The Northwest Mountaineering Journal was a now defunct online magazine started in 2004 by Lowell Skoog to serve as a record of new climbs and ski descents, as well as to provide articles and stories pertinent to mountaineering in the Pacific Northwest of North America. The magazine was run by volunteers and hosted on the server of the Mountaineers and CascadeClimbers.com. It was published annually. Following the publication of the 2010 volume, Lowell Skoog stepped down as editor, and the magazine effectively ceased to exist. In 2014 the Mountaineers quit hosting the archives.
6-476: Historically, new routes were reported in the Mountaineers Annual through 1985. The American Alpine Journal documents routes around the world, including from Washington, but requires that routes be of at least a minimum seriousness ( grade IV ). Online interaction through forums such as CascadeClimbers.com, aerial photography by John Scurlock, and a critical mass of active climbers has helped spur
12-455: A renaissance of route development and exploration, many of which are less than a grade IV, but there was not a venue for documenting these routes for posterity. This sports magazine or journal-related article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . See tips for writing articles about magazines . Further suggestions might be found on the article's talk page . American Alpine Journal The American Alpine Journal
18-664: Is an annual magazine published by the American Alpine Club . Its mission is "to document and communicate mountain exploration." The headquarters is in Golden, Colorado . Subtitled as a compilation of "The World's Most Significant Climbs," the magazine contains feature stories about notable new routes and ascents, written by the climbers, as well as a large "Climbs and Expeditions" section containing short notes by climbers about new and noteworthy achievements. Some general articles about mountaineering , mountain medicine ,
24-819: The Alpine Club of Canada , the Himalayan Journal , and Iwa To Yuki , a Japanese magazine. All of these magazines are often used by climbers planning expeditions, especially those who wish to verify that a proposed route would be a new one. Entries in these journals (and others) concerning major Himalayan peaks are indexed in the Himalayan Index . In March 2007, the American Alpine Journal inaugurated free, full, searchable online access for its issues dating back to 1966. All earlier issues will eventually be added. A complete index
30-665: The editor has been John Harlin III . The overall format of the journal has changed little since at least the 1970s, but current plans include more complete worldwide coverage (particularly including Europe and New Zealand) and electronic/online access (see below). Other journals of record for climbing include the Alpine Journal published by the UK Alpine Club , the Canadian Alpine Journal published by
36-428: The mountain environment , or other topics are also sometimes included. Each issue includes book reviews, memorials of deceased members, and club activities. The journal was established in 1929. In 1957 and 1958, the editor was Francis P. Farquhar . From 1960 to 1995, the editor was H. Adams Carter , who brought the journal to international pre-eminence. From 1996 to 2001, the editor was Christian Beckwith. Since 2002,
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