This entry is a guest blog from AAC Library Volunteer, Katie Worley: My name is Katie Worley, and I am currently working as a Student Project Archivist in the American Alpine Club’s Henry S. Hall Jr. Library. I moved to Denver from Nashville in 2009 to attend The University of … Read more…
ALPINE STYLES is an exhibition showcasing art that is about climbing, mountaineering and the mountain world. Works include illustrations that have appeared in climbing magazines and publications, and personal work being shown for the first time in public. Featured artists include Jamie Givens, Keith Svihovec, Emilie Lee, Mike Tea, Renan … Read more…
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…
Twenty years ago today, the American Everest-Lhotse expedition team, led by AAC Past President Glenn Porzak, stood on the summit of Mt. Everest. Shut down by weather in both 1981 and 1989, this was Glenn’s third and successful attempt. He and team members gathered last night at AAC HQ in … Read more…
The Mountaineering Museum presents: Mountain 2 Mountain Breaking Barriers on Two Wheels in Afghanistan May 5th 2010 @ 7:00PM (Museum Open @ 5:30) Shannon Galpin has travelled to Afghanistan five times in the past two years on behalf of her fledging non profit, Mountain 2 Mountain. Established to strike at … Read more…
This month’s book club discussion is about K2: The Savage Mountain. Two of the authors, Charles Houston and Robert Bates, are being inducted into the Hall of Mountaineering Excellence this Saturday, so we’ve got a small exhibit up in the American Mountaineering Center that includes the famous Red Umbrella, which … Read more…
The Mountaineering Museum presents: Phil Powers Life lessons from K2 and other big mountains April 7th 2010 @ 7:00PM (Museum Reception @ 5:30) Powers is author of Wilderness Mountaineering and Climbing: Expedition Planning. His essay, “The Importance of Pace“, was aired on NPR’s “This I Believe” in 2006. Powers has … Read more…
The Mountaineering Museum presents: Phil Powers Life lessons from K2 and other big mountains April 7th 2010 @ 7:00PM (Museum Reception @ 5:30) Powers is author of Wilderness Mountaineering and Climbing: Expedition Planning. His essay, “The Importance of Pace”, was aired on NPR’s “This I Believe” in 2006. Powers has … Read more…
Last month the book club read Steve House’s book, Beyond the Mountain. Steve generously offered to spend some time on the phone and ended up talking with book club members for over an hour. There was an abundance of beer and some homemade but gourmet brownies. Friendliness and good feelings … Read more…
The Bradford Washburn American Mountaineering Museum and the AAC Library have created a YouTube channel where you can watch videos from museum exhibits, lectures from the museum’s sPEAKer series, and, in the future, film and video archives from the library collection. The channel already includes discussions about Mt. Everest with … Read more…
Ticket Information 5:30 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. American Mountaineering Center and Museum Attire: Carabiners and Cummerbunds (semi-formal) Enjoy cocktails, dinner, live auction, induction ceremony and special guest speaker, Ed Viesturs ___________________________________________________________ The Event Please join us for a spectacular night April 10th, 2010 at the American Mountaineering Center and Museum … Read more…
Museum sPEAKer Series Rob Roach Altitude Research Center March 3rd, 2010 @ 7:00PM (5:30 museum open) Join Rob Roach as he presents on the research work performed at the Altitude Research Center. A continuous supply of oxygen is essential for proper physical and mental functioning. If this supply is compromised … Read more…
The Mountaineering Museum and the American Alpine Club presents: North Face feature film premiere! January 29th 2010 @ 6:00PM (Museum Reception @ 5:00) Admission: Free! Based on a true story, NORTH FACE is a gripping adventure drama about a competition to climb the most dangerous rock face in the Alps. … Read more…
The American Mountaineering Museum will induct four members of its new Hall of Mountaineering Excellence in April at a celebration of the lives and achievements of American climbers Yvon Chouinard, Robert Craig, Bob Bates, and Dr. Charlie Houston. At the awards gala on April 10 in Golden, Colorado, Chouinard and … Read more…
Come down to the Mountaineering Center for our monthly music and $2 beer night! In other news, the Speaker Series Avalanche Clinic was postponed due to weather. The new date is January 27th. Click here for more details.
The Mountaineering Museum and Colorado Mountain School presents: Avalanche Awareness Clinic January 6th 2010 @ 7:00PM (Museum Reception @ 5:30) Welcome back to the new year with an avalanche awareness clinic presented by the Colorado Mountain School! Every year, avalanches are one of the leading causes of death among backcountry … Read more…
Join us for our December Thirsty 3rd Thursday and holiday party! Great music by Atomic Prado! Special discounts in Base Camp gift shop, $1 beer, Holiday Cheer, and prizes! Win a FREE pair of KEEN Footwear!
THIN AIR: An Exhibit on Altitude and Oxygen November 2009 – May 2010 Official Opening Reception December 3rd, 2010 6:00 Reception 7:00 Mallory Expedition presentation by Jake Norton $3 CMC/AAC members, $5 non-members, Free to Friends of the Museum and AAC Library RSVP here. MOUNTAINEERING takes grit. It takes tenacity. … Read more…
The Mountaineering Museum, American Alpine Club Library and Sherpa House present: YETI NIGHT @ the Museum! October 15th, 2009 5:30-9pm Join us for the first annual YETI night in the Museum! This is a fun event for YETIs of all ages and includes storytelling for the little YETIs and $1 … Read more…
We’re busy getting ready for the next exhibit at the Mountaineering Museum – Thin Air: An Exhibit on Altitude and Oxygen, November 3-May30, 2009. “Getting ready” means combing through the library and archives looking for supporting material and images. Here is one treasure from the John M. Boyle Himalayan Library: … Read more…
The Mountaineering Museum presents: Best Snow Climbs and Scrambles with Dave Cooper October 7th, 2009 @ 7:00PM (Museum Reception @ 5:30) Join us for a night with Dave Cooper discussing his popular guidebooks to the best Snow Climbs and Scrambles in Colorado! “Colorado Snow Climbs” is organized by season, and … Read more…
Sybille Hechtel will present on her book Fun Climbs Colorado: Best Family Climbing Vacations. $3 CMC/AAC members, $5 non-members Free to Friends of the Museum/AAC Library Museum Reception @ 5:30PM; Program at 7:00PM in Foss Auditorium
Friends of Craig Luebben and the American Mountaineering Museum will be continuing to raise money for the Luebben family at the Museum’s Thirsty 3RD Thursday event August 20th 5:30PM – 8PM. All proceeds will go to the Luebben family. Raising money for the Luebben family, $1 Beer and music by … Read more…
August 5th, 2009 6:00PM Doors, 6:45PM Show – $15 Tickets available at REI and Museum Base Camp Adventure Gift Shop Member discounts do not apply. All proceeds benefit Colorado Cancer Foundation and Mountaineering Museum Join us for a night of the Best of Taos Mountain Film Festival! Showing 8 films … Read more…
