Bulgarian Ama Dablam Attempt. This Bulgarian expedition led by Venelin Petrov had hoped to climb a new route, the northwest ridge to the west face. They were badly delayed because cargo by truck from Bulgaria failed to arrive on time and they had ...
EDWARD LAURENCE DENNIS 1903–43Mr. Dennis, who died on May 16, 1943, was a former President of the Spokane Mountaineers. He was born in the Palouse Country of Washington, graduating from the State College in 1926. Heserved as captain in the Air Cor...
Ellsworth Mountains, Various Activity. We climbed the Vinson Massif in the Sentinel Range of the Ellsworth Mountains via a new route on the southeastern side. Our expedition took place from December 19, 2000, to January 16, 2001. Our group consist...
Stefan Brunner and I, spent three weeks together in the Cochamó Valley at the end of January and beginning of February We found a great line on the far right side of the Profetas Wall, which is on the opposite side of the valley from Mt. Trinida...
On January 24, 1988, Bill Isherwood (46) and Bill McConachie (36) hiked with two companions to the ice climbing area in Lee Vining Canyon. McConachie proceeded to lead the first pitch of the middle ice fall while Isherwood belayed from a semiprote...
Ganchen Group. Chris Forrest and I reached the Sosbun Glacier on July 30 after a three-day walk from Dasso with five porters. We had originally hoped to attempt the rocky spires that make up the peaks of the west Biafo wall. However, on this side ...
Cerro Torre, Slovenian Start variation, and Aguja Poincenot, Italian Route, first integral ascent. On January 17, 2005, our small team from Slovenia, Patagonian veteran Silvo Karo, my wife Tanja Grmovsek, and Monika Kambic-Mali, and I settled down...
Río Blanco Group. In January 1955 Jorge and Sergio Domicelj, Juan Guthmann, Fredy Klayman, and Carlos Stegmann of the Centro Andino, Buenos Aires, climbed in the Río Blanco Group, which lies just to the south of Aconcagua. From a base camp at 10,3...
New Hampshire, Mt. Jefferson. On 11 August at 1300 a sudden and violent thunder storm struck Mt. Jefferson and the surrounding area. Numerous hikers were in the area at the time; some thirty sought refuge at the Edmonds Col Emergency Shelter. The ...
Bugaboo Spire, East Face. All winter I longed to return to the rock of the beautiful and inspiring east face of this peak after my attempt last year with Art Gran. This attempt, which had stopped only 500 feet short of the summit, had involved thr...
Nanga Parbat, Ascent. Our summit day, July 21, saw a multi-national group from three different expeditions depart CIV at about 4 a.m. In one team were two Koreans, in the second were three Koreans and their high-altitude porter, Rosi Ali, and in t...
Nanga Parbat Attempt. Todd Bibler, Harry Kent, Andy Lapkass and I attempted to climb Nanga Parbat from the Rupal valley. Our objective was to try the central pillar of the Rupal Face in as close to alpine-style as possible. We spent from July 5 to...
Lamjung Attempt. Eight Japanese climbers led by Yoshiaki Sugiyama failed to climb 6983-meter (22,910-foot) Lamjung via the southeast ridge. On April 22, they reached their high point of 5950 meters.Elizabeth Hawley
Jangyaraju and Vallunaraju Group. On June 20, 28 members and friends of the Club Andinista Cordillera Blanca left Huaraz for the Quebrada Llaca as a weekend family affair. On June 21 the climbing members established camp at the base of the eastern...
Baljauri. An Indian expedition of ten was led by Basanta Singha Roy. On September 24, the leader reached the summit (5922 meters, 19,429 feet).Kamal K. Guha, Editor, Himavanta, India
Middle Teton, South Ridge. On the Middle Teton between the southwest and southeast ridges, both of which lead to the south summit, is a jumbled area of rock and snow the uppermost portion of which contains a ridge that terminates on the southwest ...
Trango Tower, attempted second ascent, solo. The highly experienced big wall climber Alfredo Madinabeitia (Norwegian Route on Great Trango, Amin Brakk, etc) attempted to make the second ascent, solo, of the Swiss-French Route on the West Pillar (P...
Chaturangi. Jahar Guha Thakurta, Debu P. Bhattacharjee, B.S. Negi and Sherpa Kami climbed Chaturangi (20,975 feet) on September 27. P 20,270 above the Khalipet Glacier was climbed by Chanchal Muk- herjee, Somen Majumdar, Debu and Sherpas Chhunje a...
Ama Dablam, Pre-Monsoon Ascent and Attempt. An expedition of 11 Americans and a Briton to Ama Dablam’s southeast ridge was led by Scott Fischer. On April 24, Americans Fischer and Stephen Shrader reached the summit. Slovenes Bojan Pockar and Štefa...
Dartmouth Mountaineering Club. Dartmouth climbers pulled down harder than ever before in New England, out west and beyond this year. During off-terms in the winter, Matt Holmes climbed with the Los Alamos Climbing Club at White Rock, Penitente, Sh...