F. WOODBRIDGE CONSTANT 1904-1988F. Woodbridge Constant died at his home in Essex, Connecticut on November 16. He graduated from Princeton and earned his Ph.D from Yale. In 1946, he joined the Trinity College faculty in Hartford as chairman of the ...

Northern Selkirks, Various Ascents. In August, 1995, Steve Sheriff and I gained a high point beneath Mount Sorcerer by following logging roads through clearcuts above Bachelor Creek. We then bushwhacked directly toward the peak for a kilometer or ...

The Editor also calls the readers’ attention to Freedom in Exile—The Autobiography of the Dalai Lama, Harper Collins, New York, 1990 and Hodder and Stoughton Ltd, London, 1990. 288 pages, numerous photographs.

BAD WEATHER, EXPOSURE—Washington, Mt. Rainier, Liberty Ridge. Tim Riordan (31), Jeff Jones (21) and Jack Tackle (23) were helicoptered from 8,500 feet on the Winthrop Glacier after a two day search effort. Bad weather conditions had forced them to...

LOSS OF CONTROL—VOLUNTARY GLISSADE, NO ICE AX LEASH SYSTEMColorado, Rocky Mountain National Park, Andrews GlacierOn September 16, Charles Bailey (37) slipped on Andrews Glacier while glissading. He lost his ice ax and was unable to stop himself. H...

Elbrus and Pik Korzhenevskoy. On June 12 and 18,1 climbed to the summits of Elbrus East (5621 meters, 18,442 feet) and Elbrus West (5642 meters, 18,510 feet) in the Caucasus. I was informed that I was the first American woman to ski from the summi...

Wyoming, Grand Teton National Park (2), Storm Point—On July 7, James E. Ferris (22) and James M. Brydon signed out at the Chief Ranger’s Office for belaying practice on the south side of Storm Point. Due to the fact that a mountain rescue was alre...

EXPOSURE, PARTY SEPARATED, INADEQUATE EQUIPMENTCalifornia, Mt. ShastaOn February 3, 1978, Ed Paterson and Ron Sova (34) attempted a winter climb of Mt. Shasta. While Peterson and Sova were in the area of the Red Banks, a fierce winter storm’s full...

Kyajo Ri, first recorded ascent of southeast ridge. On October 24 Seth Hobby and I established base camp at 4,600m below the east face of Kyajo Ri (6,186m). Our plan was to climb the mountain from the northeast. Photos provided by our friend and t...

Nun Attempts. There were two unsuccessful expeditions to Nun (7135 meters, 23,410 feet) in 1994. French climbers led by Jean Bordes attempted the north face while a British-American expedition led by Alan Burgess tried in September to climb the we...

AVALANCHE, INEXPERIENCEBritish Columbia, Rocky Mountains, Stanley BasinOn February 24, 1979, two cross-country skiers, Michael Roger Cheng and Allison Joan Bonnie, of Calgary, Alberta, died in an avalanche in the Stanley Basin in Kootenay National...

Mt. Kennedy, North Buttress, First Alpine-Style Ascent. The 6,000-foot North Buttress of Mt. Kennedy was an obviously orgasmic and well-known alpine-style objective in the St. Elias Range. The buttress had been climbed twice before (1968 and 1977)...

Salcantay. Our team consisted of Michel Biodjekian, Jean-Paul and Geneviève Bouquier, Laurent and Evelyne Coursol, Maurice Gelman, Christian Genina, Albert Peret, Réné Tirollier, Alain Pascal, Bernard Hostein and me. In early July we all climbed C...

FALL ON SNOW, LOSS OF CONTROL – VOLUNTARY GLISSADE, FAULTY USE OF CRAMPONS, INEXPERIENCEWyoming, Grand Teton National Park, Mount TeewinotOn the morning of July 17, David Berry and Andrew Baldyga departed Yellowstone National Park and stopped at J...

Gasherbrum IV, East Face, Attempt. No protection and avalanches stopped a Korean expedition of the Seoul University Alpine Club at 7400 meters on August 11 on the east face of Gasherbrum IV (7925 m), which remains unclimbed. The expedition reached...

Central Tower of Paine, South-Southwest Face, 1986. Italians climbed a new route on the south-southwest face of the Central Tower of Paine. The route, which rises from the col between the central and south towers, crosses the bottom of the Kearney...

Kongur, Sinkiang. Our 10-man British Mount Kongur Expedition had two main objectives: to make the first ascent of Kongur and to conduct a programme of medical research into the reaction of the expedition members to altitude. The mountain was succe...

Techado Negro, Rost Spur. Many climbers took interest in this peak this past season. It lies on the far south end of the Fitz Roy Massif and is characterized by its black colored rock, which more often than not is very loose. Amongst the few ascen...

P 7455, P 7420, P 6600, Thompson Ridge, Chugach Mountains. On June 7, a six-man joint St. Elias Guides and American Alpine Institute expedition flew to the Thompson Ridge area near the headwaters of Granite Creek. On the 9th, we attempted P 7455 b...

FALL ON ROCK, RAPPEL ERROR–NO BACKUP SYSTEMArkansas, Buffalo National River Wilderness Area, Hawksbill CragOn the afternoon of August 25th, a 20-year-old woman was rappelling off a 100-foot bluff near Hawksbill Craig, also known as Whitaker Point,...