Tuan's Mountaineering Links

Selected and requested Mountaineering links

This list points to some sites I have found interesting. I have not tried to keep up with the web. There are many other good sites that I am not aware of.

Directories

These pages consist in significant listings of climbing-related sites. They have certainly more links than I will ever collect. They generally don't contain anything more than (well organized and presented) links.

The big page of climbing links: by alphabetical order.
Shut Up and Climb: extensive listing by categories.
Outdoor Resources Online: lists with comments on each site, sorted by continent of origin (also a general ressource for Outdoors).
Great Outdoors Recreation Page: lists with comments on each site, sorted by categories (also a general ressource for Outdoors).
Mountaineering resource and information guide: information on how to find the sources you need (both on and off the internet): links, magazines, gear manufactures, and mail order outfits.

Repositories

The Climbing Archive: an extensive repository for all kinds of information regarding climbing, mostly based on the newsgroup rec.climbing. See in particular trip reports, guides, FAQs.
The Waddington Gallery: an eclectic collection of picture, text, and sound files submitted by climbers. See in particular Tony's pages on rock technique, and the essays.

Partners

Here are links to home pages of some of my climbing partners.

George Bell: check out many great pictures.
Yves Briere: his trip to south america.
Jim Frankenfield
Greg Hager
Steve Klish
Lee Purvis
Tom McMillan
Eric Renger
Wayne Trzyna
Ken Younge
David Jones
Madeleine Schultz

Jean-Claude Latombe: pictures of expeditions and travels from all around the world.

Some Climbers

Amos Clifford: on spirit and nature: stories, essays, book excerpt. California Ice guidebook.
Arthur Vyn Boennighausen and Michael S. Johnson: Mt. Analogue - A Climber's Quest.
Barrett Tilley: info on Arkansas climbing, pictures.
Brendan Murphy: large scans of classic faces in the Alps, stories on extreme alpine ascents.
Cameron McPherson: trip reports (in particular Devil's Thumb), info (in particular on Eiger), alpine technique book.
Chris Edmunds: various beta and information, pictures, the Climbing Hotlist (lots of links).
Christian: several illustrated mountaineering trip reports.
David Basset: photos of Rainier.
Chris Bonington: the great british mountaineer now on the web
Dan Holle: the 1994 American Everest expedition, illustrated account.
D.D. & Stan Bartley: a journal of the seven summits, and good links.
Hans Wennerstrom: illustrated mountaineering trip reports in Swiss Alps (mostly Swedish)
Hartmut Bielefeldt: reports and pictures on Chile, Bolivia, and the Pamirs.
John Middendorf: the Big Wall Home Page by an expert.
Keith Turner: lots of ressources on Reno/Tahoe Rock Climbing: topos, photos, sound, maps.
Michael Brodesky: misc info and pictures, Yosemite and Pinnacles.
Nate Beckwith: trip reports, recommended routes, midwest info, pictures, gri-gri modif.
Paul Friberg: Thailand and various stuff, index to climbing guides and rags, lots of links.
Peter Green: expeditions to Alaska and Himalayas, and mountaineering trips in CA.
Peter Steinmetz: info on the Devil's Tower, Accidents in North American Mountaineering.
Reese Martin: many commented links, info on Ventura & Santa Barbara rock climbing.
Rob Savoye: illustrated climbing trip reports.
Stephen Edwards: a primer on rock climbing equipment and techniques.
Steve Reiser: guidebook to Southeast Idaho, reports on Huascaran and Grand Teton
Struan Grey: aka Russ Trolling (best appreciated if you know Russ Walling and Fish products).
Tim Anderson: some stuff on Pensylvania, a trek to Nepal, TNF.

Various ressources (mostly North America)

Access Fund: this organization helps you keep climbing in the US.
National Park Service: this organization manages some of the favorite climbing areas in the US.
USDA Forest Service: so does this one in some extend.
Skills to get there and out: Backcountry home page, NOLS.
High Altitude: NOLS Wilderness First Aid, Outdoor Action Guide: Acclimatization and Illnesses, the Himalayan Rescue Association.
Maps: Xerox PARC interactive viewer, The PCL map collection, Color landform atlas of the United States.
Weather: general links.
California snow conditions
The Sharp End (climbing graphics for Web pages), Ricky Rock Rat (cartoons).
How to get down faster ! When there is snow ( Extreme skiing), when the wind is OK ( Paragliding: info, links).

Regional interest: clubs, associations, topos, etc...

