“An insider’s account of one of the deadliest and most controversial tragedies in mountaineering history-the 2008 K2 disaster. When eleven men perished on the slopes of K2 in August 2008, it was one of the deadliest single events in Himalayan climbing and made headlines around the world. Yet non of … Read more…
Voting for the 2010 edition of the Reel Rock Filmmaking Competition is now open until September 10th. Winners will be announced at the Reel Rock Tour’s premiere in Boulder, CO on September 16th. Winners will receive prize packages from our sponsors, and their films will screen in over 100 locations across the world. Side … Read more…
Originally uploaded by American Alpine Club Photo Library As some of you might have heard, the AAC’s book club has plans for global domination. In response to your requests for more local activities, we are hoping to launch book clubs in each AAC Section that wants one, possibly by winter! … Read more…
Come meet the people involved with Tod Anderson’s new guidebook to the Devil’s Head and Rampart Range climbing areas of Colorado. Great granite, lots of new routes, and so close to Denver I don’t really want to tell you about it! The Rampart Range area of Colorado, located only an … Read more…
In 1939 the Savage Mountain claimed its first victim. Born into vast wealth yet uneasy with a life of leisure, Dudley Wolfe, of Boston and Rockport, Maine, set out to become the first man to climb K2, the world’s second-highest mountain and, in the opinion of mountaineers, an even more … Read more…