Comments on: Cult Followings Not Paying Off Like They Used To, Alpinist Magazine Sold For $71K

By: mooncalf

mooncalf — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 00:10:14 +0000

It always seemed like a consequence of mostly appealing to older people who valued a physical copy and the obscene idea of treating it like a collectible comic book. Short one alpinist who is madly building museums of his own visions (Abominable Snowmen) nearly everyone else would have appreciated it just as much as an online outlet with no call to the general public to submit. Lets face the fact that without Patagucci catalogs to divulge his madness in any more Dean is probably only getting harder to decipher and proportionally more readable. Without having product to sell I suspect the authorship would offer more piercing looks into their thoughts than what their cheeseridden socks survived. Besides the stories in real time, it would have been able to escape the printers woe of finally telling the world what happened X months ago without uncovering anything new of any importance. Anyways, the real kicker would be the photography escaping the constriction of text and page size. Go find a full scale image from a professional DSLR or medium format camera online and I bet you tax your video card. Scary to the point of seeing the windburn in between every single whisker.

By: Narc

Narc — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 12:35:50 +0000

Yeah, I’ve noticed that pattern.

By: chris

chris — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 04:26:28 +0000

I kinda don’t think climbing is a profitable industry.

By: Narc

Narc — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 15:40:25 +0000

It should be very interesting to see what happens.

By: sock hands

sock hands — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 15:32:43 +0000

magazines about freezing to death after hoarding the last piece of chocolate bar while spooning with some skanky ball-sweat and foot stink smelling dood does not appeal to a large demographic. also, unless the magazine had real estate, printing machines, etc, it’s difficult to believe that the “assets” have much value. the subscription list could be replicated by some posts on rockclimbing.com and other sites that pander to the more foolish side of climbing. so, i agree with the above. all of the above.

By: Situner

Situner — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 15:28:04 +0000

In my opinion, the dude over-paid.

By: tissue

tissue — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 04:19:44 +0000

what ^^^^^ he ^^^^^ said. in my opinion this says nothing about the demise of print. instead, it speaks volumes about overspending on a product destined for the ‘uber-leet’ shelves of a few hundred people.

for comparison someone should look at the print quality of Beanie Baby Magazine….. nevermind; it doesn’t exist.

By: Matt

Matt — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 21:40:41 +0000

it may have been a unique product, and it may have been the best (either within its niche or even outside its niche), but if that small passionate fanbase neither spends enough money to support the publication nor spends enough to show an increase in sales for advertisers, then its not a viable model. As such, its assets aren’t worth much of anything from a profitable business perspective.

By: sock hands

sock hands — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 17:25:39 +0000

if they covered only alpine bouldering and had issues only in the warm months, they’d own the market.