Backcountry Magazine 129 - The Exploration Issue Print or Digital?:Print Issue [Photo] Eric Mickelson

[Photo] Eric Mickelson

Wired After viewing depictions of the Kashmir Valley in 1960s Bollywood films that constructed the valley as a romantic playground

eccentrics and wanderers

but too few of them feature blisters and sweat

Notes from the Frontier The word Alpine evokes images of European summits

Backcountry Magazine 129 - The Exploration Issue Print or Digital?:Print Issue [Photo] Eric MickelsonEven in an age of hyper connectivity, the world still holds untracked rangesif you know where to look. The Exploration Issue presents far flung locales that boast unique cultures and untouched peaks for those willing to make the journey. Spains Pyrenees Mountains, an often overlooked range, fosters independent spirits, steep, lines and remote traverses. Then, a quiet valley in Italys northern Piemonte region cracks the code of crowd control, and ski