1995 American Alpine JournalThe Mountaineers Books |
Contents
Shadows of Doubt Mount Hunter | 1 |
Deprivation on Mount Hunter | 11 |
Mount Saint Elias Southwest Buttress | 16 |
Mount Crillon SixtyOne Years Ago | 22 |
Cathedral Spires Kichatna Mountains | 31 |
Hyperborea West Face of Asgards North Tower | 39 |
Big Past Bigger Future | 42 |
Rocky Mountain Octopussy | 53 |
Shaksgam Exploration | 83 |
Ascent of P 6640 Chinese Karakoram | 92 |
Great Trango Tower | 99 |
Nanda Devi | 106 |
Glacial Movement in the Khumbu Icefall | 110 |
Two Memoranda | 113 |
Climbs and Expeditions 1994 | 126 |
Book Reviews | 327 |
First Free Ascent of the Nose in a Day | 61 |
Shiprocks East Face | 66 |
On the Brink on Broad Peak | 73 |
In Memoriam | 359 |
Club Activities | 376 |
THE AAC PRESS | 385 |
Common terms and phrases
Advance Base Alaska alpine-style altitude Ama Dablam American Alpine Club attempt August avalanche bad weather belay bivouac Brad Johnson Britons Broad Peak buttress Canadian Canyon central summit Cerro Cerro Torre Cho Oyu climbers Colorado cornice couloir crack crevasses descended east face east ridge ELIZABETH HAWLEY established Camp Everest expedition led feet fixed rope followed four free climbing Gasherbrum Gasherbrum II gear Germans Glacier Greg gully HARISH KAPADIA helicopter icefall Italian Japanese July June leader ledge Lhotse meters miles mountain night normal route north face north ridge northeast ridge northwest Photo pitches PLATE plateau portaledge rappelled reached the summit Rob Hall rock September séracs Sherpa Shisha Pangma side slope snow solo south face south ridge southeast southwest face southwest ridge Spire steep Steve storm Swiss took Tower Trango Tower traverse unclimbed valley wall west face west ridge wind