PUBLICATIONS
Part of the AAC's mission is to provide climbers with resources that enhance climbing knowledge and inspiration, and our world-renowned annual books, the American Alpine Journal and Accidents in North American Climbing, are a critical piece of delivering on that mission. But our commitment to knowledge and inspiration for climbers ranges wider than that, and that's why we deliver resources like the Cutting Edge Podcast, and the Accidents and Journal database, so that you can hear new voices weigh in on the significance of recent climbs, or explore decades of data on particular accidents.
But besides chronicalling the year's most significant climbs or analyzing climbing accidents, the AAC just knows climbers, and we know the stories that climbers love to read and hear. That's why we also publish the quarterly Guidebook, a collection of stories about the AAC's members, our work, and the hottest topics in climbing, as well as the AAC Podcast, where we dive into these topics even further.
American Alpine Journal—2024 Impact
244
individual stories and reports from around the world in the 2023
12,387
copies of shipped to members
850+
volunteer hours contributed, including writers, photographers, and volunteer editors
Accidents in North American Climbing—2024 Impact
11,985
copies shipped to members
280
climbing accidents reported and researched
2,490+
volunteer hours, including writers, photographers, guides, and volunteer editors
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