FALL ON ROCK, RAPPEL ANCHOR AND BELAY INADEQUATE California, Joshua Tree National MonumentOn December 3, 1988, Boy Scout Troop #156 was conducting rappel training/practice on the north side wall of the Indian Cove Campground Amphitheater. One anch...
Scenic Guides, by Weldon F. Heald. Susanville, California: H. C. Johnson. Price, $1.50 each.Scenic Guide to Oregon. 100 pages, with photographs and maps. 1951.Scenic Guide to Nevada. 80 pages with photographs and maps. Revised edition, 1952.Scenic...
Trapecio, Southwest Spur, Cordillera Huayhuash. From the start I did not feel the easy euphoria of my previous Andean expeditions, possibly because I sensed the sacrifices and effort we should have to sustain, fighting wind and snow to get to the ...
California-Yosemite (3): On November 9, 1952, L. C. Ames, Jr., and Mrs. P. Kool from Victorville, California Air Force Base, were rescued from the cliff ledges about 120 feet above the valley floor near Yosemite Falls. They had registered for the ...
Chuscha, Cordillera de Catreal, Northern Andes, 1992. Argentines Pablo Sahade, Eduardo Arjona, leader Antonio Beorchia Nigris and Swiss Rafael Joliat ascended the Río Ovejeria and the Río Suri Ciénaga to reach this mountain, the highest in the ran...
Chilean-Japanese Expedition to the Central Cordillera. The expedition which was still in the field when the last A.A.J. went to press (see A.A.J., 1960, 12:1, p. 151) added to the list of first ascents already reported the following, all of which ...
STRANDED, DARKNESS, INADEQUATE EQUIPMENT, FAILURE TO LEARN DESCENT ROUTEColorado, Rocky Mountain National Park, Taylor PeakOn December 12, Markin Fevughack (25) and Holley English (25) became stranded atop Thatchtop Mountain due to darkness after ...
Mount McKinley, Couloir from West Buttress Route to Kahiltna- horn. Reinhold Messner and I made a new ascent route on Mount McKinley on June 13. We started from the landing area on the Kahiltna Glacier on June 6 and climbed the West Buttress route...
California, Yosemite Valley. On July 16th Jerrold Goodwin (age 31) and Benjamin Wells (32) were on the first pitch of the MW Route of Sunnyside Bench. A falling body hurtled past and landed on the scree sixty feet below. Goodwin and Wells immediat...
Thalay Sagar Attempt. Japanese Akira Kiuchi, Ken Kodachi and high-altitude porter Barubiru attempted to climb the west ridge of Thalay Sagar. They established Base Camp and Camps I and II at 4750, 4900 and 5300 meters on May 21, 25 and 29. Snowfal...
North Face of Middle Cathedral Rock, Yosemite. Robert Kamps, Charles Pratt and Steven Roper made the first ascent of the north face of Middle Cathedral Rock in the summer of 1959 in two and one-half days. Yvon Chouinard reports that this climb, on...
Colchuck Peak. In January Mark Thornton and I made the first winter ascent of the Wickwire-Lilleby route on excellent ice.David Seman
RAPPEL FAILURE—INCORRECT USE OF EQUIPMENT Alberta, Rocky Mountains, Heart CreekOn June 26, 1994, Alan C. was rock climbing at Heart Creek slabs with friends. After completing a pitch, he was being lowered by his belayer from below, with the rope r...
Distaghil Sar Attempt. Our members were Jean-François Lassalle, Jean- Claude Lefèbvre, Christophe Lefèbvre, Christian Mathieu and I as leader. We had hoped to climb Distaghil Sar (7885 meters, 25,870 feet) by its south face. We approached from His...
Beartooth Range. The Iowa Mountaineers held a summer camp in the Beartooth Range from August 7 to 19 Eighty members participated. Considerable investigation was required to determine a suitable Base Camp, which was finally located near Bob Lake wi...
Cleveland Mountaineers. A small group of enthusiastic outdoorsmen continue to breathe life into the organization. After the big trip into the Wind River-Wykee Lake region in 1972, led by Hal Joiner and Russ Batt, 1973 saw little action by our memb...
Ascents by Indian Expeditions in Himachal Pradesh. Chau Chau Kang Nilda II (6158 meters, 20,204 feet), above Langja village in Spiti, was climbed on September 14 by Amok Chatterji, Kishor Banerjee and Shyamal Pal. They were led by P.K. Barwan. Gan...
Cordillera de Apolobamba, Various Ascents. An 18-member party of young mountaineers from the Deutscher Alpenverein visited the Cordillera de Apolobamba, completing a number of climbs. They made the first ascent of the unclimbed East Ridge of the C...
STRANDED, CLIMBING ALONE, WEATHERWyoming, Grand Teton National Park, Grand TetonA climber (35) signed out on August 29, 1992, to do a solo climb of the north ridge of the Grand Teton. He discussed the route and his plans extensively with the range...
Climbing in the Adirondacks: A Guide to Rock and Ice Routes in the Adirondack Park. Second Edition. Don Mellor. The Adirondack Mountain Club, Inc., Lake George, N.Y., 1988. 318 pages, illustrations, charts, route diagrams, map, bibliography. $24.9...