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One of our Members emailed us about his and his partner’s recent trip to Rocky Mountain National Park. Some horrific wind event made their day much longer. Read about it (and other reports) on our Trip Reports page. If you’re a Member, submit your own! Or just email info@americanalpineclub.org and ... Read more...
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Renan Ozturk. Climber, artist, filmmaker, dirtbag, and ground-up success story. 2011 was a year of high highs and low lows for Ozturk, a longtime AAC Member and The North Face Team Member. Not only did he suffer from a near fatal ski accident while on location in the Tetons, he ... Read more...
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It’s hard to explain why we fall in love with rocks and risk our lives for the chance to climb to the summit—especially in a place as rugged, remote, and politically unstable as Kyrgyzstan. During the summers of 1999 and 2000, violent political insurgencies erupted along the southern borders in ... Read more...
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Keywords:
AAC,
alpine research,
peaks over the span,
Colorados 14,000 peaks,
span of 95 days,
95 days,
Longtime AAC Member,
American West,
Goals,
span
Longtime AAC Member and multiple Research Grant awardee Jon Kedrowski spoke with us about alpine research in the American West, what climbing goals mean to him, and his most recent project—bivying on the summit of each of Colorados 14,000 peaks over the span of 95 days. Patience is truly a ... Read more...
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On Thursday, December 8, Outerlocal presented “From Cleated Boots to Ski Descents: The Past, Present and Future of Teton Guiding” in Jackson, Wyoming. Over 300 climbers and skiers jammed into the cozy Snow King Lodge Room and over 400 people tuned into the livestream online through the Outerlocal, American ... Read more...
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Keywords:
Recent Bozeman Ice Festival,
Eddie Espinosa,
Dec,
Dec. 11, 2011,
Northwest Regional Coordinator,
Dec. 7,
Trailer],
Club Pete Takeda,
Regional Coordinator Eddie Espinosa,
11, 2011 in the town
AAC Board Member, accomplished climber, and Friend of the Club Pete Takeda spent some time talking to our Northwest Regional Coordinator, Eddie Espinosa about the recent Bozeman Ice Festival. [Watch the Trailer] The 15th annual Bozeman Ice Climbing Festival, ran from Dec. 7 to Dec. 11, 2011 in the town of ... Read more...
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What began as a friendly favor to help fund a small medical clinic in rural Nepal has changed the lives of thousands residing in impoverished mountain villages all over the world. When Scott MacLennan realized $1 per person per year can staff a basic clinic in Nepal’s Rasuwa District, he ... Read more...
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Legend,
Black Diamond Gift Card,
Legend Sweepstakes,
current Members,
Rusty Wackerman Climbs,
Utahs Rusty Wackerman,
$1,000 in cash,
choice of four,
cash,
Club
This spring and summer, the Club entered all new Members (and any current Members that renewed) into our Climb With a Legend Sweepstakes. We drew a winner and Utahs Rusty Wackerman won $1,000 in cash for travel lodging, a $500 Black Diamond Gift Card, and his choice of four ... Read more...
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This November, the American Alpine Club proudly partnered with the seventh annual Adventure Film Festival premiere at the Boulder Theater in Boulder, Colorado. This three-day festival featured 40 insightful and award-winning outdoor and environmental films, photography and filmmaking seminars, a Kid’s Film Festival, Jonny Copp Photo Exhibit, and closed with ... Read more...
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mountains in the Tropics. Section,
Tropics. Section,
CBEE2011 Team,
South Section of,
19,685 ft,
environmental mountaineering expedition,
6,000 meters,
concentration of mountains,
Western Hemisphere,
July 2011
In June and July 2011, the Deep South Section of The American Alpine Club spearheaded an environmental mountaineering expedition to Peru’s highest mountain range. The Cordillera Blanca contains the highest concentration of mountains higher than 6,000 meters (19,685 ft.) in the Western Hemisphere, as well as the highest mountains in the Tropics. Section ... Read more...
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