TirichMir, Norwegian Attempt. Forty-one years after their compatriot, Arne Naess, made the first ascent of Tirich Mir, Jon Gangdal, leader, Halfdan Egeberg, Torstein Skacke, Sven Gangdal, Erik Johannessen and Erik Hankø hoped to traverse both peak...
"Buffalo Head,” Northeast Face. The long ridge running north from Lizard Head and Camel Hump culminates in a beautiful bell-shaped formation between Washakie and South Fork Lakes. In search of an appropriate name for this strategic rock mass, I se...
Janhkuth, west face attempt. The main goal of the expedition was to make the first ascent of a 6,805m peak known as Janhkuth, north west of Chaukhamba. Only one other party has attempted to climb this mountain: the Austrians, Josef Jochler, and Ch...
Monte Pissis and Cerro Bonete Chico. On March 23, Greg Home climbed Pissis via the northwest slopes, a possible new route. Summit records of J. Reinhard, L. Gadenz et al. and S. Aarseth were found. Using a surveyor's hand level it appears the west...
Nanga Parbat. Five Spaniards climbed Nanga Parbat by the Kinshofer route on the Diamir side. After arriving at Base Camp on June 6, they established four high camps. On July 7, leader Pablo Barrenetxea and José Luis Clavel left Camp IV at 7300 met...
FALLING ROCK – TRIGGERED BY PARTY ABOVE, POOR POSITIONWashington, North Cascades, Forbidden Peak, West RidgeAbout 6:30 pm. on August 18, Jay Kullyman (42) and his partner had completed the rappels of the gully (climber’s) left of the standard coul...
Mount Roberts, East Face, Wind River Range. The mile-wide east face of Mount Roberts connects the nearly level summit erosion surface and the fringe of two glacial basins that drain into unnamed lakes above timber line. A reconnaissance several ye...
Ascent and Descent of the Echooka River. In early July, a successful attempt was made to reach the headwaters of the Echooka and descend the entire drainage to its confluence with the Sagavanigiktok. Crossing a high pass in relays from the Ivishak...
Monashee Range. Don Hubbard, Dick Crompton and I visited the Monashee Range between July 20 and August 6, exploring mountains between Mud Creek and Adams Creek and ascending six major and two minor peaks, apparently for the first time. A helicopte...
FALL ON ROCK, PLACED NO PROTECTION West Virginia, New River Gorge NRA, Kaymoor CliffOn June 19, 1994, a climber was “lead” climbing a 5.13s called “Bloodraid” at “The Hole” area of Kaymoor Cliffs. He had climbed over 20 feet and was just below a b...
Pico Colón and other peaks. An expedition of the Club Colom- biano de Andinismo made an ascent of Pico Colón (5775 meters, 18,947 feet on January 13, 1978. The summit group was composed of María Teresa and Carlos Gómez, Cecilia and Guillermo Berna...
Red Arch Mountain, Wigs In Space. In March, James Garrett, Chris Eng and I climbed a new route on Red Arch Mountain called Wigs In Space (IV 5.9 Al/Cl, nine pitches). The route climbs a flat-faced pillar on the southwest buttress of Red Arch Mount...
A.A.C., Cascade Section. Three outstanding personalities of the mountaineering world visited us this year, and all gave marvelously narrated lectures to large audiences. Eric Shipton talked of his Patagonia Icecap explorations; Arnold Lunn spoke o...
FALL ON ROCK, CLIMBING ALONE AND UNROPED Oregon, Smith Rock State Park, Monkey Face SpireOn May 22, Terry Mitchell (22) a Willamette University student and climbing instructor, set out to free-climb, without the aid of ropes or safety devices. Wit...
From the Black Forest to Tibet: One Woman’s Mountains. Trudy Healy. New York: Vantage Press, 1993. Illustrated by the author. 288 pages. $18.95.Trudy Healy has written a charming book:This climbing memoir has something of interest to every mountai...
The Balls. There are four main domes at the Balls, an area just north of Bass Lake and Oakhurst. All are immediately north of a dirt road leading to the area. From west to east, the domes have tentatively been named Ski Track Dome, Little Dome, Te...
Glacial Features of Jackson Hole, Wyoming, by Fritiof M. Fryxell. Rock Island, III. 1930. Augustana Library Publications, No. 13. $1.50.This monograph deals with the glaciers which covered the famous Jackson Hole in ancient times. It describes the...
JOHN EDGAR BREITENBACH1935–1963John Edgar Breitenbach was killed on March 23, 1963 in the Khumbu Icefall of Mount Everest by a collapsing wall of ice.Jake climbed throughout North America, made significant ascents in the Tetons, climbed McKinley b...
Colorado, La Plata Peak—On March 19, Karl Pfiffner (25), George Hurley (25), and Ron Bierstedt (25), climbed La Plata Peak (14,340 feet) by way of the Ellingwood Ridge. They turned back at about 13,000 feet because of the hour, and followed the ri...
Ohio, Practice Cliff near Dublin. The climb was a routine practice climb of about 40 feet in a limestone ravine at Dublin, Ohio. The weather was not a contributory factor, and the rock was dry. The pitch that Chet Hedden (21) chose on July 1 was a...