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AAC's Annual Member Drive Kicks Off for June
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Nick Clinch to be Celebrated at Memorial this June 16
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2017 Live Your Dream Grant Recipients Announced
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2017 Excellence in Climbing Online Auction Now Open!
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Climbers Lobby for Public Lands
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AAC Volunteers Bring New Heights Program to Underserved Kids
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Secretary Zinke Visits Utah to Review Bears Ears National Monument
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AAC Announces 2017 Research Grant Recipients
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American Alpine Club and Access Fund Host Second Annual Climb the Hill Event
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AAC Statement on President Trump’s Executive Order for a 
Review of Existing National Monument Designations under the Antiquities Act
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Latest Educational Video: Cleaning an Anchor in Single Pitch
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2017 Excellence in Climbing Awards Announced
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#AACGRAM

Join us in sharing the adventure, joy and passion of climbing.

#aacgram from the @americanalpinejournal: An Indo-British party made the likely first ascent of the highest peak of the Vishnu Ghar Dhar Range in India last year: Vishnu Killa (5,968m). In this photo, the team approaches the summit via the upper south face, with unclimbed Peak 5,880m in the background. Photo by Martin Moran. Look for the story on the AAJ website and in the newest print edition!
#aacgram by @edwinteran of León Diependaele crimping his way up L'arcadémicien des crépis (8c), Céüse, France.
"The Ranch is open and the people are great, come visit!" -AAC Grand Teton Climbers' Ranch Intern @logcabin__. Check the lodging page on our website to see availability for your summer climbing getaway! #aacgram
#aacgram from @hberking, Snake Dike, Yosemite. Thank you all for tagging us in these great photos; it's wonderful to see so many members & friends getting after it this spring!
"Girls who crush!" -@nickolisirby, the Gunks, New York. #aacgram
#aacgram from @b.yiya: "Flashback Friyay! Myself leading Neat (5.10) back in April. The stoke is always high at the Creek..." Photo by @jeffdokmo.
"The positions in which one finds themselves..." #aacgram from Mill Creek, Utah by @smuleco.
@ladybrd tagged us in this great #aacgram of working the moves on Mantra in Squamish, BC. Photo by @maixyplusplus.
#aacgram by @garrettlbradley of @hellohayleyho styling the arête route at Cape Collinson in Hong Kong. Keep tagging us in these epic photos, friends!
@robstonephoto got this shot of his friend rocking an AAC t-shirt on the approach up Boston Basin to the summit of Forbidden Peak in Cascades National Park. Thanks for the #aacgram, Rob!
AAC member @mikeclimbs snapped this #aacgram of @mwebb9315 taking on pitch five of Zodiac (Yosemite, California).
"@ayesha7625 firing on all cylinders... psych is high!" #aacgram by @thegnarwall, Squamish, British Columbia.
#aacgram from Chicago Chapter Co-Chair @savvytothemax: "The @americanalpine Volunteer Leadership Summit gave me ideas to improve the Chicago chapter, and I can't wait to take what I've learned and apply it! Thanks to @broncopeters [Head of AAC Volunteer Leadership Program] for the catches and encouragement today.🤘"
"@cannonjtc [pictured here] and @jerrrrrrrrbs were freeing Moonlight Buttress in Zion and I rapped in to hang out for the last few pitches..." Beautiful #aacgram, @callenhearne!
What would a day climbing with @sashadigiulian be like? You could find out! When you join or renew your AAC membership during the month of June you'll score a rad Public Lands t-shirt designed by @jercollins_com and get entered to win a day of climbing with Sasha in Colorado*! Check out the link in our profile to learn more! Photo: Sasha on the first continuous free ascent of the Misty Wall via a roof variation, in Yosemite Valley, CA. The original aid line up the iconic 1,700-foot big wall was first climbed by Royal Robbins and Dick McCracken in June 1963. 📷AAC member @johnevansphoto *no dyno moves required! #aacgram #unitedweclimb #protectpubliclands
@yes_2love with an #aacgram: "We stemmed up a couple fun routes in lovely weather at Vedauwoo yesterday. Check out that gorgeous lichen. 😍" (Keep tagging us in your photos for a chance to be featured this week!)