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... the first week of February, climbers Federico Pizani, Luis Cisneros, Chris Gardner, and I, Maikey Lopera, and trekkers Dan Kopperud and Lindsey, as support crew, left from Caracas for southern Venezuela to attempt to climb and explore the west face of Matawi Tepui, located northeast of the Roraima Tepui. Our interest in climbing this tepui was that the west side was unexplored. I thought it would be a great opportunity to explore and climb this untouched face.Matawi Tepui (in local Pemon language, it means "The Place to Die") has been a mystery because of ...
... . After six rappels anchored by imaginative counter-balances, rime bollards, and a threaded boulder, we arrived at the lower glacier. Dehydrated from the grueling equatorial heat, we stumbled back to camp at 9 p.m. The Connelly-Stock route is Grade 4, 65 degrees. JOESTOCK,unafiliated VENEZUELA Mt. Roraima, German Route, and Bungle in the Jungle. In December,our team of Zac Barr, Corey Nielsen, Peter Mortimer, and photographer Ben Watkins traveled to Mt. Roraima to attempt to free climb the unrepeatedaid line The Prow. The route follows a 600-meter over- hanging buttress on the most ...
... ability to participate in this Venezuelan adventure would not have been possible without gracious funding from the American Alpine Club's Mountaineering Fellowship Grant. Thanks to everyone at the Club, especially the old dogs, for all your generous contributions directed at enhancing the sport and safety of climbing. kyle DeMPster, AAC Guyana Roraima, Cutting the Line. Our expedition to the Pakaraima Mountains in the southwestern corner of Guyana had two objectives: to establish a new route on the east face of Mt. Roraima; and to set up solar power in the village of Wayalayeng, a small Amerindian community where we would begin ...
... Richter, Michael 291-2 Riggs, Dave 481-3 Roberts, David art. 111 Robinson, Doug 142-3 Robl, Alexandra 319-20 Rocky Ak-su (Kyrgyzstan) 298-9 Rocky Mtn. Nat'l. Park (CO) 156-8 Romsdal (Norway) 287-8 Rondoy (C. Huayhuash, Peru) 219-20 Roper, Steve 457-8 Roraima (Guyana) 230-31 Rowaling Himal (Nepal) 380-3 Rumi Mallku (C. Real, Bolivia) 234 Russel, Dave 186 Russell, Mt. (Sierra Nevada, CA) 142 Russia 289 Russian Tower "P. Slesov" (Kyrgyzstan) 291-2 Rutford, Mt. (Sentinel Range ...
... , Cerro 310 Ritapata (C. Apolobamba, Peru) 294-5 Ritapata Oeste (C. Apolobamba, Peru) 295 Roberts, Jon 266-7 Rocky Mountain Nat'l Park (CO) 178 Rodebjerg (Greenland) 258 Roed, Erik 173-4 Rogoz, Robert 157 Rooster Comb (Alaska Range, AK) 193-4 Roraima Tepui (Venezuela/Guyana) 298-300, 299 Rosales, César 283 Roux, Fredéric 411 Rowat, Peter 229 Rowbotham, Graham 228 Royal Peak (Niut Range, CAN) 228 Rozov,Valeri 263-5, 264 Ruby Wall Cirque (Sierra Nevada, CA) 169-70 Ruddy, Dana 238 Rundle, Mt ...
... Junta (Chilean Patagonia, Chile) 299-300 Rock Tower (Kangikitsoq Fjord, Greenland) art. 98. 105,98 482 THE AMERICAN ALPINE JOURNAL, 2001 Rocky Mountain National Park (Colorado) 185 Rodden, Beth 169-172 Rmsli, Torkel 234-235 Roots, Mount (South Georgia, Antarctica) 313-315, 314 Roraima, Mount (Venezuela) 270-27 1.27 1 Rosser, Mike 289-290 Royal Tower (Little Switzerland, Alaska) 206-207, 207 Ruadh Stat Mor (Kangikitsoq Fjord, Greenland) art 98-105,98 Russia (C.I.S.) 334-337 The Russian route (Spantik) art. 33-47 ...
... National Park (Colorado) 191, 235- 241 "Ronde Spire" a.k.a. Rondespiret (Ttansantarctic Mountains, Antarctica) 148, 149, 342,343 Ron's Tower (Moab, Utah) 228 Roosevelt Fjeld (Greenland) 288-290 Roots, Mount (South Georgia, Antarctica) 152-153 Roraima Tepui (Venezuela) 304 Ross Island (Antarctica) 152 Rowe& Galen 94, 396-398 Royal Society Range (Antarctica) 152 Royal Tower (Little Switzerland, Alaska) 192-193, 193-194 Royalist, Mount (Transantarctic Mountains, Antarctica) 152 Ruchkin, Alexander 95 Ruckman, Bret 239-240 The Russian ...
... residing in the Memphis, Tennessee, area, six honorary members and 12 associate members scattered throughout the United States. In addition to numerous rock-climbing trips to the local crags of the Mid- South, individual members were active afield in areas ranging from France (Mont Blanc) to South America (Roraima, Pica Bolivar, San Tigro) to Canada (Mount Athabasca) and Colorado. The climbing year ended with several mem- bers teaching mountain-rescue techniques to park rangers in Venezuela. Most of the administrative activities included basic rock-climbing instruc- tion, but primarily dealt with petitioning the state of Mississippi ...
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