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 none of the surviving western climbers could explain precisely what happened. Their memories were self-admittedly fogged by exhaustion, hypoxia, and … Read more…
Steve House’s book Beyond The Mountain is getting a lot of attention and great reviews. Here’s one from the Daily Camera. And one from Denver Mountaineering Examiner Jilly Salva. You can hear Steve’s interview from the Friends of Banff Park Radio Alpine Authors series here. He’ll be speaking at Neptune’s … Read more…
Nicholas Clinch sends this book review for your perusal. Please feel free to add your comments! (This book is currently on order and will be available in the library soon!) Himalayan Playground: Adventures on The Roof of the World, 1942-72. Trevor Braham. Glasgow, In Pinn Press, 2008. 107 pages, colored … Read more…
Library Volunteer Adam McFarren has sent us this book review for your enjoyment and edification. If you have a book review you’d like to submit, just shoot us an email at library@americanalpineclub.org Here in Colorado the winter season will soon be upon us, and already the backcountry has seen a … Read more…
Adam McFarren is one of our newest volunteers here at the library. We hope you are inspired by his review, both to read the book and to write a review yourself! Jerry Kobalenko’s The Horizontal Everest: Extreme Journeys on Ellesmere Island will not appeal to all mountaineers. His pace isslow, … Read more…