Vertical Life

Editor: Wendy Bruere Gear and coffee editor: Sule McCraies wendy@verticallifemag.com Marine Raynard marine@adventureentertainment.com Téah Westerman +61 468 i1 681 Teah@adventureentertainment.com Kate Baecher, Dave Barnes, Jacques Beaudoin, Wendy Bru

Vertical Life acknowledges that we live, work, recreate and climb on stolen land, and that sovereignty was never ceded. We acknowledge the Traditional Custodians across Australia and Aotearoa, and pay our respects to Elders past, present and emerging

Aussie mountaineer Allie Pepper is attempting to climb the world’s 14 highest peaks without supplemental oxygen in just two years. At time of writing, Allie Pepper has ticked Broad Peak, Manaslu, Annapurna 1, and Makalu. With her extensive experience

In the throbbing heart of chaos, where adrenaline cascades,There lives a starving animal, a creature of the shades.Its name is known by few who dare, the mind its habitat,For every soul who dares to delve, must learn to feed the rat. This is not a be