I talked with Geoff, the publisher, this weekend at the wall up here in Bellingham. He's done a limited run for the first issue, to kind of gauge peoples responses. It's pretty slick, sort of like an "Alpinist" for the indoor crowd. Not my bag, but a good looking mag for sure.
Necro - what I want to know is whether the are going to be so limiting with the number of ads in the mag? The Alpinist only lets 10 ads in each issue which really limits the amount of critical beta I have on the latest gear and trends. I really hope they don't limit the advertisements.
I talked to Geoff about that. When I thumbed through the sample he was showing around, I was suprised to find NO ads. He says he's planning on a quarterly ad supplement, which will be all ads and no climbing, sort of like "Climbing" or "Rock & Ice".
My favorite pic in the mag, though, IMHO, was the closeup of the chalked up fingers working a crimper. The picture must have been taken from above. The fingers were in focus, and the climber was kind of blurry, but you could tell is was a wicked hard crimp. It was awesome.