Mount Monolith, Tombstone Range; Ogilvie Mountains. On July 14 Allen Dennis, Selwyn Hughes, Martin Williams and I were helicoptered to Mount Monolith. On the 15th and 16th we climbed straight up the east face of the neighboring peak to the south. ...
FALL ON ROCK, PLACED INADEQUATE PROTECTION, OUT OF PRACTICEWashington, Snoqualmie Pass, Chair PeakMy son Erik Podenski (14) and I (42) were climbing the Northeast Buttress route on Chair Peak on May 16, 1992. This route is rated Class 4. I led all...
This pyramidal peak lies on the Nepal-Tibet border, southeast of Gauri Shankar and south of Melungtse. David Gottlieb and I approached from the town of Shigati (950m, on the Tamba Kosi) to the west, and hiked five days to base camp in the village ...
Jack Mountain, North Face. On July 18 and 19, Fred Beckey, Dallas Kloke and I climbed the north face of Jack Mountain (9066 feet) via an approach through the 7000-foot pass between East and West Crater Mountains. From camp at 6000 feet just east o...
East Temple. On September 2, Stu Turner, Mike Ermarth, Brad Merry, Ron Shrigley and I did a new route on the northwest face of East Temple. We climbed the talus and slabs to the base of the face, and then ascended a wide and sometimes icy couloir ...
HYPOTHERMIA, FROSTBITE, EXPOSURE, INADEQUATE CLOTHING AND EQUIPMENT, FAILURE TO TURN BACK, PARTY SEPARATED, EXCEEDING ABILITIES—INEXPERIENCE, WEATHER New Hampshire, Mount Jefferson and Mount WashingtonOn January 14, 1994, Derek Tinkham (20) and Je...
Dartmouth Mountaineering Club. Our club has concluded another safe, productive year. While others waited for the winter snows to melt in New England, three members went to the Mealy Mountains in Labrador for a two-week ski trek. Spring brought the...
Mt. Sheol. 1905 first ascent by P. S. Thompson, C. Kaufmann. This information is merely from the entry in Kaufmann’s book, route and time not being given.
Changla (6,563m), southwest face of north-northwest ridge, then north face. Uncertain of the best line to take on unclimbed Changla, Hirofumi Kobayashi (leader), Seiya Nakasukasa, Yuta Shibayama, and Naoki Yamaguchi approached up the Chula Khola, ...
Mount Wrangell. Bob Hurley, Bob Sutherland and I reached the summit of Mount Wrangell (14,163 feet) on September 4. We had been flown to a glacial bench northwest of the mountain at 8000 feet on August 30. We camped at 9800 feet the first night, m...
FALLING ROCK—Washington, Mt. Rainier. On June 18, a fifteen- year-old boy was injured by rockfall while climbing in the Thumb Rock area of the Liberty Ridge route with five others. His kneecap was broken, so a rescue team of eight had to lower him...
• Frank Smythe: The Six Alpine/Himalayan Climbing Books (Mountaineers $38.00) is the latest in the Mountaineers series that began with the Tilman and Shipton editions. Smythe wrote 27 books; these six, written between 1920 and 1939, include The Ka...
Mount Hayes Attempt. On May 19 John Giese, Doug Houck, Henry Bergner, Ed Nemecek and I were flown to the Susitna Glacier, southwest of Mount Hayes. We established Base Camp at 7100 feet, hoping to climb the west ridge which rises to the 12,500-foo...
Devils Thumb, Northwest Face Attempt, Coast Range. Michael Bearzi and I attempted the northwest face of the Devils Thumb. The climbing halfway up the northwest face was hair-raising, whereas the rest would have been impassible. Avalanche danger wa...
RAPPEL FAILUREBritish Columbia, Selkirk Mountains, Bugaboo SpireOscar Fleuhler (29), leader, John Leedale (24), and Daniel Minion (15) were descending the south ridge of Bugaboo Spire in light drizzle on 1 September 1979. They rappelled from the f...
Makalu, Ascents and Tragedy. Four teams followed the Standard Route, and success came to all of them, but was accompanied by tragedy to an Australian team. On May 8, David Hume and Mark Auricht became the first Australians to reach the summit of M...
Chacraraju Este, Cordillera Blanca. The eastern summit of Chacraraju (19,685 feet) remained the last unclimbed 6000-meter summit in the range until 1962 because of its forbidding difficulty. It had attracted the attention of the French since their...
Mount Stuart, Direct West Wall. We had often admired and looked at the prominent unclimbed triangular west wall, far below Mount Stuart’s granite summit. With powder snow being blown by heavy gusts and winter conditions, Don Cramer and I climbed o...
Pronghorn. East Arête of North Summit. Pronghorn has two spectacular buttresses. The southern leads directly to the main summit and is nearly vertical. The northern leads to the north summit and maintains a nearly constant angle of about 70°. It i...
SUP ON MIXED TERRAIN, INADEQUATE EQUIPMENT (ICE AX IN PACK), EXCEEDING ABILITIESAlberta, Banff National Park, Cascade MountainThe story behind this accident was largely pieced together from the evidence gathered during the lengthy search that was ...