Off the Map

One of the greatest explorers of our generation shows us that none of us, in fact, can be everything all at once; and our heroes should be allowed to be messy and complicated.

Christina Lusti skiing the south couloir of Mount Sir Sandford. Photo by Joshua Levigne

Last week, Outside published a story of mine on Canadian ski mountaineer Christina Lustenberger—“Lusti” to everyone who knows her. The piece was a year in the making, from when I called her last March after famed ski mountaineer Hilaree Nelson, Lusti’s idol and friend…