1997 American Alpine JournalThe Mountaineers Books |
Contents
Preface | 1 |
The Northwest Face of Ama Dablam | 5 |
Api Bobaye Nampa | 13 |
A Season on Everest | 21 |
A Time to Live A Time to Die | 27 |
The Oxygen Illusion | 37 |
Beauty is a Rare Thing | 44 |
The First Winter Ascent of Mount Saint Elias | 49 |
The West Face of Chacraraju | 103 |
Competition Climbing in the CIS | 108 |
LInespérée | 112 |
Unexpected Gifts | 117 |
Shivling | 123 |
Ultima Thule | 129 |
Climbs and Expeditions | 138 |
Reviews | 351 |
Common terms and phrases
Alaska alpine style altitude Ama Dablam American Alpine American Alpine Journal Anatoli Boukreev Annapurna attempt August avalanche bad weather Base Camp belay bergschrund bivouac bivy buttress Canyon Cerro Cerro Torre Cho Oyu climbers corniced couloir crack crux Dave descent Dhaulagiri Doug east face Elias Everest expedition feet fixed ropes free climbing gear Glacier Grade gully headwall High Mountain Sports Himalayan ice climbing July June ledge Lhotse Manaslu meters mixed climbing Mount Mount Everest National Park Nepal night north face north ridge northwest face northwest ridge October overhanging oxygen Peak pillar pitches rappel reached the summit rock climbing route second ascent September serac Sherpas Shishapangma slope snow solo south face southwest Spire steep Steve storm tent Tomaz took Torre Tower traverse trip unaffiliated unclimbed Valley Various Ascents vertical wall west face west ridge wind