Bojohaghur Duan Asir I. Six Japanese climbers led by Muneo Uyeda failed to climb Bojohaghur Duan Asir I (7329 meters, 24,046 feet). They approached the mountain up the Ultar Glacier from Hunza and attempted the south side. Base Camp at 12,950 feet...
“Sawtooth Mountain”, W. Hamill (Toby) Group, Purcells. On August 17 David, Miriam, and Suzanne Ector, Drew Weir, and I left the Johnson’s Landing road near Salisbury Creek, at 1900 feet, and ascended northeastward 2½ miles through thick forest. We...
Mt. Sir Donald, Selkirk. On 1 August J. B. Swanson (27), Steve Tandy, John Pinamont, and Garey Tandy had climbed Sir Donald via northwestridge and descended via southeast ridge and southwest ridge. They had stopped while descending the Vaux Glacie...
FALL ON ROCK, CLIMBING ALONE AND UNROPED, WINDCalifornia, Tahquitz RockOn January 24, Nathan Thomas Parrish’s (25) body was found at the base of South Face of Tahquitz Rock between Open Book and Left Ski Track.Jim Russell, U.S. Forest Service part...
Hunter, Southeast Spur Attempt, 1991. Jay Hudson, our pilot, dropped Jim Graham and me off on the seldom-visited south fork of the Tokositna Glacier on April 22, 1991. We believe that no one had been here since 1980 when Pete Athans, Peter Metcalf...
Mountain Rescue Association. From the initial nine charter teams founding MRA on June 7, 1959, we have now grown to include 35 qualified mountain rescue teams representing 10 states and 2 provinces. Included in this are Alaska and four national pa...
P 20,700 near Ganesh Parbat. This virgin peak was climbed on July 13 by an Indo-Tibetan Border Police team led by R.K. Khanna.Sohli S. Mehta, Himalayan Club
Shrikailash. Our expedition from Bangalore comprised five men: B.G. Naganath, S. Sudhakar, K.V. Mohan, A.S. Ravindra and Mallik Arjuna and three women: Mala Honnatti, Dr. Shantha and me as leader. We established Base Camp on August 24 immediately ...
A.A.C., Cascade Section. During the year the Section sponsored several slide programs featuring local, national, and international climbers. In June Stephen Bezruchka described his 1981 ascent of Mustagh Ata in Western China. In the fall Doug Scot...
Sitting Chief. I was part of a joint Mountain Club of South Africa/British Mountaineering Council expedition to northern Mozambique and we were successful in climbing our objective, Sitting Chief (local name, Murupie). We had quite an adventure ge...
A.A.C., Oregon Section. The section held three regular meetings in 1971 at which we were entertained by Bob Lee’s account of a Mexican- American expedition to the Río Mezquital; George Cummings, Nick Dodge, and Jim Petroske’s explorations in the C...
Makalu Attempt. We were a group of seven climbers organized by the guide service we direct. On September 22, we arrived at Base Camp at 17,400 feet at the junction of the Chago and Barun Glaciers after a 12-day approach. After ferrying food and ge...
Turkey. A Swiss scientific expedition climbed Mount Ararat (16,916 feet) on August 15, 1954. The summit party consisted of Prof. Eduard Imhof, Leader, Prof. Emil Egli, and Dr. Hans Keller.
Illampu and Illimani. An expedition of the Club Alpino Italiano, Sezione di Bergamo, reached the summit of Illampu (20,872 feet) in two rope teams, well past the climbing season (late October). Details of the route are not available; poor weather ...
Ak-Su, Turkestan Range, Kirgiz SSR. Our group of 16 climbers from the Alpine Club of the Natural Science Faculty of Charles University of Prag spent 15 exciting days at the beginning of July in the Ak-Su region on the northern slopes of the Turkes...
Austvagoy Island, Vagakallen, second ascent of Storm Pillar. From June 16 to 18 Vasek Satava and I made the second ascent of Storm Pillar on the Storpillaren of Vagakallen. The route was first climbed in September 2003 by Louise Thomas and Mike “T...
Kayaking across Baffin Island. Andy Bridge, Phil DeRieme, Hayden Glatte and John Weld were flown to a sandbar near the Barnes Icecap on Baffin Island on July 16. With their 35-pound kayaks each packed with 50 pounds of supplies, they set out for t...
FALL ON ICE/ SNOW, CLIMBING UNROPED, POOR CONDITIONSColorado, Rocky Mountain National Park, Taylor GlacierOn October 16, a party of three started up the Taylor Glacier. The Taylor Glacier is a 40-60 degree 1,500-foot permanent snowfield in Rocky M...
California, Higher Cathedral Spire, Yosemite National Park—On April 17, 1955, at 5:30 a.m., Jack Weicker (24), Irene Beardsley (19), and Anne Pottinger (19) started up the talus at the base of the Higher Cathedral Spire. Roughly one and one-half h...
Denali National Park and Preserve Mountaineering Summary, 1996. High winds, wide crevasses and a record low snowfall set the scene for the 1996 climbing season in the Alaska Range. Extreme winds during the month of May caught many climbers by surp...