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INDIA’S MIYAR VALLEY TRIP REPORT EXPANDED
Supported by a grant from Mountain Hardwear, Pat Goodman and Dave Sharratt and I left home on August 7th bound for the Miyar Nala in India’s Himachael Pradesh. This broad, pastoral valley provides access to a series of glacier systems offering impressive rock walls and ridges to summits up to around 6,000 meters…
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Fowler and Boskoff Memorial Funds
On Dec. 4th, 2006 Christine Boskoff, owner of Mountain Madness and AMGA member, and her climbing partner Charlie Fowler, one of the original AMGA examiners, were scheduled to return from a personal climbing adventure on Genyn Peak, Sichuan Province, China. Charlie’s body was found at the base of the north face, where he was laid…
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The Ultimate Route: 700 Kilometers Around the Hautes Alps
Over ninety-two days, Lionel Daudet succeeded in circumnavigating 700 kilometers around the Hautes Alps province of France, ticking 292 peaks and gaining more than 70000 meters of elevation. Here, his reflections and photographs.
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M10+ SOLO IN SCOTLAND–BY ONE ARMED MAN
The other night I got one of those texts that you can tell was written by someone so excited they could hardly hold a mobile phone in their hand. It was Kevin Shields enthusing to me that he had just soloed Fast + Furious in Birnam Quarry.
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Arc’teryx Dually Belay Parka: Avoiding Wetness for Winter Warmth
When I first heard of a new truly hydrophobic (no water absorbtion) synthetic belay parka called the Dually Belay Parka from Arc’teryx, I was sure it could not be true. We have all heard the promise before: “This synthetic insulation will keep you warm even when it’s wet.” The disappointment of realizing you are not…
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I Was Drawn into the Joys of Trouserless Peaking by the Great George Mallory
“At last. Everest has finally been conquered by the Nude Mountaineering Society.”
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Kichatna Desire
Sean Isaac, Rob Owens and Roger Strong establish new mixed terrain (ED1 M7 WI5 A1, 700m) on the north face of Kichatna Spire in Alaska’s Kichatna Range.
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Climbing by Kayak: A Photo Essay of Greenland’s Tallest Sea Cliff
Eliza Kubarska and David Kaszlikowski load their kayaks with climbing gear and an excitement for unclimbed terrain in this mini-adventure to Greenland’s highest sea cliff.
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Grivel G12 Crampons: Do-It-All Spikes
Anyone who has exited from the top of the Aiguille du Midi ice cave to descend the narrow ridge leading into the Vallee Blanche above Chamonix will agree: it has your full attention. To the left, the ridge drops away down the famous Frendo Spur, somewhere in the neighborhood of 4,500 vertical feet. To the…
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Manuel Cordova/Jonathan Trango on the McIntryre-Colton in Great Alpine Style
I live in Malaga in Southern Spain, not so close to the Alps, but on September 11, I received notice of good conditions and weather on the way. I had to work that day, reached home at 21:00, gathered my gear, and hopped a plane in Barcelona. I met my partner Manu at 02:00 on…
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1931 Exum Ridge Video Showcases the Fourth Ascent, Not the Third
Alpinist’s first Weekly Feature, “1931 Exum Ridge Video,” states that the third ascent of the Exum Ridge was made by Paul Petzoldt, George L. Waters III (the cinematographer), Walcott Watson, H.M. Sherman, Chas. E. Logan and a Mr. Lasky of San Francisco. With help from www.tetonclimbinghistory.com and Renny Jackson, NPS employee and co-author of A…
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Editor Weds!
Michael Kennedy marries Alpinist editor Christian Beckwith to Giovannina Anthony south of Wilson Wyo., Sept. 22, 2007.
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