2010 American Alpine Journal: The World's Most Significant Climbs

In this year's American Alpine Journal, Jack Tackle climbs Thunder Mountain and reflects on his long history of putting up cutting-edge Alaskan routes; Denis Urubko puts up a hard new alpine-style route on Cho Oyu for his 14th 8,000m peak; Dodo Kopold solos a new route on Annapurna South; Marko Prezelj leads a Slovenian hat trick in the Bhagirathi group; young Chinese climbers introduce high-standard Chinese alpinism to their own mountains; and Joe Puryear puts up another great Himalayan first ascent, this time on virgin Jobo Rinjang in Nepal. Plus more from India, Canada, and points between.