History of the Army Alpine Association
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1975 |
Royal Australian Engineer Himalayan Expedition first overseas adventurous training activity by the Australian Army led by General Peter Gration AC, OBE (Retd) trek to Everest Base Camp and ascent of nearby minor peak of Kala Pattar (5545m) |
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Army Alpine Association formed / reactivated |
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1980 |
Ball's Pyramid Expedition ascent of a 562m volcanic plug island in the Tasman Sea (20 km SE of Lord Howe Island) |
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GauriShankar (TseringmaPeak) Expedition, Nepal first ascent of TseringmaPeak seven climbers summit |
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1981 |
Ganesh IV (7052m) Expedition, Nepal first major Himalayan expedition by AAA attempt on peak abandoned after avalanche in which LT Dave Sloane is killed |
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1982 |
Mt McKinley /Denali (6194m), Alaska four climbers summit |
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1983 |
Nilgir North (7061m) Expedition, Nepal, AnnapurnaRange eight climbers summit third ascent of a 7000m peak by an Australian team expedition includes a trekking party which undertakes the Annapurna Circuit - inclusion of a trekking party is to become a standard feature of AAA expeditions. |
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1984 |
TentPeak (5663m) Expedition, Nepal, AnnapurnaRange three climbers summit first Australian ascent |
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1985 |
PisangPeak (6187m) and Chulu West (6419m) |
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1986 |
BroadPeak (8047m) Expedition, Pakistan 12th highest summit in the world first Australian ascent eight climbers summit first ascent of an 8000m peak by AAA |
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1987 |
Mt McKinley / Denali (6194m), Alaska six climbers summit |
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1988 |
Australian Bicentennial Everest Expedition second Australian ascent of Mt Everest (8848m) first Australian ascent by the south-west route three climbers summit first ascent by SW route without Sherpa support above BC |
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1989-90 |
Aconcagua (6959m), Argentina highest mountain in South America first South American expedition by AAA |
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1991 |
Mt Kilimanjaro (5895m), Tanzania highest mountain in Africa first African expedition by AAA |
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Exercise Kedernath joint Indian / Australian trekking and mountaineering expedition in the Garwal region of the Indian Himalaya |
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PuncakJayawijaya Expedition, Papua Indonesia two summit Cartensz Pyramid (4884m) highest point in Oceania third Australian ascent |
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1993 |
Dhaulagiri (8167m), Nepal 7th highest summit in the world ascent not achieved |
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1994 |
Mt Elbrus (5642m) Russia, Caucasus highest peak in Europe ten summit one climber summits both peaks |
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KwandgeRi (6187m), Nepal three summit |
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1995 |
NandaDevi Expedition joint expedition with Indian Army two Australians summit east peak (7400m) |
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1995-96 |
Aconcagua (6959m), Argentina five summit |
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1996 |
Exercise High Suroruv, Pamirs expedition first major Australian expedition to Tajikistan (former soviet republic to north of Afghanistan) seven summit PikEvgeniaKorzhenevskaya (7105m) four summit Peak of Four (6500m) two summit PikVorobjov (5500m) |
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Exercise Ghondogoro, Pakistan 180km trek including climb to Ghondogoro pass (5700m) |
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Exercise Big Wall, Yosemite NP, California big wall aid climbing exercise |
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1996-97 |
ExerciseIslandPeak (6189m) Nepal |
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1997 |
Aconcagua (6959m), Argentina five summit |
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Dhaulagiri (8167m), Nepal 7th highest summit in the world three summit first Australian ascent |
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1997-98 |
Mt McKinley / Denali (6194m), Alaska |
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1998 |
Exercise Prezhevalsky, Kyrgyzstan trekking expedition |
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1999 |
Shishapangma (8046m), Tibet 13th highest summit in world seventeen reach central summit without supplemental oxygen or Sherpa support |
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1999-2000 |
MawsonPeak (2745m), Heard Island four summit |
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2000 |
ChoOyu (8201m), Nepal 6th highest summit in world three summit |
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Exercise Big Wall, Yosemite NP, California big wall aid climbing exercise tragically, Sapper Andrew Morrison is killed during the ascent of the South Face of Washington Column |
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2001 |
Mt Everest (8848m), Nepal one climber summits tragically, three members of the trekking party are killed in a freak landslide |
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