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Share Your Story
The AAJ publishes first-person reports about big new routes, first free ascents, and significant attempts and mountain exploration anywhere in the world. Most routes are at least six to eight pitches long, but we make some exceptions.
There are two ways to report new climbs:
- Send your new route reports with this Submission Form.
- Email reports and photos to the AAJ or to these editors:
- United States (including Alaska): Michael Levy
- Canada, Mexico, New Zealand: Whitney Clark
- South America (except Peru and Bolivia): Dougald MacDonald
- Peru: Pete Takeda
- Bolivia: Julian Dreiman
- Himalaya, Karakoram, China, Europe: Lindsay Griffin
- Russia, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Kazakhstan: Damien Gildea or Dougald MacDonald
- Middle East: Matt Samet
- Africa: Owen Clarke
- Norway: Maarten van Haeren
- Greenland: Dougald MacDonald
- Antarctica: Damien Gildea
Foreign Language Submissions
Our submission guidelines are translated for some foreign languages. Please email us if you're interested in translating these guidelines for other languages. Currently available: Korean
The Cutting Edge Podcast
The monthly Cutting Edge podcast features in-depth interviews with the climbers who will be writing next year’s AAJ stories, just back from great new climbs. Presented by Hilleberg the Tentmaker and produced by the editors of the American Alpine Journal. Learn more about each episode and see photos from the climbs at the Cutting Edge webpage.
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Explore
The comprehensive AAJ Index (1929–2024) is a useful companion to online article searches. It allows you to quickly scan for alternative spellings of peaks and other locations.