California:

Cal Hiking And Outdoor Society: the outdoor club of UC Berkeley. Multi-activities.
Confused: the San-Francisco version of Chaos
Redwood: the outdoor club of Stanford University (rather inactive unfortunately)
California Climber's Network: news, directories, ressources, current conditions, new route descriptions.
Los Alpinistas (of San Diego)
Peak Climbing Section: part of the Sierra Club: non-technical peaks in the Sierra Nevada
Rock RendezVous: climbing club based in San Francisco.
AAC Sierra Nevada Section: has the quartely news letter, news, bb, and more.

North America

Basic and Not-So-Basic Info Guide to the 50 Classics: Greg's augmented version of Steck and Roper's classic.
Rock'N Road: an online version of Tim Toula's survey of the rock climbing areas of North America. Highpointers club: devoted to climbing the highest point of each state of the US.
United States highpoints: info on the highest point of each of the 50 states
Princeton University Outdoor Action Program: a site of general interest. has lots of ressources and links.
The MIT Outing Club
The Montaineers: Pacific Northwest club and major publisher and bookstore
Liberty ridge: beta and links on this classic Rainier route.
Rocky Mountain National Park: lots of general info on this unofficial site.
Seneca Rocks: practical info for climbers.
North Carolina: lists of ressources, including descriptions of climbing areas.
Rifle: a detailled guide by Hassan Saab: practical info, route descriptions and maps.
Cascade volcanoes, Oregon Cascades: Lots of pictures from Rainier, Hood, etc.
White Mountains of New Hampshire: areas descriptions, trip reports, practical info.
The Canadian Rockies climbing guide: lots of practical info, general overviews for each type of climbing.
Calgary Mountain Club: A non-descript climbers organization created to fulfill the social requirements of its members.
Waterton Rock and Ice: This page has many climbs listed and is regularly updated for conditions. See also the author's guide to Utah.
Squamish: area introduction, current information, reports, topo, beta, etc...

Europe

Central italy (in Italian)
Club Alpino Italiano: (in Italian)
Ice climbing in the Alps
Eindhoven Students Alpine Club: (a lot in Dutch) a library catalog gives an overview of publications related to climbing in Europe, index to European climbing pages, etc...
French rock climbing: a detailed guide by the COSIROC (a sort of French access fund)
Academic Alpine Club of Zurich: a reasonable starting point to discover Switzerland (in German)
U.K.: info, guides and guidebooks for many areas, including winter climbing.
Ireland: info, including detailed guide to crags and gyms. see also Paul Harrington's trip report on the Eigerwand.
Scotland: lots of info. Climbing is notorious for being mostly done in the rain...
Norway1
Norway2: ski, climbing, and mountains.
Finland: Climbing Places, Photos and stories, Climbing shops, Clubs
the Icelandic Alpine Club. interesting ice-climbing pictures.
Frankenjura
Poland: a survey of the Tatras, from a hiker's point of view.
Unknown Grandeur of Russia: photo gallery, maps and topos of Russian mountains by Vladimir Kopylov, author of "Forbidden Mountains".
Russian mountaineering and climbing: News, descriptions of regions (Pamirs, Tien Shan, Caucasus, Crimea) etc...
Turkiye

Asia/Australia

Commercial sites

Magazines

Climbing: mostly a sampler for current and past issues.
Rock and Ice Online: a Web-based magazine with content not found in the print magazine. News, local conditions, guides, etc..
Outside Online: considerable amount of up-to-date reports and info (among them on ill-fated Himalaya expeditions)
Adventure West Online: several activities in the western states. good travelogues.
Rock and Grove: new online magazine, the first issue is good with interviews, training and technique tips, stories.
Climb: Australian online magazine.
High: the British climbing magazine.
Alp: the Italian climbing magazine.
Desnivel: the Spanish climbing magazine.
Vertical: the French climbing magazine.
Rotpunkt: the German climbing magazine.
Ascent: southwestern BC. Not too much stuff now.

Manufacturers

A5: big-wall gear catalog. some trip reports.
Fish: big-wall gear catalog, and a lot of info on this site, including technique, topos, "bed-time" stories.
Grivel: has also some some general info on ice gear.
Feathered Friends: down gear: sleeping bags, parkas.
Tradman trading: climbing clothing
Mountain Designs: Australia's premier outdoor and adventure outfitters

Stores

Adventurous Traveler Bookstore: order over the net from a huge catalogue
Campmor: has also info on how to reach manufacturers.
The Outdoor Experience: web based mail order store.
REI: on-line catalog, clinics, photo service, product comparison charts

Various interesting stuff

Expedition pole sud

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