American Alpine Journal 2010

Description

The 2010 edition of the American Alpine Journal contains:

Feature Articles:

Reincarnation, by Denis Urubko
A bold new route on the southeast face of Cho Oyu in Nepal.

Rejuvenation, by Marko Prezelj
An invigorating trio of new routes in India’s Bhagirathi group.

Discovering What Lies Within, by Kyle Dempster
A lost mentor shows the way on the north face of Xuelian West, China.

A Bit of Luck, by Andy Houseman
The alpine-style first ascent of Chang Himal’s north face in Nepal.

Alone on Annapurna South, by Dodo Kopold
Some time to kill in base camp produces a bold new route.

Jobo Rinjang, by Joe Puryear
The alpine-style first ascent of a little-known Nepalese peak.

Thriller, by Jens Holsten
Four major routes in two weeks on Alaska’s Stikine Ice Cap.

Catharsis, by Jack Tackle
After 28 Alaskan expeditions: the trip of a lifetime.

Project Victory, by Gleb Sokolov
A bold new route on the north face of Pobeda in Kyrgyzstan.

Free Mountaineering, by Yan Dongdong
An inside look at modern Chinese alpinism.

The Golden Peak, by Kim Hyung-il
A new route on Pakistan’s Spantik raises the bar for Korean alpinism

Climbs and Expeditions:

Contiguous United States, Alaska, Canada, Greenland

Mexico, Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, Brazil

Peru, Bolivia, Argentina, Chile

Antarctica, Norway

Middle East (Oman, Yemen), Africa (Morocco, Mali, Namibia, Malawi)

CIS: Russia, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, Afghanistan

Pakistan, India, Nepal, China, Tibet, Malaysia

AAC Grants

Book Reviews, edited by David Stevenson
New books by Daniel Arnold, Jerry Auld, Dean Fidelman and John Long,
Steve House, Bree Loewen, Robert Marshall, Royal Robbins, David Roberts,
and Ed Viesturs.

In Memoriam, edited by Cameron M. Burns
Remembering Stimson Bullitt, Riccardo Cassin, Jonathan Copp, Micah Dash,
Charles Snead Houston, Tomaž Humar, Craig Luebben, Clifton H.W. Maloney,
Robert Model Jr., and Sean Patrick.

Club Activities, edited by Frederick O. Johnson

Index

International Grade Comparison Chart