Backcountry Magazine January 2015 - Risk vs. Reward drinkware

Backcountry Magazine January 2015 - Risk vs. Reward drinkwareThis January, Backcountry Magazine is offering a crash course on how to stay safe this winter. From life saving skills to simple but effective tools and tricks, the safety issue covers what it takes to get out there and back again. But first, Adam Howard heads to Cortina and Asolo, Italy, where he investigates the Parisotto familys 76 year old boot making business, SCARPA. And while they thrived through the transition from leather to plastic boots,

celebrating a satisfactory tour and

the trip also symbolized the regaining of his own freedom with the end of his region's former communist regime

and the tech that has changed the game

Berthoud Pass's Broome Hut

For 25 years

Filmmaker Constantine Papanicolaou goes back to his roots to learn where the Greek debt crisis and the ski industry collide

Jenny Abegg considers the limits of what it means to leave no trace

On Belay Eager to explore new routes in his own country

David Lama overcomes his own controversies on the way to the first free ascent of the Southeast Ridge (Page 65)

It's the best gear yet—see for yourself

Off Belay Pesky rain

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