Everest Traverse. The Chinese Mountaineering Association, the Japanese Alpine Club and the Nepal Mountaineering Association cooperated to organize a joint expedition to traverse Mount Everest from both north to south and from south to north. Shi Z...

Angel Wings, Just A Rock In The Park. In June, Richard Leversee, Ron Felton and I completed a new route, Just A Rock In The Park (V-VI 5.10 A3+), on this large face in Sequoia National Park. Wc had decided to “go light” and forego the hammocks or ...

AVALANCHE, POOR POSITION, APPARENT LACK OF KNOWLEDGE OF SNOWPACKAlberta, Rocky Mountains, Mount Snow DomeOn March 20, 1993, three experienced mountaineers set out from Highway 93 near the Columbia Icefield to climb “Slipstream,” a serious waterfal...

Kalanka, attempt. We arrived in India on August 24 with permission to visit and climb the remote north side of this 6931m peak during the months of September and October. Although we had official permission from the Indian Mountaineering Foundatio...

Nandabhannar, Nandakhani, Shallang Dhura. There has been considerable interest in a pass in Kumaon first crossed in 1926 by Hugh Ruttledge’s porters. An Indian team explored its existence in 1988. This year a team from Bombay led by Divyesh Muni r...

Wild Basin Area, Various Ascents. Bruce Miller and Clay Wadman climbed a new route, Mil-Wad (5.12), on Mt. Alice in 1994. Jim Bodenhamer and partner freed the old 5.9 A3 Central Pillar at 5.11c in 1997. Also in Wild Basin, Jeff Thornburg and partn...