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December, 2008
THE AMERICAN ALPINE CLUB TO UNVEIL UNPARALLELED PHOTOGRAPHIC DOCUMENTATION OF CLIMATE CHANGE AROUND MT. EVEREST

January, 2008
THE AMERICAN ALPINE CLUB ANNOUNCES ITS ANNUAL CLIMBING AWARDS

December, 2007
ANNOUNCING THE OPENING OF THE BRADFORD WASHBURN AMERICAN MOUNTAINEERING MUSEUM

July, 2007
PAKISTANI WOMENS CLIMBING CAMP POSTPONED UNTIL 2008

June, 2007
The American Alpine Club Selects 2007 Research Grant Winners

June, 2007
Legendary Climbers Plan Celebration of 50th Anniversary of First Ascent of NW Face of Half Dome in Yosemite Valley at end of June

June, 2007
New Donor Incentives and Final Guide List Announced for Upcoming Pakistani Womens Climbing Camp

April, 2007
The American Alpine Club Awards $18,000 in Grants

April, 2007
The American Alpine Club Annual Meeting Called "Best Ever."

March 15, 2007
The American Alpine Club Honors Yvon Chouinard with the David R. Brower Conservation Award

March 1, 2007
The American Alpine Club Releases the American Alpine Journal Online

January 19, 2007
American Alpine Club and The Mountain Institute Receive Grant to Launch Alpine Conservation Partnership

December 12, 2006
American Alpine Club Expands Mission and Membership

December 7, 2006
Much Needed Campground Planned in Shawangunks

November 17, 2006
American Alpine Club and Colorado Mountain Club Announce Museum Honoring Mountaineering Pioneer

May 30, 2006
American Mountaineering Museum to be Named After Bradford Washburn

April 13, 2005
American Alpine Club Announces New Executive Director Seasoned Executive and Veteran Climber Phil Powers Assumes Leadership

November 05, 2004
Ways to the Sky Top History Book at Banff Book Festival and National Outdoor Book Awards

June 02, 2003
Mt. Everest Conservation Project Receives Funding

May 13, 2003
AAC Grants Support Young Climbers’ First Ascents and Alpine Research

May 06, 2003
The American Alpine Club Announces International Appointments New U.S. Representatives Named to UIAA Safety and Medical Commissions.

March 20, 2003
Soloist, All-Women, and Other Cutting-Edge Climbs Receive Grants 2003 Lyman Spitzer Grant Winners Announced

June 13, 2002
Meeting the Mountains: Mountaineering Center Opens New Meeting Space in the Heart of Colorado Front Range

May 24, 2002
New AAC Grants Support Free Ascent Firsts, All-Women Expedition, Glacial Calving Research and More

May 15, 2002
Expedition Endorsements Cut Everest Fees Lowered and Nepalese Endorsement Letters no Longer Required

April 08, 2002
American Alpine Club Names 2002 Helly Hansen Mountain Adventure Award Grant Recipients

April 02, 2002
Spitzer and Helly Hansen Expedition Grant Recipients Named American Alpine Club Grants Support Cutting-Edge Expeditions

March 05, 2002
American Alpine Club Members 'Meet’'in Space Modern Astronaut and Hubble Visionary Share Common Bond

February 22, 2002
John Harlin, III Appointed as American Alpine Journal Editor

February 20, 2002
National Geographic Teams with American Alpine Club and Colorado Mountain Club to Create First-of-a-kind Mountaineering Museum in North America Interactive Teaching Museum in Golden, Colo., Will Raise Awareness About Mountaineering.

February 15, 2002
The American Alpine Club Asks Climbers to Rally 'Round the Can: Partnership with Denali National Park has Global Aim