Commanding Heights

I have a confession to make: this issue’s lead story almost made me sick.

The problem is, I’m not a fan of high places, and some of Vadim Makhorov’s thrill-seeking photos made me feel a bit vertiginous and queasy. They are that good, that unusual, that high…

When editing a magazine like ours, one must often ignore one’s own preferences (and weaknesses) and remember that the interests (and strengths) of our readership are rather broad.