March 17 — First 2008 AAJ Stories Now Online; AAJ Topos Section is Launched
AAC members now have access to two new online features of the American Alpine Journal (AAJ), the club’s annual publication documenting significant climbs worldwide.
On March 15, the American Alpine Journal’s editors uploaded the first completed section of the 2008 edition of the AAJ, giving AAC members early access to new-route information. The entire Alaska section of Climbs and Expeditions, documenting all of the significant climbs from 2007 in the 49th state, has been uploaded in the Members Only section…just in time for Alaska’s climbing season!
Several of the 2008 AAJ’s feature stories will be uploaded very soon. And completed AAJ sections will continue to be uploaded all spring, making them available to AAC members many months before the print edition is ready in late summer.
In addition, a new web page called AAJ Topos has been created at the Members Only area. This is a collection of topos, route photos, and other documentation that could not be included in the AAJ when these climbs were covered. This collection is expected to grow rapidly, and to become an extremely valuable resource for AAC members.