1998 American Alpine JournalThe Mountaineers Books |
Contents
Preface | 1 |
Nuptses West Face | 4 |
The West Face of Makalu | 11 |
Ship of Fools | 21 |
The West Face of Latok II | 34 |
The West Face of Gasherbrum IV | 44 |
A Touch Too Much? | 53 |
To Thalay With Love | 70 |
Unas Tits | 131 |
With You in Spirit | 140 |
Miso Soup and MMs on Baffin Island | 146 |
Waiting for the Sun | 156 |
The Riddle of the Cordillera Blanca | 165 |
Mountain Medicine | 173 |
The Mountain Environment | 177 |
Climbs and Expeditions 1997 | 184 |
University Peak | 78 |
Wet and Wild in Kichatnas | 88 |
Masciolis Pillar | 96 |
The Tooses Mooth | 99 |
A New Season In Yosemite | 105 |
Yosemites Last Stand | 113 |
Free Fast and Clean | 117 |
AlpineStyle in the TschangTang | 124 |
Common terms and phrases
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