GeographicalDistrictsNumber of Accidents1951-70DeathsTotalPersonsInvolvedNumber of Accidents1971DeathsTotalPersonsInvolvedCanadaAlberta 261332416British Columbia 5717849210Yukon Territory 5494413Ontario111000Quebec 111000United StatesAtlantic — No...
Kizil Asker Area, Various Ascents. In 1997, I traveled with an international team of five to the West Kokshaal-Tau range, the southwestern-most part of the Tien Shan mountains on the border with China (see 1998 AAJ, pp. 342-3). In 1998, supported ...
Wisconsin Hoofer Mountaineers. Hoofer activities for 1957 resembled those of previous years, both locally and in terms of summer trips. During the winter months we thrived as ski enthusiasts and held several meetings to review the accomplishments ...
Mercedario, East Face. An Italian expedition from Padua made the first ascent of the east face of Mercedario (21,894 feet). The leader was Toni Mastellaro and the members were Sergio Billoro, Andrea Cassutti, Dr. Pier Paolo Cago, Franco Cremonese,...
Mount Shuksan, Traverse from Cloudcap Peak via Jagged Ridge. The morning of July 11 found John Meulemans, Irene Whittlerova, and Tony Hovey in the rugged Nooksack cirque, gazing along the length of Jagged Ridge beginning with Cloudcap Peak and end...
Three Fingers, East Face Couloir. On August 16, Jim Stoddard, Ted Carpenter and I made the first ascent of Three Fingers via its east side. From High Camp at timberline above Squire Creek we contoured south over easy terrain, continuing across sno...
Grands Charmoz, North Face, Solo, French Alps. On June 19 I soloed the north face of the Grands Charmoz by the Heckmaier-Kroner variant of the Merkl-Weltzenbach route. I bivouacked on the descent. Though the route was first done in the 1930s, it i...
Nilkantha. A 37-member multinational army expedition was led by Indian Lieutenant Colonel H.S. Chauhan. There were 25 Indians and three each from Britain, United States, France and Italy. The peak was climbed by a new route, the northeast ridge ga...
Logmun Tower, north face, Inshallah Mi Primo. Logmun Tower stands close to the standard base camp in the Nangma Valley. It is the middle of three impressive north-facing granite towers that have also been referred to as Roungkhanchan (or Roun Khan...
Spanish Expedition to West Greenland. An expedition of the Unió Excursionista de Catalunya was composed of Ramó Barceló, Joan Freixas, Jaime Farreras, Antonio Rañé, Carlos Romero, Victor Villa- grasa, Vicente Primo, Carlos Ortiz and Juan Merino. T...
Phari Lapcha (6,017m), northeast face, Independence Day. From November 8 to 10 Andrzej Sokolowski, Przemek Wojcik, and I made the first ascent of the central couloir on the 1,000m northeast face of Phari Lapcha.In the 11 p.m. darkness, belaying at...
High Worlds of the Mountain Climber, photographs by Bob and Ira Spring. Text by Harvey Manning. Seattle: Superior Publishing Co., 1959. 142 pages; numerous color and black and white photographs. This book is an introduction to the mountains of wes...
Kerckhoff Dome, “Pinup." In March Brian Cox, Ian and Darien Raistrick and I made a new route on the south face of Kerckhoff Dome. We began on a slabby wall directly beneath a gaping chimney high on the wall above. About 150 feet left of “Centerfol...
Twin Brothers, Levels of Doom, and Isaac, Middle Earth. It was reported that Amanda Tarr and Eric Rasmussen put up a new 14-pitch line, Levels of Doom (VI 5.9 A3+), to the right of Peyote Dreams on the Twin Brothers, in late September. In late Nov...
Devils Tower, The Window. In August, Pete Robinson, of Fort Collins, Colorado, joined me in an attempt to climb the "Window” of Devils Tower. This is a 300-foot high recess in the east face of the Tower. It had been attempted twice before. Rain fe...
FALL/SLIP ON ICE, UNABLE TO SELF-ARREST, NO HARD HAT Oregon, Mount Hood, Southside RouteOn January 17, 1994, Kurt Pothast (20), Mike Bell (19), David Pardue (30), Tim Park (17), and Ron Hatfield (17) were climbing Southside Route on Mount Hood. It...
San Valentin Massif, North Peak. It was reported that a Spanish team of Pedro Antonio Ortega, Angel Ortiz, Bruno and Cesar Perez de Tudela climbed a 300-meter route on the North Peak. The route involved a succession of short rock buttresses at Gra...
Chiquito Dome, Mammoth Pool Reservoir, “Archline”. In May, 1979 Conrad van Bruggen and I climbed a new route that starts from a large flake just left of Jigsaw Puzzle (A.A.J., 1979). From the top of the flake, go past a bolt and cross a very thin ...
Michael Minaret, West Ridge, The Crescent, Previously Unreported. After the Minaret Traverse and the South Face of Clyde, the West Ridge (IV 5.8) is the longest route in the Minarets. It was first climbed by Lynn Bowering and me. Approach via Nort...
FALL ON SNOW, INADEQUATE EQUIPMENT, INEXPERIENCE— Wyoming, The Tetons. Joe Burlingham (30) was climbing on the east slopes of Teewinot with Gary Lepard, David Weathers and Lewis Wren. He slipped on the snow and slid approximately 150 feet, then cr...