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SUMMER 2023
CONTENTS
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MOUNTAINEER
AMA HQ
PRESIDENT’S FOREWORD ........................................... 5 EDITOR’S FOREWORD.................................................. 5 MEMBERSHIPSECRETARYFOREWORD.......................6 DIARY 2023.................................................................. 6
GUEST WRITERS
FOURTEEN8000MPEAKS,ONE22-YEAR-OLD WOMAN, ONE WORLD RECORD ................................... 8 SILENCE IS GOLDEN................................................... 14
EXPEDITION NEWS
EXERCISEDRAGONCRUSADEINCA..........................18 EXERCISEDRAGONINSPIRE......................................22 WATERFALLS,BEARSANDGRANITECLIFFS.............28
MISC ARTICLES
MOUNT TRIGLAV – STANDING AT THE SUMMIT
OF SLOVENIA.............................................................33 EVERESTORBUST–MERAPEAK..............................35 LEE’S3PEAKSCHALLENGE.......................................37
28 EXPEDITION YOSEMITE
ON THE COVER:
CLIMBING MEETS
LAKEDISTRICTMEET ................................................39 WINTER MEET 2023...................................................40
PHOTO COMPETITION............................. 42 CADETS
EXERCISETELEMARKCHALLENGER..........................44
SKI MOUNTAINEERING
EXERCISE TIGER HAUTE ............................................ 46
SPORTCLIMBING
ARMYSPORTSCLIMBINGROUND-UP........................48
BOOK REVIEWS....................................... 50
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THE HAUTE ROUTE
ONEWOMAN, FOURTEEN PEAKS
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LAKE DISTRICT MEET
MOUNT TRIGLAV
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SUMMER 2023
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