Stephen Venables At Book Club

Stephen Venables At Book Club

Originally uploaded by American Alpine Club Photo Library

Aaron Miller, one of the members of the AAC’s Book Club Fight Club, went out on a limb and invited Stephen Venables to come sit in on book club, and he was gracious enough to accept! We met in the Mountaineering Museum, sitting [...]

Email Problems and Your Book Orders

If you have sent a book request between Friday and today, please send it again to library@americanalpineclub.org just to make sure we receive it.  We apologize for any inconvenience.  We want to make sure you get your book and dvd orders!

Craig Luebben

UPDATE:  Craig’s memorial service will be held this Sunday, August 16 at the American Mountaineering Center in Golden, CO. Doors will open at 3pm and the service will begin at 4pm. All are welcome.
Read more on the AAC’s Blog: Inclined

Craig was an enthusiastic presence here at the library.  He will be missed.
Here is a video [...]

Don’t Forget! Book Club is on Tuesday, Aug. 11!

We’ll be discussing The Price of Conquest by Lino Lacedelli, Giovanni Cenacchi, and Mark Worthington.
This book covers the events of the first ascent of K2 by an Italian team in 1954. This ascent was remarkable in how it was accomplished and the litigation and acrimony that has followed the ascent to this day.

Front Range Freaks on Wednesday, Aug.5th

Best of Taos Film Festival CANCELLED!! – Showing Front Range Freaks instead!

“Hey everyone! We had to cancel the Best of Taos Film Festival and will be refunding tickets. Please come to enjoy a screening of Sender Film’s Front Range Freaks! $3 CMC/AAC members, $5 non-members, Free for Friends of the Museum [...]

Library Closed July 3rd and 4th

The library will be closed on Friday July 3rd and Saturday July 4th. We will open with normal hours on Tuesday, July 7th, noon to 7pm.  Have a great weekend!

Fallen Giants

If you haven’t seen it, be sure to spend some time with Stewart Weaver’s and Maurice Isserman’s Fallen Giants: A History of Himalayan Mountaineering from the Age of Empire to the Age of Extremes, recently published by Yale University Press. Increasingly hailed as the magnum opus of the history of Himalayan exploration, Fallen Giants has [...]

Washburn Exhibit in the News

Check out the article in yesterday’s Denver Post about our new From the Favorites exhibit. Big thanks to Preservation Librarian Beth Heller and CMC Marketing Strategist Chris Case for carrying out the curatorial work, Museum Operations Manager Sarah Wood for logistical support, and a HUGE thank you to the donors who made the exhibit possible.
Twenty-one [...]

AAC Tribute to Jonny, Micah & Wade

AAC Member Goes to Space Today!

Here’s a link to live coverage of the Hubble Mission, with AAC Member John Grunsfeld
http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/index.html