Alpina: A Semiannual Review of Mountaineering in the Greater Ranges

Among the many updates on mountaineering in the greater ranges is a report of Griffin Post’s discovery of a 1937 equipment cache left by Bradford Washburn and Robert Bates in the St. Elias Mountains. Hordes of climbers, and garbage, land on K2. An all-Black party, the Full Circle Everest Expedition,...

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Published: Dartmouth Digital Commons 2023
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Online Access:https://digitalcommons.dartmouth.edu/appalachia/vol74/iss2/14
https://digitalcommons.dartmouth.edu/context/appalachia/article/1718/viewcontent/AppSF23_Alpina.pdf
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Summary:Among the many updates on mountaineering in the greater ranges is a report of Griffin Post’s discovery of a 1937 equipment cache left by Bradford Washburn and Robert Bates in the St. Elias Mountains. Hordes of climbers, and garbage, land on K2. An all-Black party, the Full Circle Everest Expedition, climbs the world’s highest peak. Colin Haley makes the first solo winter ascent of the Supercanaleta route on Cerro Fitz Roy in Patagonia. Climber Ed Webster is memorialized.