Climbing and Outdoor News from Here and Abroad – 12/4/2025
American Alpine Institute
December 4, 2025
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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.
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AAI has been doing conditions and news round-ups from outside sources since 2010. This is a place to find links to interesting things taking place in the outdoor world, while also learning about potential issues with places that you’d like to visit.
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- Trip Reports (116)
- Lead Climbing (5)
- Technical Rescue (12)
- Knots, Hitches and Rope Work (22)
- Anchor Construction (23)
- Accidents and Close Calls (10)
- Uncategorized (6)
- Wilderness First Aid (17)
- Climbing Movement (13)
- AAI Programs (10)
- Conditions and News (519)
- Wilderness Skills (42)
- Women in the Mountains (8)
- Climate Change (1)
- Equipment and Gear (94)
- Cooking (17)
- Leave No Trace (12)
- Avalanche Awareness (31)
- Ice Climbing (25)
- Backpacking and Hiking (12)
- Trail, Mountain or Route Profiles (93)
- Events (66)
- Sport Climbing (12)
- Skiing and Snowboarding (84)
- Rock Climbing (109)
- Advanced Skills (12)
- Wilderness Rescue (31)
- Alpine Climbing (42)
- Indoor Climbing (2)
- Book and Film Reviews (111)
- Rappelling (21)
- High Altitude Climbing (11)
- Mountain Comedy (28)
- Glacier Travel and Crevasse Rescue (11)
- Risk Management (16)
- Mountain Culture (142)
- Bouldering (3)
- Navigation (6)
- Training (32)
- Camping (18)
- Canyoneering (2)
- Climbing Ethics (30)
- Toprope Climbing (5)
- Aid Climbing (2)
- The Guiding Life (87)
- Mountaineering and Snow Climbing (29)
- Expeditions (5)
- Land Management Advocacy (19)
- Trad Climbing (5)
- Self Rescue (8)
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