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1995
Mugs Stump Award Winners:
• Steve Quinlan
of Telluride, Colorado, and Dave Anderson,
of Salt Lake City, Utah, will attempt a new big-wall route
on the west face of Bhagirathi IV 1/2 in the Gangotri region
of northern India. Quinlan attempted the route with the late
Phillip Lloyd in 1993, getting 10 pitches up what he calls
"possibly the best alpine granite in the world"
before retreating in poor weather.
• Will Oxx, of Westlake
Village, California, and John Middendorf,
of Hurricane, Utah, will parachute into a basecamp below Polar
Sun Spire, located in the remote Sam Ford Fjord on Baffin
Island in northern Canada. They'll attempt the mountain's
4000-foot northeast face, and time permitting, the 2000-foot
south face of the Beak.
• Paul Gagner,
of Lyons, Colorado, and Rick Lovelace, of
Tahoe, California, will also journey to Sam Ford Fjord, to
attempt the 3300-foot "nose" on the northwest face
of Kiguti. After the climb, the pair will hike out of the
region on an old Inuit hunting trail, providing future visitors
with important access information.
• Carl Diedrich,
of Sandpoint, Idaho, and Bill Pilling, of
Seattle, Washington, will attempt the 6000-foot west buttress
of Mount Alverstone and then traverse from the top of Alverstone's
to the summit of Mount Hubbard. Both peaks are located in
the isolated Saint Elias Range near the border of Alaska and
the Yukon Territory of Canada.
• Joe Reichert
and Gardner Heaton, both of Jackson, Wyoming,
will attempt winter ascents of the direct east ridge of Devil's
Thumb and the south face of Burkett Needle, both located in
the Stikine Icecap region of southeast Alaska. Neither peak
has been visited in winter before.
• Jay Rowe and JJ
Brooks, both of Anchorage, Alaska, will attempt the
3500-foot south face of Kichatna Spire in the Cathedral Spires
of the Alaska Range. The pair tried the route in 1992, but
were forced down by poor weather.
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