The American Alpine Club is pleased to announce that The American Alpine Journal—the world’s journal of record for notable climbs—is once again available to the public. In July the Club announced that the Journal in printed form would be available only to AAC Members. More than 100 climbers commented on … Read more…
The American Alpine Club (AAC) formally announces today that the hard-copy version of the 2011 American Alpine Journal (AAJ)—and future print editions of the AAJ—will be available only to AAC members. This change from past policy was adopted by the AAC Board of Directors in February 2011. Full details of … Read more…
“I had an accident and am returning home.” As everyone gets back to work after a holiday and starts wading through email, there are always a few that stand out and grab attention. This morning one of those few was from John Harlin, who to all of my knowledge was … Read more…
“This method of approaching McKinley directly from the south is so continually steep and difficult, and so exposed to the full force of the southwesterly storms that none but the most uniformly experienced and powerful team of climbers should even think of attempting it. But I mention it here in … Read more…
The American Alpine Journal is seeking volunteer translators to help produce the 2010 edition of the world’s “journal of record” for documenting long, significant climbs. This year, we particularly need help translating stories from Russian and Slovenian. Native English speakers and experienced climbers are preferred, but any person fluent in … Read more…
First there was the AAJ Search, which brought you every article in the AAJ all the way back to 1929, when the first issue came out. Now the AAJ has taken its next great leap into the digital age with the AAJ Online. Here we’re hosting new reports destined for … Read more…
The Northwest Mountaineering Journal is a beautifully produced online journal published annually since 2004 by a team of volunteers, with support from the Mountaineers and CascadeClimbers.com. The 2009 issue of the NWMJ has just been released, with eight feature stories and a compilation of new climbing routes and first ski … Read more…
The new edition of the AAJ’s newsletter, Alpine Briefs, just came out. They’ve gathered up some great footage from around the webs for your viewing pleasure. The next Alpine Briefs will feature whippers. Point the AAJ editors to your favorite clips: aaj@americanalpineclub.org.