''Summit'' was America's first monthly climbing and mountaineering magazine, published from 1955 to 1989.
History
''Summit'' was founded in November, 1955 by Jene Crenshaw and Helen Kilness in
Big Bear City
Big Bear City is an unincorporated community in San Bernardino County, California, United States along the east shore of Big Bear Lake and surrounded by the San Bernardino National Forest. It is northeast of the city of San Bernardino, and imme ...
, California. Under the leadership of Crenshaw and Kilness the magazine became very influential in US climbing circles and ran until 1989.
In 1990 a new owner David Swanson started ''Summit - The Mountain Journal'', a quarterly publication with editor John Harlan III which ran until the summer of 1996.
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Selected Articles from ''Summit'' magazine
Retrieved 9 June 2015.
See also
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''Climbing'' magazine
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Rock & Ice
''Rock & Ice'' is a magazine published by Outside focusing on rock and ice climbing. The first issue came out in March 1984. The first publisher was Neal Kaptain. George Bracksieck worked for him, beginning in January 1984, and the two became e ...
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References
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External links
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Alpinist #49 (2015)
''A House of Stone and Snow''*
Summit''Archives''
1955 establishments in California
1989 disestablishments in California
Monthly magazines published in the United States
Sports magazines published in the United States
Climbing magazines
Defunct magazines published in the United States
Magazines established in 1955
Magazines disestablished in 1989