vertical, with the highlights of 'off Belay', 'Summit' , even 'Climbing' and 'R & I'. A bit of National geographic production values as well. A high bar, and we aren't talking Limbo!
Good luck, we all need this!
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Katie_I
Mountain climber
Wyoming
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I know you're working hard, Tami--can't wait to read the article. I have to go back to work, too. I have four articles to edit all at once, and my head's spinning. =)
back to it, then,
Katie
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Bullwinkle
Boulder climber
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Tami what I mean is art is not made for profit, we make it because we have to, Alpinist was made because CB, et al, had to make it.
Corprations by their very definition are out to make a profit, not "art" MONEY which always seems to trump the "soul" or the "truth"
Alpinist went under because it did not make a "profit" the new owners are already selling AD space, yes folks more underware and black down jackets. And if they need to change the "content" to sell more mag's well, remember what the corprate bottom line is. . . money. . .
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neebee
Social climber
calif/texas
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hey there... this is very nice to know...
say katie... good wishes and the best, to all your edit work that you got....
nice to know, once again, that the magazine is setting-sail for adventure... the ol' rock-climbing way...
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Conrad
climber
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Nice news Katie.
Is Ed Webster's mountain profile still in for 26?
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Katie_I
Mountain climber
Wyoming
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Ed's piece will be in 26. =)
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pip the dog
Mountain climber
planet dogboy
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good to hear. especially as they still owe me 8 or 9 issues.
me, i always liked the photos and the quality of the printing. the text varied all over the place -- from truly outstanding to truly lame.
pay a bit more attention to who writes (and, equally or more importantly, who edits those who write) and you might well end up with the best mountain mag ever.
will the newswire be resurrected? always my first read in the morning, BITD. learned of all manner of great stuff there.
^,,^
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