Scree

A place for updates about the print magazine and other miscellany. The name "Scree" is a callback to the original Summit's back-of-the-book section, a hodge-podge of letters to the editor, cartoons, poems, and other bits and bobs.

Scree

Pargeter’s Peregrinations đŸš¶đŸ»

Pargeter’s Peregrinations đŸš¶đŸ»

  Editor's Note: From the January-February 1965 issue of Summit, Northwestern Editor Dee Molenaar reviewed a new pictorial relief map of the North Central Cascades. At Molenaar’s request, the map maker,...

Pargeter’s Peregrinations đŸš¶đŸ»

  Editor's Note: From the January-February 1965 issue of Summit, Northwestern Editor Dee Molenaar reviewed a new pictorial relief map of the North Central Cascades. At Molenaar’s request, the map maker,...

Are bolts being placed by too many unqualified climbers?

Are bolts being placed by too many unqualified ...

  Editor's Note: The late 1950s saw some of the earliest use of expansion bolts in the U.S., almost exclusively by pioneering climbers on big walls. By the early 1960s,...

Are bolts being placed by too many unqualified ...

  Editor's Note: The late 1950s saw some of the earliest use of expansion bolts in the U.S., almost exclusively by pioneering climbers on big walls. By the early 1960s,...

Meet the SJ 322 Cover Artist: Sally Deng

Meet the SJ 322 Cover Artist: Sally Deng

Sally Deng, cover artist of Summit Journal 322, creates art for magazines, newspapers, books, and more from her Los Angeles studio. Her work has appeared in The New Yorker, The...

Meet the SJ 322 Cover Artist: Sally Deng

Sally Deng, cover artist of Summit Journal 322, creates art for magazines, newspapers, books, and more from her Los Angeles studio. Her work has appeared in The New Yorker, The...

Win a Sport Climbing Trip for 2 to Costa Blanca, Spain!

Win a Sport Climbing Trip for 2 to Costa Blanca...

Enter for a chance to win a sport-climbing trip for two people to Costa Blanca, Spain with ROCK & SUN! Also included: $1,000 worth of airfare from Summit Journal, and...

Win a Sport Climbing Trip for 2 to Costa Blanca...

Enter for a chance to win a sport-climbing trip for two people to Costa Blanca, Spain with ROCK & SUN! Also included: $1,000 worth of airfare from Summit Journal, and...

“An Easy Day for A Lady”

“An Easy Day for A Lady”

The following is excerpted from from Laura Waterman’s Losing the Garden: The Story of a Marriage, a Suicide, and a New Life of Self-Discovery (second edition, February 2025) from SUNY Press,...

“An Easy Day for A Lady”

The following is excerpted from from Laura Waterman’s Losing the Garden: The Story of a Marriage, a Suicide, and a New Life of Self-Discovery (second edition, February 2025) from SUNY Press,...

Wildfires Devastate El BolsĂłn, Argentina: Impact on Climbing Community and Call for Support

Wildfires Devastate El BolsĂłn, Argentina: Impac...

February 11, 2025 Wildfires in Patagonia Argentina, are currently ravaging thousands of hectares of native forests. In just the past two months (December 2024–January 2025), over 20,000 hectares have burned...

Wildfires Devastate El BolsĂłn, Argentina: Impac...

February 11, 2025 Wildfires in Patagonia Argentina, are currently ravaging thousands of hectares of native forests. In just the past two months (December 2024–January 2025), over 20,000 hectares have burned...