The AMERICAN ALPINE JOURNAL 2005 Vol. 47

The AAJ is the reference source for everyone planning anything new in the
mountains, or venturing into remote ranges.
. Nearly 200 pages of exciting stories about the most important climbs of the
year-as told by the climbers themselves
· Nearly 300 pages of short reports about new routes in the world’s mountains-
also told by the climbers themselves
The lead stories for 2005 include the amazing exploits of a passel of American
climbers in Pakistan, from Kelly Cordes and Josh Wharton on the massive Azeem
Ridge of Great Trango (probably the biggest technical route ever climbed), to
Steve House’s final solo success on K7, and several near-misses on Nanga
Parbat. Peter Croft shares his binge of standard-busting new routes in
California’s High Sierra. The huge Russian success on the north face of Jannu,
the spectacular new route on Cerro Torre, and the bizarre free ascent of the
Hallucinogen Wall, all highlight the best of 2004.