Second Aconcagua Expedition Underway!

AAI's second Aconcagua Expedition of the year is underway. AAI guide Joey Elton and climbers Richard Pedersen and Guy Manning met Monday night and are currently hiking into Base Camp. Stay up to date by checking out our dispatches page and follow Joey, Rich, and Guy as they attempt to climb to the top of the Western Hemisphere.

Aconcagua is the world's highest mountain outside of central Asia. It stands at 22,842 feet (6962 meters) in Argentina, just a few miles east of the Chilean border. If you are interested in learning more about our Aconcagua Expedition, please visit our Aconcagua web page and get in touch with Andy Bourne at abourne@aai.cc or at 800-424-2249.

Self-Rescue Day

I've been climbing since the winter of 1998; when two college friends in Edinburgh convinced me to try this wacky sport that used ropes, harnesses and a stable mindset. I didn't have any of the required components, but I forged ahead anyway thinking that maybe this would be a great way to learn something about myself. Certainly, I have learned a lot, but it was this past summer, and more

AAI Advisor to present in Seattle on altitude sickness

Andrew Luks, MD, will be making a presentation on "Safe Travel at High Altitudes" at the Seattle REI on February 6 (7-8:30pm). Andrew currently works in the Pulmonary and Critical Care Division of the University of Washington, and he is an advisor to the American Alpine Institute.



If you are in the area and are interested in the effects of high altitude on the human body, check this out! The presentation is free and open to the public.

Questions? Email Coley Gentzel at cgentzel@aai.cc.

AAI team has success on Aconcagua!

Summit day, Aconcagua. Dylan Taylor

AAI guides Dylan Taylor and Joey Elton just finished leading an expedition to Aconcagua (22,842 feet). Their team met success and stood on the summit of the Western Hemisphere on December 28. Way to go guys!

To read the team's dispatches throughout their 22-day journey, please visit our Current News page.

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Learn more about our Aconcagua Expedition.

If you are interested in climbing Aconcagua, please get in touch with Andy Bourne at 360-671-1505 or at abourne@aai.cc.

From left to right, Ben Small, Joey Elton, Dylan, Taylor,
and Jesse Rohloff on the summit of Aconcagua

AAI included on the EPA's 100% Green Power Purchaser List

The American Alpine Institute has always been committed to being as green as possible. When the EPA began its Green Power Partnership a couple of years back, AAI was one of the first companies to jump on board. The Green Power Partnership works with a wide variety of leading organizations — from Fortune 500 companies to local, state, and federal governments, and a growing number of colleges and universities.

AAI is currently listed on one of the EPA's special ranking lists, the 100% Purchasers List. This list showcases those organizations that are dedicated to buying green power to meet 100% of their U.S. organization-wide electricity use. The combined green power purchases of these organizations amounts to 4 billion kilowatt-hours of green power annually, which is the equivalent amount of electricity needed to power more than 250,000 average American households each year.

Learn what it means to purchase Green Power, and how you can earn an AAI Discount by doing so.