A Climb in the Tetons With Jimmy Chin

12,000 feet up, with a storm coming in.

View in browser|nytimes.com Continue reading the main story September 25, 2020 Jimmy Chin for The New York Times In early March, Jimmy Chin, a professional photographer and mountaineer, finished back-to-back work trips — climbing in Antarctica, filming in Chile — and flew home to Wilson, Wyo. Then the pandemic hit, narrowing the focus of his typically peripatetic life to running nearby trails, skiing in the backcountry and racing up and down the Grand Teton. “Longest I’ve been home in 20 years,” Chin said recently. Central to the mountaineer’s life — its curse and gift — is an itch for struggle, and a willingness to scratch it that Mo Anthoine, a great British climber, called “feeding the rat.” By early September, when Chin still couldn’t leave the country, he got to thinking about one of the biggest objectives in his home range. Known as the Grand Traverse, this 17.9-mile romp along the Tetons’ most thrilling skyline offers roughly 12,000 cumulative feet of climbing on seven major summits. He invited three other athletes to join him — to do that thing they all do, for no better reason than the joy it brings. Read over cover story: 12,000 Feet Up, With a Storm Coming In Continue reading the main story ADVERTISEMENT Jimmy Chin for The New York Times The Voyages Issue 12,000 Feet Up, With a Storm Coming In A summer romp in the Tetons with Jimmy Chin and his pals. Photographs by Jimmy Chin MORE FROM THE VOYAGES ISSUE Sabiha Çimen for The New York Times The Voyages Issue Is It Strange to Say I Miss the Bodies of Strangers? Weeks before lockdown, I made a whirlwind tour of Istanbul’s public baths. It was a crash course in pleasure that helped me understand what we’ve lost since. By Leslie Jamison Teju Cole The Voyages Issue In Dark Times, I Sought Out the Turmoil of Caravaggio’s Paintings The work the artist made near the end of his life changed my understanding of both beauty and suffering. By Teju Cole Continue reading the main story ADVERTISEMENT Timothy Greenfield-Sanders/Getty Images Why Ruth Bader Ginsburg Refused to Step Down She could have had President Obama nominate her successor. But she didn’t get to the Supreme Court by letting other people tell her what she could do. By Emily Bazelon Mamadi Doumbouya for The New York Times Talk Ilhan Omar Is Not Here to Put You at Ease “You’re agitated by my tone because you think people like me should be sitting in a corner, not heard and not seen.” By David Marchese MORE FROM JIMMY CHIN, FROM OUR ARCHIVE Jimmy Chin for The New York Times The New York Issue New York Above 800 Feet A city on an island, teeming with cash and ego, has nowhere to go but up. And up. And up. By THE NEW YORK TIMES Stay in touch: Follow us on Twitter (@NYTmag) or check us out on Instagram, where you’ll find photography from our archives, behind-the-scenes snippets from photo shoots, interviews on how we design our covers and outtakes that don’t make it into the issue.. Continue reading the main story ADVERTISEMENT Appreciated this email? Forward it to a friend and help us grow. Loved a story? Hated it? Write us a letter at magazine@nytimes.com. Did a friend forward this to you? Sign up here to get the magazine newsletter. We have more newsletters you might like! The T List newsletter, a weekly roundup of what T Magazine editors are coveting, is coming to an inbox near you later this spring. Don’t miss the first edition! Sign up here. Continue reading the main story Need help? Review our newsletter help page or contact us for assistance. You received this email because you signed up for The New York Times Magazine from The New York Times. To stop receiving these emails, unsubscribe or manage your email preferences. Subscribe to The TimesGet The New York Times app Connect with us on: Change Your EmailPrivacy PolicyContact UsCalifornia Notices The New York Times Company. 620 Eighth Avenue New York, NY 10018