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

“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 Bolsón, 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 Bolsón, 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...

Q&A with The Stonemaster: John Long
Summit Journal's editor, Michael Levy, caught up with John Long, the preeminent rock-climbing writer of our time, for a conversation about the craft of storytelling, what gets him going in climbing...
Q&A with The Stonemaster: John Long
Summit Journal's editor, Michael Levy, caught up with John Long, the preeminent rock-climbing writer of our time, for a conversation about the craft of storytelling, what gets him going in climbing...

VIDEO: A Matter of Scale — Angie Payne
Our print magazine will always be our first priority, but the vision has also been more. Simply, some stories are best expressed through dynamic mediums, and we’ve been thinking about what...
VIDEO: A Matter of Scale — Angie Payne
Our print magazine will always be our first priority, but the vision has also been more. Simply, some stories are best expressed through dynamic mediums, and we’ve been thinking about what...

"Relax man, it's easy"
Excerpted from Tobin, the Stonemasters, and Me by Rick Accomazzo (June 2024). Published by Stonemasters Books. All rights reserved. Reprinted with permission. Tobin, the Stonemasters, and Me tells the story of Tobin...
"Relax man, it's easy"
Excerpted from Tobin, the Stonemasters, and Me by Rick Accomazzo (June 2024). Published by Stonemasters Books. All rights reserved. Reprinted with permission. Tobin, the Stonemasters, and Me tells the story of Tobin...

Latok I: The Magnificent Failure
Excerpted from Survival Is Not Assured: The Life of Climber Jim Donini by Geoff Powter (June 2024). Published by Mountaineers Books. All rights reserved. Reprinted with permission. By Geoff Powter ...
Latok I: The Magnificent Failure
Excerpted from Survival Is Not Assured: The Life of Climber Jim Donini by Geoff Powter (June 2024). Published by Mountaineers Books. All rights reserved. Reprinted with permission. By Geoff Powter ...