370 pages 133x216mm hardback 60 photos, 7 sketch maps

 

This mountaineering yearbook includes articles, expedition reports, book reviews, obituaries, memoirs, geography and history of the worldÆs mountains and mountaineers. In this 107th edition Hamish Brown discusses the full potential of the Atlas Mountain and argument from Alan Blackshaw about the freedom of access debate.

Contents

Valedictory Address Doug Scott

EXPEDITIONS

Baintha Brakk: The Merciful Man-Eater Urs St÷cker
Ama Dablam Jules Cartwright
Nilkanth West Ridge Martin Moran
Cerro Autana, Venezuela John Arran
Fathers and Sons Ian Parnell
Yamandaka Mark Wilford
El Ni±o Leo Houlding
Climbing in Miyar Nala, Himachal Pradesh Antonella Cicogna & Mario Manica

EXPLORATION

The Alps of Tibet Tamotsu Nakamura
Upper Kongpo Without a Paddle John Town & Derek Buckle
Climbing in the Atlas Mountains: A Survey Hamish Brown
Kedar Dome on Ski Rob Collister
Adventures in the Maashey Valley Michael Doyle
Adventures under the Midnight Sun Jim Gregson
An Arctic Odyssey John Starbuck

ISSUES

The Fight for Mountain Environments Peter B Stone
A Lateral Approach to Himalaya Bill Aitken
Human Rights and Access Freedoms:
Is Nature a Missing Link? Alan Blackshaw
Changing Fashions in Expedition Grants Bill Ruthven
Correspondence Jerry Lovatt
Alan Lyall
Miriam Claude Meijer

ART & LITERATURE

A Brief History of Mountain Illustration Walt Unsworth
John Muir:
His Contribution as a Mountaineering Writer Terry Gifford
The Art of Julian Cooper Stephen Goodwin

ALPINE STORIES

A Monk Between Hell and Heaven Terry Gifford
The M÷nch in Winter Dave Wilkinson
Turning Back the Clock Les Swindin

HISTORY

Confessions of a Parvenu Dennis Gray
Peaks, Politics and Purges: the First Ascent of Pik Stalin Stuart Horsman
Ararat: Another Controversial First Ascent Edward Peck
Arnold Lunn Elisabeth Hussey
The Pundits and the Pamir Michael Ward
Pib: A Memoir of Colin Pibworth Frank Card
From the Archives Peter Berg
One Hundred Years Ago CA Russell

AREA NOTES Edited by Jose Luis Berm·dez

Contributions from:
Lindsay Griffin, Dave Hamilton, Tony Howard, Harish Kapadia, Paul Knott, Simon Richardson.

Mount Everest Foundation: Expedition Reports 2001 Summarised by Bill Ruthven
Book Reviews Compiled by Geoffrey Templeman
In Memoriam Compiled by Geoffrey Templeman
Alpine Club Notes


The Main Summit of Shivling (Photo - Ed Douglas)