Rock & Ice Magazine Issues #96 & #97 (Nov-Dec 1999) - SuperGuide & Heroes Covers

This image shows two issues of Rock & Ice magazine photographed side by side, not an automotive document. On the left is the Rock & Ice SuperGuide special edition, issue #96, dated November 1999 (display until February 29, 2000), priced $4.95 US / $7.95 CAN. Its cover features a mountaineer with an ice axe and rope, with headlines promoting '4 Great French Crags You've Never Heard Of,' 'The Bugs — Canada's Alpine Playground,' a bonus Alps pull-out map, and banner topics 'The New Peru, Best of Thailand, Kili in Flip-Flops.' It is sponsored by PlanetOutdoors.com and Mammut. On the right is Rock & Ice issue #97, December 1999 (display until January 31, 2000), featuring climber Lynn Hill on the cover (photo by John Mireles). Its 'Heroes! 26 Who Inspired' feature lists pairings such as Greg Child on Doug Scott, Joe Simpson on Walter Bonatti, Pat Ament on Royal Robbins, Barry Blanchard on George Lowe, and John Sherman on Anderl Heckmair, plus a bonus Yosemite Legends poster covering 5 decades of Yosemite climbers, Chris Sharma's bouldering rampage, and low-cost ice tools. This is climbing literature and contains no vehicle-related information.