During April, while Graham Dudley was making a ski ascent of Kazbek (Kasbegi, or more properly Mkinvartsveri, 5,034m) in the Eastern Caucasus, he noticed an attractive range of lightly glaciated peaks ca 30km to the southeast and was determined to...
KIM MOMB1956-1986Kim was with me in thought the day before his tragic avalanche accident. The air temperature and continuous drizzle was such that it made me think of avalanche. I dismissed the thought easily knowing that the man I had climbed wit...
Djungart Range, first recorded visit and exploration. After an acclimatization ascent in the Ala Archa, Graham Sutton and I traveled from Bishkek via Karakol to At Jailoo (2,655m). From there we were able to make a 25-minute flight by helicopter t...
Kanchenjunga Attempt. Jean Troillet and I set out to climb the world’s third highest peak by the southwest ridge to the south summit and then to traverse northwards on the long, high ridge to the main summit. We arrived at Base Camp at 5350 meters...
Feather Peak, Feather Peak Couloir. In December Mike Grabor and I climbed the left-hand branch of the couloir on Feather Peak’s north face via six pitches of moderate, enjoyable ice climbing. Although the angle never exceeded 60°, the beautiful se...
Mount Bona. On April 18, Gavin Vaughn and I (George Pinney) were flown into the St. Elias by Paul Claus. We landed on a fork of the Russell Glacier directly below the north face of Mount Bona. We skied to 8,000 feet on the glacier and established ...
Everest Attempt. After their successful ascent of Dhaulagiri, on May 30 Oreste Forno, Graziano Bianchi, Fausto Destefani, Sergio Martini, Silvio Mondinelli and Claudio Schranz on May 30 left Kathmandu by bus for Kodari and traveled from there by j...
Jannu. A strong French party, led by Jean Franco and composed of Lionel Terray, Jean Bouvier, Pierre Leroux, Maurice Lenoir, Robert Para-got, Guido Magnone, René Desmaison, P. Dreux, J.-M. Freulon and Dr. J. Lartizien, failed to climb Jannu (25,29...
Mount Hunter, 1977. A Japanese expedition led by Itaru Inui and composed of H. Kamuro, K. Tsutagawa, H. Kudo, M. Tanaka and S. Mori landed on the Tokositna Glacier on June 14, 1977 below the northeast face. They placed a camp at 11,500 feet on the...
California, Yosemite (3)—On August 29, 1956 Ronald W. Beck (19), fell about 150 feet and was killed while attempting to climb Grizzly Peak near LeConte Gully, off from the Sierra Point trail. He had removed his shoes and tried to cross a smooth se...
FATIGUE, FROSTBITE, INEXPERIENCE—Alaska, Mt. McKinley. Robert Larsen (44), Merilyn Swanson (47), and Kevin Duffy (25) were clients of a guided expedition to Mount McKinley. On May 10 the group was at 17,000 on the West Buttress. They got an early ...
FALL ON ROCK, ROPE SEVERED, CARABINER BROKE California, Yosemite Valley, El CapitanOn April 1, Matt Baxter (26), an experienced big-wall climber, set out alone to fix the first few pitches of Zenyatta Mondatta, a difficult multi-day aid route on E...
Peaks Above Ruth Glacier, Alaska Range. We Swiss, Heinz Aleman and I, were in the Ruth Glacier region from July 21 to August 5. On July 21, shortly after midnight, we reached the summit of P 11,300, which is 2½ miles north of Huntington across the...
FALL ON RAPPEL, INADEQUATE PROTECTIONAlberta, Rocky Mountains, Tunnel MountainOn June 21, a party of two had completed the first two pitches of Gooseberry (II, 5.7) a seven-pitch popular route near the town of Banff. They had only planned to do th...
Trisul I Attempt. An Indian expedition from Bengal led by Samir Sengupta attempted the western approaches of this peak (7120 meters) in July-August, at height of monsoon. They reached the Ronti Saddle on July 22. As rains continued the attempt was...
Main Fisher Tower: The Titan. Layton Kor, George Hurley, and I made the first ascent of the Tower in May. On May 5-6 we climbed halfway to the summit, stringing the tower as we climbed. We returned and completed the climb on May 12-13. The Titan h...
Hermit Spire, South Face. An interesting edifice of nature highlights the rolling subalpine hills west of the Little Kern River, closely north of Lloyd Meadows (several miles north of The Needles). Its base is shaped like a typical Sierra dome, bu...
Huascarán Norte, Northeast and Northwest Ridges. A Yugoslavian expedition from Celje was led by Franc Canžek and composed of Janez Crepinšek, Mišo Culk, Francek Knez, Ivan Lesjak, Aco Pepevnik, Joše Zupan and Dr. Joše Cetina. The original objectiv...
Matterhorn, North Face. Tobin Sorenson soloed the north face of the Matterhorn in early December in nine hours.
Noijin Kangsang lies immediately north of the Gyantse-Lhasa road at 28.9° N, 90.1° E. At least five routes have been climbed: the west ridge (Japanese, 1999); southwest ridge (Tibetan Mountaineering Association, 1986); south-southwest spur and sou...