Wednesday, August 21, 2019

Boycott Editor Katie Ives and Alpinist Magazine

Next to not promoting mountain safety, censorship by a mountaineering magazine, not keeping your word, and a lack of honesty are serious problems for a mountaineering magazine deserving of a boycott. Especially when the censorship involves a spiritual statement by a  mountaineer as famous as Jim Whitaker.
Editor Katie Ives censored my print and online article by refusing to end my article in last summers edition of Alpinist Magazine with my quote from Jim Whitakers book: A Life on The Edge.
She claimed she sent him a email and he denied saying the following quote.
After an extensive search of my archives I found my original notes with his exact quote: 

"All mountains are the temple of God and are places which destroy sin."

After his exact quote I wrote Buddhists A Life On The Edge Page 52.

I will be advising Jim Whitaker of this post.

Just  as serious as the above, Editor Katie Ives, the digital editor, and the picture editor, were all aware of the importance of not cropping the beautiful Ponderosa Pine and the key role the Ponderosa Pine was to my article.
All three broke their promises to me and cropped the beautiful Ponderosa Pine.

I am asking them once again to print my digital piece with the quote from Jim Whitaker as originally submitted and have my picture not cropped of the beautiful Ponderosa Pine.

Editor Katie Ives and Alpinist Magazine are violating The Mountaineering Code which says never do anything which reflects unfavorably on mountaineering.

Captain Bill Schweizer U.S.M.M., missionary, mountaineer, founder, and Wolfy
Mountaintop Sea Ministries International 501(c)(3)

Without menses-malice.

1 comment:

captainbillschweizer said...

Editor Katie Ives and the staff of Alpinist Magazine have not commented regarding this post, despite my requests for comment.
I contacted Jim Whittaker and have received no reply.
He has been contacted again.