FEATURE ARTICLES

The Winds of Chomolhari, by Marko Prezelj ........ 14
A test of will on a cold Tibetan wall.

Sueños del Torre, by Colin Haley ........ 26
A 4,500-foot ice climb linking the south face and west ridge of Cerro Torre.

The Entropy Wall, by Jed Brown ........ 34
A direct route up Mt. Moffit's north face.

The McNeill-Nott Memorial Route, by Will Mayo ........ 42
A new line on the south face of Mt. Foraker.

The Canadian Direct, by Maxime Turgeon ........ 47
Walking a fine line on the south face of Denali.

Freeing Zion's Thunderbird Wall, by Michael Anderson ........ 54
A big payoff for a long apprenticeship in sandstone climbing.

Encounters With Janak, by Andrej Stremfelj ........ 62
A seven-year itch for a 7,000-meter Himalayan beauty.

Cho Oyu Contradictions, by Pavle Kozjek ........ 68
Escaping harsh realities on a single-push new route in the Himalaya.

A Taste of Karakoram Ice, by Dodo Kopold ........ 75
Exploring the early-season potential above the Trango Glacier.

The Genyen Massif, by Molly Loomis ......... 79
Treading lightly in a sacred range.

The Chinese Tien Shan, by Anatoliy Djuliy ......... 88
New routes and great potential in a seldom-visited range. Download a high-resolution panorama of the range.

Information on Ice, by Damien Gildea ......... 98
Seven years of first ascents and data collection in Antarctica.

Washburn Remembered ........ 106
Encounters with the man and his photographs, with contributions from Malcolm Bass, Geoff Birtles, Riccardo Cassin, Peter Metcalf, Thom Pollard, David Roberts, Doug Scott, Lionel Terray, Angus Thuermer Jr., Maxime Turgeon, Stephen Venables, and Roger Wallis. More tributes.

Washburn In The AAJ; The East Face of Denali, by Bradford Washburn ........ 114
A legacy for mountaineers.

The Front Lines of Climate Change, by Joe Stock ........ 117
Mountaineers are the world's witnesses to glacial decline.

The Alpine Conservation Partnership, by Alton C. Byers, Ph.D ......... 121
A global initiative to protect and restore alpine ecosystems.

Le Piolet d'Or, by Marko Prezelj and Philippe Descamps ........ 124
Whither prizes for alpinism?