Pikes Peak Atlas, by Robert M. Ormes. Boulder, Colorado: Johnson Publishing Co., 1959. 28 pages with 21 sketch maps. Price: $3.50.Few people know the Colorado Rockies as well as Bob Ormes (Author of Guide to the Colorado Mountains, Denver: Sage Bo...
AAC, New York Section. The year 1998 will be remembered for a number of significant events. In January, a group of 14 New York Section members and guests journeyed to New Zealand’s South Island for two weeks of trekking, climbing and outdoor pursu...
Ross Peak, Northeast Face Direct, Bridger Range. On June 28 Gary Skaar, Kurt Martinsen and I packed via the middle fork of Brackett Creek to this relatively unknown face, which is hidden by a lateral moraine. In the afternoon we climbed two short ...
Ruwenzori, Africa. Piero Ghiglione celebrated his 77th birthday by making the first ascent of the west face of the Punta Alexandra (16,725 feet) in the Ruwenzori group. On this climb, which took place on January 25, 1960, the Italian veteran was a...
P 8000 (“Grendel”). I returned to the Cathedral Spires with Chris and Arthur Manix, hoping to make the first ascent of a peak of 8000 feet with twin east and west summits, about one mile southwest of Augustin Peak. We waited on the Trident Glacier...
Bear Mountain, East Ridge, Chilliwacks. On August 15 Bill Van de Graaff, Marilyn Loranger, Dan Hendricks, Roger Fahy, Al Tatyrek, John Stout, and I climbed Bear Mountain’s long, ragged east ridge, joining the established route at the notch about 1...
Moses, Canyonlands National Park. A new route was put up on Moses Tower by Steve Green, Doug Snively, Jim Dunn and Kurt Rasmusson. The route was to the right of the first-ascent line, roughly up the northwest edge of the rock. The two routes meet ...
Mount Hunter, Route on and beside the North Buttress. Billy Ireland from North Ireland and Ulf Björnberg of Sweden made a new route on and to the right of the north buttress of Mount Hunter from July 1 to 7. It was mostly on snow and ice. It was r...
Washington, Cascades, Snoqualmie Pass area—On October 5, Gerald Burns (25) and two companions were hiking across country to a lake for fishing. The terrain was generally steep but with adequate ledges for safe travel. While crossing a steep gulley...
Ausangate, Jatunhuma, and other peaks, Cordillera Vilcanota. Our expedition was composed of seven members of the Academic Alpine Club Munich: Arnulf Rother, leader, Gundolf Engelmann, Uwe Kerner, Hans Albert Mayer, Michael Schneider, Dr. Karl Wink...
On August 11 around 1100, our party of four climbers in two groups proceeded up the route “The Uneventful” (5.5) at Tahquitz Rock. We did not plan to summit, only rappel down after completing four pitches. I led the first group up three pitches wi...
Mount Sanford, Attempt on South Ridge. On June 10 Milt Johnson, Dave Shaw, Don Stockard and I were flown to the saddle south of Mount Sanford. While relaying supplies to the base of the ridge at 14,000 feet, Milt aggravated an old knee injury and ...
OFF ROUTE, PARTY SEPARATED, INEXPERIENCEBritish Columbia, Selkirk Mountains, Avalanche PeakTwo climbers on Avalanche Peak found themselves separated. One of the climbers with no previous experience down-climbed a series of small cliffs until he fo...
Mount Lester and Woodrow Wilson. On August 5 Court Richards, Larry Evans and I made a new route on the north face of the west portion of double-summited Mount Lester, using twelve pitons in the good rock on this face. The upper portion was more di...
Iowa Mountaineers. In 1951 membership increased to 1365. Mountaineering classes were continued, and the Club’s system for rating qualifications was revised. Qualifications are now similar to those of the Colorado Mountain Club. The safety record w...
Arches Terrace Direct. On October 6 Bob Grow, Kelly Minnick, and I succeeded at a line Bob first tried four years before. All pitches included sections of F8 severity. Some very classic jam-cracks and two short but delicate face-climbing sections ...
Huandoy Norte, East Face. Del Johns and I set out together, but at the base of the east face at about 18,000 feet, he began to get nauseous and returned to a more comfortable altitude. I started climbing the 3000-foot face at five P.M. It was a ty...
Shakhaur, Roshgol area. After their successful ascent of Momhil Sar, Rudolf Pischinger and Horst Schindelbacher joined fellow Austrians, Gerald Gruber, leader, and Reiner Göschl. Approaching via the Tirich and Tidren valleys, they climbed two new ...
Martin Peak, from Surprise Basin. Joe Munson and Jim Parolini completed a new route on this 7550-foot peak on August 26 from the prominent terminal moraine. An adjoining chute was ascended, keeping left of the Arrowhead to the summit. This class 3...
Kitaraju, Allpamayo, Southwest Face and Tragedy. Peter Millar and I made Base Camp at the junction of the Quebradas Arweiqocha and Santa Cruz. After several days, we camped in the Allpamayo-Kitaraju col. On July 18 we enjoyed a climb on the north ...