Tragedy on Gasherbrum II, 2009 climbing season – No hopes left for missing Luis M. Barbero.

Luis María Barbero, from Alcoy (Alicante, Spain) was sharing permit with a larger international group, comprising mostly Spaniards. However, they were not a single expedition, but several groups or independent climber sharing BC and, eventually, climbing plans on GI and GII. Veteran Carlos Soria and Marta Alejandre were also members in the team, with GI [...]

Mountainfilm Festival 2009 in Telluride, Colorado.

Mountainfilm in Telluride. Currently in its 31st year, the Mountainfilm Festival is a four-day, six-senses experience of art, adventure, culture and the environment. It attracts filmmakers, photographers, conservationists, mountaineers and explorers from around the world. Our audiences also come from around the world to gather in theaters that range from historical to state-of-the-art in the [...]

Karakoram Summer 2009 expeditions wrap-up : Summit Push Begins on K2 and Gasherbrums.

It has been a rough season, as usual, in the Karakorum with weather woes, tragedy on several mountains, and avalanches, and conditions that are amongst the most harsh on Earth. But it can all be forgotten if the teams can just finish what they’ve started, and stand on top of those big peaks. A number [...]

AAC Book Club meeting: Next One is August 11th.

The book club had another great meeting discussing Jennifer Lowe-Anker’s Forget Me Not. The meeting was capped with a telephone conference call with Jennifer.  She is an amazing person who opened her heart and her family in Forget Me Not and was equally open on the telephone call. Forget Me Not is a remarkable book.  [...]