Summit Journal #325
240 x 325 mm, 148 pages
New York, US
Biannual
First published 1955
Editor-in-chief: Michael Levy
Art director: Randall Levensaler
First published in 1955 and later revived in 2023, Summit Journal features striking imagery and detailed stories surrounding the people, places and perspectives embodying the spirit of climbing.
This Fall 2026 edition is brought together by stories uncovering what draws climbers to the sport, uncovering that ‘phantom itch that never seems to go away no matter how much they scratch,’ as editor Michael Levy puts it. Highlights include, a mammoth profile on mountaineering legend and former Climbing magazine editor Michael Kennedy, beginning with his pursuit of what Aldous Huxley coined ‘the unfathomable mystery’, delving into his meteoric climbing career, and touching on the tragic death of his son Hayden in 2017. Elsewhere, Zach Lovell pens an endearing ode to feline cover star Beaver, an accidental stowaway on one fateful flight in 2019, famous for prowling Alaska's Talkeetna Air Taxi runway, and Guy Robertson recalls his love of winter climbing in Scotland in an excerpt from his book 'The Great Mixed Climbs of Scotland' accompanied by breathtaking photography by Hamish Frost.