El Potro. A detachment of the Gendarmería Nacional (Territorial Military Police) of Argentina covered 500 miles of desert, more than three-fourths of it on muleback, to reach the base of a peak thought to be El Potro (“The stallion”). The peak was...
Cordillera Blanca, other activity. The following information supplements the new routes individually reported above.In addition to their climbs on La Esfinge (above), Polish climbers Arkadiusz Grzadziel, Boguslaw Kowalski, and Jerzy Stefanski adde...
Annapurna Ascent and Tragedy. An expedition of 14 Czechoslovaks and an Italian led by Petr Schnabl climbed Annapurna via the northwest face. On October 1, Dr. Jirí Pelikan was returning from accompanying the summit pair to Camp VI at 8000 meters w...
Chinchey Central, Directa Alberto Vittone. On May 19 Peruvian climbers Elias Flores, Michel Araya, Miguel Martinez, and Quique Apolinario, all Don Bosco de los Andes guides, started their journey from the town of Huantar to the Quebrada Rurichinch...
RAPPEL FAILURE–MULTIPLE CAUSES Washington, Frenchman's CouleeAround 2:00 p.m. on March 7, Robert Peruchini (41) and his partner, Ms. Teri Martin (52), climbed the traditional basalt pillar route known as “Pumping the Pigeon” (5.8) on Sunshine Wall...
K12. The Ichikawa Alpine Club Expedition was led by Tatsuro Arioka. They got only to 20,350 feet on K 12 (24,370 feet) because of supply delays, illness, crevasses and bad weather.ICHIRO YOSHIZAWA, A.A.C. and Japanese Alpine Club
Broad Peak. Our expedition consisted of Jean-Jacques Rolland, his wife Martine Rolland, Mlle Catherine Pernot (doctor), Denis Chatrefou, Alain Cokkinos, Christian Nuytten, Jacques Giraud, Reinmar Joswig and me as leader. We arrived at Base Camp at...
Mt. Burney, second ascent. Mt. Burney (1,768m) is a volcano that stands near the northwest corner of the Muñoz Gamero penninsula, which is about 2,000 square miles in area. Though it is a familiar landmark seen from ships passing through Smyth and...
Andes, Argentine. Jesús Casanova, Ricardo Gallop, and Renzo Vidoni of the Club Andinista Mendoza made the first ascent of all three of the Tres Picos del Amor (18,054, 18,044, and 17,933 feet). After a long approach they established their high cam...
Cancaracá Group. Nine members of the Royal Dutch Alpine Club, eight Dutch and one Peruvian, Dr. Dolf Noordijk, Fons Driessen, Daniel Paz y Geuze, Robbert and Hannie Vermeer, Jan and Anna van Royen, my wife Liesbeth and I, made a very interesting r...
Everest Attempt. Our expedition hoped to climb Everest by the North Col route without high-altitude porters or artificial oxygen. We were six climbers: Luis Bernardo, Pedro Nicolás, Salvador Rivas, Angel Sánchez, Carlos Soria and I as leader; Dr. ...
Washington Cascades, Mt. Index. On 21 August Craig Keyes (27) was climbing a difficult route on Mt. Index alone. He lost his grip on a 40-foot, near-vertical wall, fell about 20 feet and tumbled another 20 feet and landed on a ledge. Other climber...
STRANDED, OFF ROUTEColorado, Eldorado Canyon State ParkOn March 4, a male climber (23) and his friend began to rappel the Redguard route sometime around 7:00 p.m. They quickly realized they had descended in the wrong spot and had become stuck. The...
Cho Oyu, North Face. Our expedition scouted the previously almost unknown north face of Cho Oyu and climbed a fine direct route. The face is impressive: four kilometers wide and more than 2000 meters high. It is hidden by smaller peaks in front of...
Crag Climbing. Crag climbing began in the desert at Indian Creek in the 1970s, when the majority of routes established on the vertically fractured Wingate walls were one or two pitches in length and easily protected with the newly developed cammin...
AVALANCHE, EXCEEDING ABILITIES, WEATHERAlberta, Rocky Mountains, Cascade Mountain, “Urs Hole” FallsSometime on February 24, two ice climbers (both 20) were hit by an avalanche while climbing the waterfall route “Urs Hole”, near Banff. Both died. O...
Teram Kangri. Teram Kangri (7433 meters, 24,485 feet) rises near the junction of the Teram Shehr and the Siachen Glaciers. It was climbed in 1992 by and Indian army team led by Colonel M.S. Gill. More details are awaited.Harish Kapadia, Editor, Hi...
Colorado Mountain Club. For the Colorado Mountain Club 1948 was a busy year, though not spectacular. Trips sponsored by the Denver Group, varying from picnics and easy one-day walks to climbs of 14,000-ft. peaks, produced some 2300 safe man-days i...
Colorado Mountain Club. The Colorado Mountain Club has about 7500 members in groups throughout the state. The largest is the Denver Group with about 4600 members. There are also the Denver Wilderness Kids Group for families with pre-teenagers and ...
Mt. VesuviusUp to the beginning of the Christian era this volcano (ca. 4000 ft.) is not known to have been in eruption. After centuries of inactivity, earthquakes culminated in the great explosion of August 24, A.D. 79, an account of which has bee...