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For more than fifteen years, the AAI Blog has kept the mountain community up to date on news, events, and developments in the outdoor industry, leavened with a bit of humor.

Sea to Summit: Ruth Mountain

American Alpine Institute
September 2, 2011

Book Review – Alpine Climbing: Techniques to Take You Higher

American Alpine Institute
August 26, 2011

Glacier Peak: Washington State’s Most Remote Volcano

American Alpine Institute
August 22, 2011

Film Review: Sanctum

American Alpine Institute
July 26, 2011

The Magnetron – Hint: It’s not from a Summer Blockbuster

American Alpine Institute
July 25, 2011

The West Ridge of Forbidden Peak

American Alpine Institute
July 11, 2011

When is Trash in the Mountains, Not Trash?

American Alpine Institute
July 8, 2011

The Class of 2011 – AAI Guide Training

American Alpine Institute
June 7, 2011

A Mountain Film for People Who Didn’t Like Vertical Limit

American Alpine Institute
May 30, 2011

Rope Flossing

American Alpine Institute
May 20, 2011

High Altitude Oxygen

American Alpine Institute
May 16, 2011

Travel Safety in a Developing Country

American Alpine Institute
May 10, 2011

Film Review: The Way Back

American Alpine Institute
April 29, 2011

The Ethics of Leaving Fixed Ropes, Caches, and Draws

American Alpine Institute
January 24, 2011

Book Review: The Sandstone Spine

American Alpine Institute
January 21, 2011

Route Profile: Epinephrine

American Alpine Institute
January 14, 2011

Rules of Ice Climbing: A Trip to Hyalite Canyon

American Alpine Institute
December 21, 2010

Choosing The Right Partner

American Alpine Institute
December 20, 2010

Film Review: 127 Hours

American Alpine Institute
December 3, 2010

Toproping Sport Climbs

American Alpine Institute
November 29, 2010

Movie Review: Frozen

American Alpine Institute
November 8, 2010

Mt. Shuksan Skills and Climb

American Alpine Institute
October 19, 2010

Dragontail Peak: Backbone Ridge

American Alpine Institute
October 4, 2010

North Cascades Backpacking Trip

American Alpine Institute
September 24, 2010