A.A.C., Sierra Nevada Section. Membership in this section is now 94. The gain of 12 since the last report is mainly due to members moving into the area. Our main activity has been a very full program of slide shows, with four meetings last spring ...
Manaslu Attempt. Our Manaslu climb was planned for immediately after our failed Makalu winter attempt to take advantage of our excellent acclimatization for an alpine-style try. Pole Andrzej Machnik and I had permission for a direct variant of the...
Cañón de la Huasteca, Arte de Malaria and Parque Nacional Basaseachic, free repeat of Subiendo el Arcoiris. On March 13 Eliza Kubarska and I made a rare repeat of the free-climbing testpiece, Subiendo el Arcoiris (Climbing the Rainbow; 300m, 5.13b...
Ravi Chandra Watershed, Kulu. Tony Smythe and I made for the Bara Bangahal region west of Kulu in May. Our objective was the unreconnoitred Ravi Chandra watershed and Smythe, our sirdar Wangyal and I climbed the highest peak (19,777 feet) at the h...
Churen Himal, Dhaula Group. (This account is included since the account in A.A.J., 1971 was very brief. — Editor.) We first hoped to climb Churen Himal (24,183 feet) in 1963 but could not get permission until August, 1970. Colonel J.O.M. Roberts a...
Peaks in the Cordón de la Jaula. The cordones (chains) of la Jaula and el Peine offer a number of unclimbed peaks close to Mendoza but they are difficult to approach because of narrow canyons. In early March, brothers Federico and Pablo Gonzalez e...
Kang Yisay. Kang Yisay (6400 meters, 20,998 feet) was climbed in August by Norwegian Olav Basen and T. Stromgren and in September by British S. Ehureuer, D. Galbraith, J.O. Neil, N. Richardson, I. Usuer, N. Adam, P.J. Jones, P. Cuesworth, P. Watki...
Aguja Rafael, Artibelleza, first free ascent. Patagonia is always a crapshoot. Windy Patagonia ended up having a spell of great weather this season. Within 10 days of leaving Denver, John Dickey and I climbed on Aguja Rafael via the Anglo-American...
El Gran Trono Blanco, VW Route, Baja California. On April 17 and 18, TM Herbert, Tom Condon and I began with two pitches up the “third class ramp , a jog left, and up some hard-to-protect F9 face climbing (three pitons). Then we went straight up e...
New Altitudes in the Northern Argentine Andes. Various peaks in this region have new officially corrected altitudes, generally lower than previously given ones. In Salta, we have new altitudes for the Volcán Socompa, 6031m; Volcán Salm, 6022m; Vol...
STRANDED, INEXPERIENCE, FAILED TO FOLLOW ROUTE, INADEQUATE EQUIPMENTColorado, Rocky Mountain National ParkOn August 16, 1989, John Berry (19), Aaron Duncan (19), Quesnell Hartland (20), Dennis Schutzenhofer (39), and Erik Wobus (18) attempted the ...
Maidon Sar, Batura Group, 1985. From Karimabad, Kike de Pablos and I first ascended with two porters the Ultar Gorge, hoping to explore possible routes on Ultar and Bojohaghur Duan Asir. After three days of exploring very complicated terrain of ro...
The West Black Butte, Cascades. During the past summer the first ascent of the West Black Butte, Mount Lincoln, was accomplished by a group comprised of Fred Beckey, Wes Grande, John Rupley, and Herb Staley. The Black Buttes are crumbling volcanic...
Colorado—Flatirons, Boulder: On 16 August 1953, Ann Blackenberg (20), Carlton Fraiser (23), and David Rose (22) set out to climb the face of the First Flatiron with the idea of exploring unknown routes. Rose had attempted to get over an overhang a...
Basketball Wall, Capitol Reef National Park. West-facing Basketball Wall is five miles up the scenic drive from the visitor center. Four high-quality routes have been established by Bret Ruckman and Marco Comacchione: Bench Warmer (5.10a), White B...
STRANDED, WEATHER, HYPOTHERMIA, INADEQUATE EQUIPMENTCalifornia, Yosemite Valley, El CapitanOn September 27, 1991, four climbers were rescued from two different routes on El Capitan.On September 15, the first winter storm of the season moved into t...
Jabal Misht, Jabal M’Saw, Jabal M'Seeb, Jabal Kawr, Nadan Pillar; new routes. In December, I returned once again to the exotic limestone massifs of Jabal Misht and Jabal Kawr in Oman. My climbing partner on this trip was Richard Simpson, also from...
STRANDED, EXCEEDING ABILITIES, WEATHER Alberta, Rocky Mountains, Mount AndromedaA party consisting of two men and a woman set out to climb the “Sky Ladder” route on Mount Andromeda on the morning of June 21,1993. By 1400 they were on the summit. A...
Nanda Devi, ascent and environmental clean up. In September a 40-member team from the Garhwal Rifles Regiment successfully climbed the 7816m peak via the Normal Route. This is the third ascent of Nanda Devi since the Inner Sanctuary was officially...
Nun and Kun Group. Each year, there are a number of foreign expeditions which hope to make ascents in this group. In 1990, few seem to have been successful. Spaniards led by José López Gros and Italians led by Eliano Passa did not reach the summit...