Sierra Nevada, California: (3) Mt. Humphrey. A party of five, having climbed Mt. Humphrey and descended from the summit area, were taking off the rope at the top of a scree chimney. Harry Abraham (27), leader of the party, was coiling the rope; ot...
RAPPEL FAILURE-ANCHOR CAME AWAY, INADEQUATE PROTECTIONNew Jersey, Mount Tammany, Delaware Water Gap National Recreation AreaSteve Raible (22) fell about 120 feet to his death while rappelling from a route on Mount Raible and climbing partner Todd ...
Thui II, Hindu Raj. Our expedition was composed of Nick Tritton, leader, Chris Griffiths, Chris Lloyd, Captain Inam ul Haq, liaison officer, and me. After a two-week delay in Rawalpindi waiting for flying weather, we flew to Gilgit on July 13. On ...
Pour Miss Cynthia, by Charles Gos. 8 vo., pp. 186. Neuchatel : Attinger, 1934. Price Fr. 3.50.A negligible storiette with a climax that would tax the credulity of even a non-climber. Far better reading is an article comprising the last third of th...
The Needles, Big Belt Mountains. The Needles are located on the eastern side of the Big Belt Mountains and can be reached by a private-access road of Bill Galts. This seldom visited area saw much climbing activity in the summer of 1986. Over a doz...
Mount Cotter, North Face. In June Tony Qamar, Marek Glogoczowski and I climbed this steep 1000-foot wall to the north summit. The climb from a distance appeared to be at least half artificial, but we only used aid in two places. The first was a lo...
Regards vers I’Annapurna, by Maurice Herzog and Marcel Ichac. Introductions by Lucien Devies and Maurice Herzog. 84 pages of illustrations, with 12 pages of commentary. Grenoble and Paris: B. Arthaud, 1951.This excellent picture book in color is, ...
Teton Range, Wyoming: (1) Symmetry Spire, St. John Massif. In mid-June 1947, a climber, Hans Breu, was attempting one of the cliffs in this district with a companion, George Senner. Breu decided to climb a more difficult pitch than his companion f...
Monte Cuisaltepe. On November 2, William T. Hunter and I made a new route on the west buttress of Monte Cuisaltepe near Los Cocos. We used no protection on this 5.5 climb. Our plans to climb the south face were thwarted by unprotectable, overhangi...
Coast Mountains, remote areas summary. [Note: In addition to mention in this summary, some of the routes have individual reports, below—Ed.] Summer 2007 never really set up on the coast, with only short intermittent periods of settled sunny weathe...
Mount Lady Macbeth, Macbeth Group, Purcells. Taking advantage of a break in the rainy weather, my wife Gretchen and I drove 9½ miles up the improved logging road along the north side of Glacier Creek on July 31. Leaving the car at about 3700 feet ...
Dobani. Isao Ikeuchi and I climbed Dobani (20,158 feet), 15 miles southeast of Rakaposhi, on June 9. Each of us carried one big sack during the expedition, limiting our equipment and food, but this was an advantage since it made it inexpensive. On...
Mount Eisenhower from Tower Lake. Although Mount Eisenhower presents a high rock-climbing challenge, the only route on its northern side prior to our visit was that of the first ascent by Professor A. P. Coleman in 1884. On August 3, Jamie Fitzger...
FALL ON ROCK, INADEQUATE PROTECTION, NO HARD HAT, INEXPERIENCEOntario, Bon Echo Provincial ParkAt 1230 on May 30, 1987, Francis F. was leading a Class 5.6 route on the cliffs at Bon Echo above Mazinaw Lake. He lost his grip, and fell about ten met...
Attempt on Uruashraju and Ascent of Huascarán. Timothy K. Griffin and I attempted Uruashraju (18,815 feet) via the south ridge, which was climbed by Giobbi and Mauri in 1966. Leaving Base Camp at the head of the Quebrada Rurec on July 13, we place...
Lebanon. Anderson Bakewell writes of climbing 8620-ft. Mt. Sannine in December 1947.
Ganesh II Attempt. A six-man Korean expedition led by Park Jong-Tae hoped to climb Ganesh II by its west ridge from the south face of Ganesh IV, the same route attempted unsuccessfully by Swiss in the autumn of 1984. The high point of 6600 meters ...
Dhaulagiri IV. The Japanese Gumma expedition was led by Fumio Kobayashi. After establishing Camp IV on April 26 at 20,300 feet on the Austrian route on this 25,135-foot peak, Takajiro Matsui fell ill and died on April 30 from pulmonary edema. The ...
Erkimkang, North Face, and Khatung Kang, Ascents. In mid-August I went to the Langtang region, north of Kathmandu, where I retraced the steps of Bill Tilman, who visited the area in the late 1940s. Like Tilman, I made a base at the yersa (temporar...
P 6038, Gangotri Area. A 19-member Bulgarian party was led by Vasil Gurev. Three camps were made on unclimbed P 6038 (19,810 feet). On October 13, three women: Petia Kolcheva, Svetla Anachkova and Svetlana Toshevska and five men: Kamen Kolchev, Va...