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Book and Film Reviews

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.

Film Review: Sanctum

American Alpine Institute
June 9, 2020

Film Review: Mount St. Elias

American Alpine Institute
March 23, 2020

Official Trailer: Dundee

American Alpine Institute
March 6, 2020

Film Review: The Way Back

American Alpine Institute
November 12, 2019

Film Review: Everest

American Alpine Institute
October 22, 2019

Where the Wild Things Keep Playing

American Alpine Institute
August 6, 2019

Film Review: A Walk in the Woods

American Alpine Institute
July 29, 2019

Book Review: The Abominable

American Alpine Institute
July 2, 2019

Film Review: Third Man on the Mountain

American Alpine Institute
May 21, 2019

Mountain Film: A Higher Crawling

American Alpine Institute
April 23, 2019

Film Review: The Summit

American Alpine Institute
March 18, 2019

Film Review: Mountain Men

American Alpine Institute
March 4, 2019

Pull: A Story about Lead Climbing

American Alpine Institute
March 1, 2019

Book Review: Cascades Rock by Blake Herrington

American Alpine Institute
January 28, 2019

Film Review: Free Solo

American Alpine Institute
December 17, 2018

Film Review: The Dawn Wall

American Alpine Institute
December 10, 2018

Book Review: Alone on the Ice

American Alpine Institute
November 23, 2018

Film Review: A Lonely Place to Die

American Alpine Institute
October 29, 2018

Film Review: Backcountry

American Alpine Institute
October 15, 2018

Film Review: Devil’s Pass

American Alpine Institute
September 18, 2018

Book Review: Alone on the Wall by Alex Honnold and David Roberts

American Alpine Institute
July 31, 2018

Film Review: Mountain

American Alpine Institute
July 6, 2018

Film Review: Beyond the Edge

American Alpine Institute
May 25, 2018

Film Review: The Thing (2011)

American Alpine Institute
March 30, 2018