Contents
Direttissima on the Piz Badile
Dick Isherwood
1
Two parties on Yerupaja, 1968
One: Yerupaja traverse
David Adcock
7
Two: the Amazon face
Chris Jones 15
On men and mountains
Fred Hoyle
23
The South face of Peak Communism, 1968
Anatoli Ovchinnikov
25
The North face of Monte Agner
Michael Mortimer
36
Ishinca valley, Cordillera Blanca, 1968
Walter Amstutz
39
Main German and Austrian climbers since 1930
Anderl Heckmair
47
The first ascent of Mukar Beh
John Ashburner
58
Suddenly all Hell broke loose
Brian Nally
67
Recent New Zealand developments
Nick von Tunzelmann
71
A long Haute Route, 1968
John Wilson
83
The Lost Arrow Chimney
Ed. Ward-Drummond
92
A flying visit to the Slovak High Tatra
Ian Clough
95
Personality and Everest
James T. Lester
101
Southern Logan Mountains, 1968
Ted Maden
108
The Nose of El Capitan
Michael Burke
125
Man and the mountain environment
Michael Ward
133
An artist and the Dolomites
Clifford Fishwick
148
Kongen and Mongejura
Brian Thompson
150
Margins of safety
Harold Drasdo
159
Climbs and Regional Notes
South America
Alpine Club and Editors' Notes
351
Other organisations and clubs
359
Book Reviews
365
In memoriam: F. P. Bowden, N. S. Finzi, H. S. Kingman,
Previous numbers for sale 398