Climbing Magazine Covers: No. 188 Everest Issue & No. 190 Warren Harding (1999)

This photograph shows the front covers of two issues of Climbing magazine, not an automotive document. On the left is Climbing No. 188, dated September 15, 1999, billed as 'The Everest Issue.' Its cover shows a climber in a red suit ascending a snowy Himalayan ridge with Everest behind, and it promotes stories on Everest trivia and players, a new breed of helmets, the inside story on the Mallory discovery, Reinhold Messner's comments on Everest's 'trophy hunters,' the 'Last Great Problems in the Himalaya,' and a follow-up on the 1996 survivors ('where are they now?'). On the right is Climbing No. 190, dated December 15, 1999, tagged 'The Unrivaled Leader,' with a cover story on Yosemite's Warren Harding and a banner about 'reality meets virtual reality on the Great Trango Tower.' It features a special section on The Nose of El Capitan — what to know before you go, the complete story from Harding to Potter, and John Long on the first one-day ascent — plus a bonus 'Ultimate Topo' of The Nose. Both issues are priced $4.95 US / $6.95 CAN and reference www.climbing.com. A reader learns the issue numbers, dates, cover stories, and prices; no vehicle information is present.