2004 AMERICAN ALPINE JOURNAL The World’s Most Significant Climbs , Vol. 46

The AAJ is the reference source for anyone planning anything new in the
mountains, or venturing into remote ranges. Nearly 300 pages of short reports
from new routes in the world’s mountains-also told by the climbers themselves!
The lead stories for 2004 include a survey of climbing opportunities in
Kyrgyzstan, the bone-numbing Russian ascent of Nuptse East’s notorious SE
buttress, the Benegas brothers› first alpine-style ascent of main Nuptse,
Micah Dash’s first free ascent of Nalumasortoq in Greenland, the first
complete traverse of the Picket Range in Washington, a raging dialogue over
the influence of M-climbing on alpine climbing standards, an amazing
sailing/climbing journey to Antarctica, the final debunking of Maestri’s great
hoax on Cerro Torre, and much, much more.
The American Alpine Journal is edited by John Harlin III, author of The
Climber’s Guide to North America and Mount Rainier: Views and Adventures, and
a veteran of first ascents and/or first ski descents on four continents.