Alpinist Magazine Issue 53 - Spring 2016 BCMFEATURED Letters One reader reports on

Letters One reader reports on porters' rights in Pakistan

We take our boards around the world and the artists—and their art—come with us

But photography is different

What waning winters mean for our kids

that such a complex history was so well preserved

Alpinist Magazine Issue 53 - Spring 2016 BCMFEATURED Letters One reader reports onOn the 100th anniversary of Americas National Park Service, Alpinist 53 features a Mountain Profile on Zion National Park, tracing the human history of its great sandstone walls, from tales of indigenous cliff dwellers to modern climbersincluding essays and photos that span decades of exploration. Author Ethan Newman speaks with many of the local protagonists and asks: How will the forces of erosion, human impact and climate change shape the landscape