Contents
Valedictory Address
Charles Evans
7
Annapurna South face
Christian Bonington
19
Makalu-the first ascent by the South-east ridge
Makoto Hara and Masao Asami
34
The first steps towards Mount Everest
T. S. Blakeney 43
Annapurna - North face route
Henry Day
89
Mountain parachute-jumping (a Frenchman's view)
Bernard Couture
99
Return to the Alps
Ian Howell
105
British-Soviet Caucasus Expedition 1970
Hamish MacInnes
111
The Taurus Mountains
Harold Elwood
119
The Monte Moro Pass and the Col d'Herens
Barbara Harriss
127
Submillimetre wavelength atmospheric studies at Jungfraujoch
William
Burroughs
133
Mawenzi-a complete traverse from south to north
Fritz Lörtscher
138
The ascent of K6
Eduard Koblmüller
149
The Himalayan ethic - time for a rethink?
Dennis Gray
156
North-west Karakoram - 1970
Trevor Braham
163
Climbers' playgrounds-Europe
John Cleare and Edward Pyatt
169
One hundred years ago
C. A. Russell
175
Two expeditions to Malubiting
The Polish Karakoram expedition 1969
Andrzej Kus
180
The Munich Karakoram expedition 1970
Peter von Gizycki
186
Climbs and Regional Notes
Alpine Club and Editor's Notes
289
Other organisations and clubs 293
In memoriam: P. Andrews, F. R. G. Chew, I. Clough, T. Gobbi,
B. Hilton-Jones, E. Pardoe, T. Patey, E. V. Townshend,
J. P. Walker. Additional
notes: J. F. G. Clark and Adolphe Rey
323
