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CRUX Mag - issue # 6 8-Apr-2008 At 12:41:59 PM Onsight

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Just wanted to let everyone know that CRUX Mag issue #6 — the “Girl Power” special — is out and will be finding its way to the furthest corners of this country over the next few days. Subscribers and contributors copies were posted out last Friday, and all the shop and climbing gym orders were shipped out yesterday.

With Neil currently walkabout overseas I don’t have the full list of all contributors at hand. However I know that this issue had more than 70 people contributing articles, photos and helping out with editing. On behalf of the entire CRUX team I’d like to thank everyone who contributed; it was really awesome! It was a massive team effort and I think it has resulted in something that the climbing community can be very proud of. If you contributed be sure to check the last page to see if you won any of the contributors prizes.

This issue is once again a bumper 80 pages packed with the kind of informative, entertaining and irreverent content you’ve come to expect from CRUX. This issue’s features includes Hero Fukutu giving the dirt-bag lowdown on Europe on $5 a day, Tim Haasnoot reveals deep-water bouldering at Port Stephens, Gemma Woldendorp gives us “Two Chicks, Sixteen Crags, and one Naughty Van”, Kent and Wendy Egan describe some thin and fat Stapylton classics, another Voyeur gallery extravaganza, a Totem Pole slack-lining pull-out poster, a “Hot” Henry profile, then there’s The Truth about Thailand, an dog gone epic rescue, Olivia Kemp on a women’s Everest expedition, Lyle Closs waxes lyrically on an unusual climb in Greenland, Sarah Matthews describes an unusual comp in China, Dr Julian Saunders shares his osteo expertise, physio Naomi Gibbs tackles knee pain, Lauren Chandler climbs with the Gods in Kalymnos, Teresa Cause is on El Cap with Gareth, and we even have a women’s fashion extravaganza. And of course there’s the regular news, reviews, Loudmouth, Culture Vulture and much more!

After much feedback on the last issue we have decided to stick with the larger A4 format. There were good arguments both ways but in the end it was clear that the larger format is something that advertisers were particularly keen for.

Many thanks to those local climbers who came around here on Sunday and helped package up all the shop orders, that was a huge help. Just a reminder that outdoor equipment shops and climbing gyms are the only outlets where CRUX can be purchased; we do NOT distribute CRUX through newsagents. The CRUX team decided early on in the piece that whilst if we used newsagents we could print many more magazines, which might sound good for our advertisers, but that, in fact, printing over 10,000 magazines a year in the knowledge that they would just get pulped was far from the most environmentally responsible way to go about it. Incidentally CRUX #5 completely sold out — except for 9 copies which we had reserved but have now made available from the online shop.

Single copies of CRUX #6, back issues, and subscriptions can be purchased via the Onsight online shop here. Subscriptions will always be distributed first. FYI, I don’t make a cent on helping out with distributing the magazine; it’s something I do because I think the mag is a great thing for the community and I already have the infrastructure in place whereby I can help this way.

This issue marks the two years of CRUX publication; quite a milestone! The team is still psyched and committed to pumping out more issues. With your help they’ll be even bigger and better. Contributors deadline for the next issue is the end of July, however don’t leave it to the last minute, work on the next issue starts now. Especially if you have and idea for a major article or column then please get in touch early. It seems that no matter how many editorial pages we can print it’s hard to fit in everything that we’d like. For editorial queries contact Neil on: editor “at” cruxmag.com.au, or see the guidelines on the CRUX web site.

Thanks again everyone!

Simon Carter
CRUX Distribution
distribution “at” cruxmag.com.au