Sangay and Monja Chiquita and Taburnáculo, El Altar Group. Our group was led by Erich Griessl and composed of Günter Hell, Rudolf Lettenmeier, Sepp Rieser and me. We left Munich on December 26, 1970. From Quito we reached the Indian town of Alao b...
Grand Traverse. During July 1950 Mike Brewer and Dick Pownall completed the longest traverse ever made in the Tetons. They started at midnight from Jenny Lake and ascended five major peaks, in this order: Nez Perce, Cloudveil Dome, S. Teton, Middl...
Nanga Parbat. A 13-man Czechoslovakian expedition led by Ivan Galfy attempted to climb Nanga Parbat by the Rakhiot side but failed slightly above 22,000 feet because of bad weather.
FALLING ROCK, FALL ON ROCKWashington, Klockman RockRescue teams located the bodies of Larry Cornwell (34) and John Norris (34) at the base of Klockman Rock on the northeast side of the main rock formation at approximately 0430 on September 29, 198...
Cerro Torre, east face. In late October and early November Italians Paolo Calza, Mauro Giovanazzi, Walter Gobbi, and Ermanno Salvaterra attempted a new route on the east face of this peak, via a completely independent line. After fixing the first ...
Plateriyayoq and Palanganayoq Groups, Cordillera Urubamba. Seven members of the London University Graduate Mountaineering Club (M. C. Avis, F. W. Barnes, D. C. Lindsey, M. Mason, W. A. Towlson, R. J. Woollett and I) spent ten days climbing from Ba...
Mount Steele. On June 20, Andy Williams airlifted Dave Custer, Paul Jenson, Peter Green and me onto the west fork of the Donjek Glacier at 2950 meters, south of Mount Walsh. Relaying loads during lulls in the generally stormy weather, we gained th...
Direct North Face of Teewinot, August 24, 1948. Dick Emerson and Pete Owen made the first ascent of this spectacular route. Approximately 150 vertical feet from the summit a unique cave was discovered which forms a passageway from the north to the...
Mount Steele Attempt. In July and August, Jeff Elphinston, Kipp Drummond and I attempted the east ridge of Mount Steele (16,644 feet). We spent 14 days walking from the Alaska Highway up the west bank of the Donjek River and the Steele valley to B...
Mount Manitoba, First Ascent. During the 1967 Canadian Centennial Celebration, a range of unclimbed peaks was found in Kluane National Park and given the name of the Centennial Range. Twelve were named after the provinces and territories of Canada...
Broad Peak, Gasherbrum II and Southeast Face of K2. Our expedition consisted of Viktor Grošelj, leader, Bogdan Bišcak, Rado Fabjan, Žare Gugej, Tomaš Jamnik, Dušan Jelincic, Silvo Karo, Pavle Kozjek, Nico Kregar, Matevš Lenarcic, Mojmir Štangelj, ...
Stanford Alpine Club. Our main emphasis during the winter was on mountaineering. An easy trip to Desolation Valley south of Lake Tahoe to orient newcomers was followed by more difficult trips to Mount Morrison, Split Mountain, and Mount Shasta. No...
Burkett, Southeast Face. In early May, Greg Collum and I helicoptered from Petersburg to Base Camp at 4200 feet on the Burkett Glacier. We immediately made an attempt at a fast ascent of Burkett, but we were quickly shot down by a storm. For the n...
AVALANCHEBritish Columbia, Coast Mountains, Hudson Bay MountainDuring a training exercise around 1700 on November 27, 1991, a six-man Search and Rescue team was struck by an avalanche. Three of them were carried about 35 meters and buried, while o...
Churen Himal West and Central Summits. Churen Himal has three summits, all of which are given with the same altitude, 7371 meters or 24,184 feet. A Korean expedition of seven climbed the southeast face, which gives access to the central and west p...
Masherbrum attempt, Charakusa Valley exploration, Haji Brakk first ascent. With Slovenians, Marko Prezelj and Matic Jost, I arrived at base camp below Masherbrum (7,855m) on May 31, after experiencing a difficult approach due to winter snow. We pu...
Das Berner Oberland, by Adolph Schaer-Ris. 4to., 130 pages, including 60 pages of photo-illustrations, together with sketches by Victor Surbek. Berne: Urs Graf-Verlag, 1952. Price, Sw. Fr. 19.35.This is the seventh in the series, reviewed earlier,...
A noshah, Ishmurgh Valley. Bram van Veelen, Richard Hauer, Frits Iordens, Frank Boesveldt, Jan van Wulfften Palthe and Herman Plugge as leader, all members of the Royal Dutch Alpine Club, visited the Hindu Kush. The government coup resulting in th...
Himlung Himal, Probable First Ascent. Himlung Himal (7126 meters, 23,380 feet) lies northwest of Manaslu near the Tibetan border. This autumn, a 14-member Japanese expedition led by Yukio Niwa was the tenth to go to Himlung. Of their nine predeces...
Batura II (7,762m), south face, attempt; probable second ascent of Ya Chish, probable fourth ascent of Batokshi. Batura II is one of the highest unclimbed points in the Karakoram, though its south face was attempted by a German team in 2002. They ...