New Mountain Magazine #3

New Mountain Issue 03 is a 220-page book-azine themed around resilience. It opens with a 30-page retrospective on Montbell, tracing the Japanese outdoor brand's Light and Fast philosophy and its lasting influence on hiking culture. From there, a bikepacking journey through New Zealand explores the equipment and mindset behind self-supported travel, while essays on forest ecology and urban climbing take a more meditative view of what it means to be outdoors.

The locations span Liberia's rugged coastline to the misty peaks of the Japanese Alps. The journalism is original and commission-only throughout. Soft-sewn binding and heavyweight paper mean it holds up in a backpack as well as on a shelf.