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The 2008 edition of the American Alpine Journal includes:
The Illusion of Control, by Christian Trommsdorff
Third time’s the charm on Pumari Chhish South in Pakistan.
Taste the Paine, by Dave Turner
Thirty-four days alone on a big wall in Patagonia.
The Magic Pillar, by Sergey Kofanov
A pure alpine-style first ascent of the west ridge of Jannu in Nepal.
Gorge Play, by Tatsuro Yamada
Three first ascents in the Great Gorge of the Ruth Glacier.
The Fin Wall, by Freddie Wilkinson
Exploring a little-known Alaskan giant.
The Torre Traverse, by Rolando Garibotti
A two-decade-old Patagonian dream is realized.
The Shafat Fortress, by Jonny Copp
Avoiding conflicts with a new route in Kashmir.
Twice Lucky, by Steve House
Ascents in the Charakusa Valley of Pakistan.
Handholds to Heaven, by Nicolas Favresse
Hard free-climbing on the rock walls of Pakistan’s Charakusa Valley.
Siulá Chico, by Jordi Corominas
The first ascent of a huge ice wall in the Cordillera Huayhuash of Peru.
82 X 4,000, by Miha Valic
All of the Alps’ highest peaks in a single winter season.
Lightning Strike, by Stephan Siegrist
The first ascent of the north face of Arwa Tower in India.
Growing Up, by Doug Robinson
On the south face of Half Dome, Yosemite.
Emerging from the Mists, by Roger Payne
The sublime alpine peaks of Sikkim, India.
Climbs & Expeditions:
Contiguous United States, Alaska, Canada, Greenland
Mexico, Venezuela, Brazil, Bolivia, Peru, Argentina & Chile
Antarctica, Iceland, Norway
Middle East (Jordan, Sinai, Oman), Africa (Algeria, Ethiopia, Madagascar)
Kyrgyzstan, Pakistan, India, Nepal, China, Tibet
AAC Grants
Book Reviews, edited by David Stevenson
New books by Valerie Mendenhall Cohen, Ed Cooper, Steph Davis, Glen Denny, Dick Dorworth, John Harlin III, Bernadette McDonald, James M. Tabor, Stephen Venables, Christopher Van Tilburg.
In Memoriam, edited by Cameron M. Burns
Remembering Pete Absolon, Robert G. Allison, Robert Hicks Bates, Edmund Percival Hillary, Lara-Karena Bitenieks Kellogg, Charles Frederick Kroger, J. Alex Maxwell, Richard E. McGowan, Mike Strassman, Sadao Tambe.
Club Activities, edited by Frederick O. Johnson
Index
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