Climbing chimney on Mt. Williamson from Tyndall Basin
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Six climbers negotiate vertical crack in center of image.
Mountain Views
American Alpine Club Library
circa 1900 to 1930
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Sierra Club on the Mt Ritter climb, (cliff back of the lake).
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Close-up of a dozen people occupying a broken rock face. Several people belay a woman up a problem.
Mountain Views
American Alpine Club Library
circa 1900 to 1930
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Sierra Club climbing final slope on Mt. Lyell
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Portrait view of many people climbing a snow filled couloir.
Mountain Views
American Alpine Club Library
circa 1900 to 1930
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A convenient crack between Lakes Merced and Washburne
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A man traverses a crack on a smooth rock face. (location unknown)
Mountain Views
American Alpine Club Library
circa 1900 to 1930
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F.P.F. on Mt. Haeckel
A man with a satchel climbing a vertical rock face.
Mountain Views
American Alpine Club Library
circa 1900 to 1930
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Climbing North Palisade 14,254 ft
Two climbers making their way up the slope of North Palisade, the lead climber with a large pack, the 2nd
in a hat and leaning on a rock ledge.
Mountain Views
American Alpine Club Library
circa 1900 to 1930
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Climbing the North Palisade, Price cutting steps.
Two people, photographed from the back, climbing up a steep coulier.
Mountain Views
American Alpine Club Library
1920
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Climbing the Unicorn, Tuolumne Meadows.
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A man climbs the steep face of a cliff. A valley and distant mountains in the background.
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American Alpine Club Library
circa 1900 to 1930
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Jim Whittaker Oral History
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Oral history interview conducted with Jim Whittaker at the 2013 American Alpine Club Annual Benefit Dinner. Mr. Whittaker speaks about the 1963 American Mount Everest Expedition, conservation and his love of climbing and mountaineering and for the outdoors. Topics also include tissue deterioration due to lack of oxygen in the Death Zone, the differences between climbing Everest today and climbing it in 1963, the friendships he formed with his expedition team members and his wife Dianne Roberts, who is also an accomplished mountaineer in her own right.
The American Alpine Club Library
February, 2013
Jim Whittaker
Dianne Roberts
Photo courtesy of James Aikman
Copyright the American Alpine Club
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Robert Hyman Oral History
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Robert Hyman discusses the Teton Climber's Ranch, general climbing, Robert Hyman's personal experiences.
The American Alpine Club Library
Date unknown
Chad Hagan
Photo by William Sparks, used with the permission of Robert Hyman
Copyright Chad Hagan and the American Alpine Club
Photo copyright William Sparks
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