2008 Course and Expedition Dispatches
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• Denali Dispatches - May through July, 2008
  (click for dispatch list) May 12: Team 2 - Preparing for Camp 2 (May 11 - May 31, 2008) May 12: Team 2 - Settled into Camp 1 (May 11 - May 31, 2008) May 12: Team 1 - Arrived at 14,000' (May 4 - May 24, 2008) May 12: Team 1 - Heading for Windy Corner (May 4 - May 24, 2008) May 11: Team 2 - Arriving on glacier (May 11 - May 31, 2008) May 11: Team 2 - Waiting in Talkeetna (May 11 - May 31, 2008) May 9: Team 1 - Rest Day at Camp 2 (May 4 - May 24, 2008) May 7: Team 1 - Relaxing at Camp 1 (May 4 - May 24, 2008) May 5: Team 1 - Moving towards Camp One! (May 4 - May 24, 2008) AAI's 2008 roster of climbers and guides
• Everest Expedition - Dispatches from March 31-May 25, 2008
  (click for dispatches) 2008 Everest Dispatches 2007 Everest Dispatches
• Alaska Range Dispatches - April through July, 2008
  (click for dispatch list) May 5 - Alaska Range Mountaineering (April 27 - May 3, 2008) April 30 - Moose's Tooth approach
• Ecuador High Altitude Expedition Dispatches - December, 2007 - March, 2008
  (click for dispatches) Jan 24 - Back in Quito Jan 23 - Antisana attempt Jan 22 - At Antisana Base Camp Jan 21 - Success on Cotopaxi! Jan 18 - Success on Cayambe! Jan 16 - Preparing for the summit attempt Jan 15 - At the Cayambe Refugio Jan 14 - Expedition #2 underway! Jan 3 - Back in Baños Jan 2 - Summit attempt on Chimborazo Jan 1 - Preparing for Chimborazo Dec 30 - Success on Cotopaxi! Dec 29 - At the Cotopaxi Refugio Dec 28 - Preparing for Cotopaxi Dec 27 - Attempt on Cayambe Dec 25 - At the Cayambe Refugio Dec 25 - Preparing for Cayambe Dec 24 - Acclimatization hike Dec 23 - The team meets up!
• Aconcagua Expedition Dispatches - December 2007 - January 2008
  (click for dispatches) Jan 23 - A call from the summit! Jan 22 - Another day at Camp 2 amidst high winds Jan 21 - Arrival at Camp 2 and rest day Jan 18 - Cache put in at Camp 2 Jan 17 - Rest day at Camp 1 Jan 16 - Arrival at Camp 1 Jan 15 - Cache put in at Camp 1 Jan 13 - Rest Day at Base Camp Jan 12 - Arrival at Base Camp Jan 10 - At Pampas Leñas (Trekking Camp 1) Jan 9 - Second Aconcagua Expedition underway! Dec 31 - Return to Mendoza and celebration! Dec 30 - Back to Base Camp Dec 28 - Summit Success! Dec 27 - Rest Day at High Camp Dec 26 - Arrival at High Camp Dec 25 - Carry to High Camp, and another rest day Dec 23 - Rest day at Camp 1 Dec 21 - Carry to Camp 1, and another rest day at Base Camp Dec 19 - Rest day at Base Camp Dec 18 - Arrival at Base Camp Dec 17 - Arrival at Camp 2 Dec 16 - Arrival at Camp 1 Dec 15 - Leaving for Penitentes Dec 14 - The team meets in Mendoza
• Mt. Vinson Expedition Dispatches - Nov 18 - Dec 4, 2007 and Dec 27 - Jan 11, 2008
  (click for dispatches) 2007-08 Mt. Vinson Expeditions




Past Course and Expedition Dispatches

The archive for all of AAI's past dispatches and trip reports, including domestic and foreign programs.




Special Reports

Photos and first-hand stories describing the details of rewarding climbs and expeditions.

2007 Reports

• Kilimanjaro: Good Living at the Top of Africa (November, 2007)
• Jim and Jessica: Father and Daughter Climbing Partners
• Ascent of Mt. Shuksan's North Face (August, 2007)
• The West Face of Bolivia's 20,000-foot Huayna Potosi (July, 2007)
• Red Rock Rendezvous '07 - Photos and report! (March, 2007)

2006 Reports

• Red Rock Super-Classic: Epinephrine (October, 2006)
• Success in Sichuan: An AAI Team makes 2nd ascent of China's 20,050-foot Reddomaine (Fall, 2006)
• Grand Tour of the Eastern Sierra: 8 Days of Climbing with AAI (September, 2006)
• Father and Son Take on the Alps Trilogy: Mont Blanc, the Matterhorn, and the Eiger (Summer, 2006)
• Eldorado Peak and Austera Tower: two perfect North Cascade summits (Summer, 2006)

2005 Reports

• AAI Guide Interview: Dawn Glanc (December, 2005)
• Cho Oyu: Tibet's Turquoise Goddess (September, 2005)
• Climbing Denali's Cassin Ridge (2005)
• Mount Huntington's Harvard Route (2005)
• First Ascents in the Himalaya: Kyazo Ri and Cholatse (2005)

2004 Reports

• Climbing and Exploring in China's Sichuan Province (September, 2004)
• Climbing on the Equator - High Altitude Ascents in Ecuador (February, 2004)
• Mountaineering above the Kahiltna Glacier in the Alaska Range (2004)
• Climbing Mount Huntington's West Face Couloir (2004)
• An ascent of Mount Foraker's Sultana Ridge (2004)
• Alaska Range - The West Ridge of Mt. Hunter (2004)
• Mount Waddington - Crown of the Coast Range (2004)

2003 Reports

• Climbing a new route in Red Rock (November, 2003)
• Red Rock: climb descriptions, photos, and guides' notes (October 2003)
• Climbing and Ascents in the High Sierra (2003)
• Climbing and Mountaineering in Alaska (Spring, 2003)
• Winter Climbing and New Routes in the Cascades (February, 2003)
• Aconcagua Expedition Enjoys a Success (February, 2003)

2002 Reports

• Expedition Training - Traverse of Mt. Baker (August, 2002)



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