This is the 114th volume of the world's oldest and most prestigious
mountaineering publication - the "Alpine Journal". Features include
expedition accounts by UK mountaineers Mick Fowler, Simon Yates,
and Andy Parkin. A special section is devoted to all six climbs
nominated for the 2009 Piolets d'Or awards, including articles by
Ueli Steck on Teng Kangpoche, Patrice Glariron-Rappaz on Nuptse and
Japanese climbers, from the Giri-Giri Boys, on Kamet, Kalanka and
Denali. The Journeys section includes a record-breaking run down
the Everest trail and adventures in Mongolia. There's an account of
climbing all the 4000m peaks of the Alps, surveys of the mountains
of Sikkim and the Cordillera Huaytapallana in Peru, plus commentary
on environmental and wilderness issues, ethics and a disputed first
Himalayan ascent. There are some 200 fabulous photographs, mostly
in colour, plus evocative watercolours by Simon Pierse of the Alps,
Ladakh and Kangchenjunga. As usual, this "AJ" also contains
extensive reviews, obituaries, and a country-by-country record of
recent significant ascents. Editor of the "AJ" since 2004, Stephen
Goodwin is a journalist, climber and guidebook author. He went
freelance in 1999 after 13 years as a staff correspondent on "The
Independent", mainly covering politics at Westminster. In 1998, he
reached the south summit of Everest, filing an award-winning diary
to "The Independent". His guidebook, "20 Day Walks in the Lake
District", was published this year by Vertebrate Graphics.
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