My quest to name the boldest ascent in Alaska is nearing its end. On Monday at 3:00 p.m. Eastern Time I will start the countdown of the five boldest ascents in Alaska. I’ll post at the same time each day through Friday.

The list of climbs everyone has nominated has evolved. In fact, I’ve been modifying my personal list for weeks in spare moments between family, work, and social responsibilities. Since the initial list that I made with several experts help last year, I’ve added almost a dozen more ascents including three more that I added earlier this week. Here they are:

• Mount Emmerich, Fred Beckey, Jack Tackle, and Craig Zaspel, 1976.
• Mount Augusta’s North Face by Jack Tackle and Charlie Sassara, 2002.
• Linkup of the third ascent of Denali’s Isis Face and the fourth ascent of the Slovak Direct by Katsutaka Yokoyama, Yusuke Sato, and Fumitaka Ichimura, 2008.

So be sure to stop by TSM on Monday to kick off the list in the morning and then again in the afternoon with the fifth boldest ascent in Alaska — at least what I think is the fifth boldest ascent in Alaska.

And so you don’t have to click back to here, this is the complete list:

Late 1800s

• 1897 first ascent of St. Elias by the Duke of Abruzzi

Early 1900s

• Sourdoughs 1910 Denali North Peak FA.
• Dora Keen and George Handy’s 1912 ascent of the East Peak of Mount Blackburn.
• Moore/Carpe’s FA of Fairweather 1931.

1960s-1970s

• Wickersham Wall Direct, Denali, by Hank Abrons, Rick Millikan, John Graham, Don Jensen, David Roberts, and Chris Goetze, 1963.
• Harvard Route, Mount Huntington, Roberts, Hale, Jensen, Bernd, 1965.
• Allen Steck and John Evans 1965 Hummingbird Ridge FA on Logan.
• Art Davidson’s and Rick Millikan’s 1966 first ascent of Kichatna Spire.
• 1967 first winter ascent of Mount McKinley by Art Davidson, Ray Genet, and Dave Johnston.
• Charlie Porter’s 1976 Solo of the Cassin.
• Mount Emmerich, Fred Beckey, Jack Tackle, and Craig Zaspel, 1976.
• Steve Hacketts 1976 solo 3rd ascent of Mount Igikpak (followed by paddling 365 miles back to civilization.)
• Infinite Spur, Foraker, Kennedy-Lowe, July 1977.
• Johnny Waterman’s 1978 solo Mt Hunter Traverse.
• North Face (“Timeless Face”) of Huntington, Simon McCartney and Jack Roberts, July 1978.

1980s-1990s

• Southwest face of Denali, Simon McCartney and Jack Roberts, June 1980.
• 1981 East Face of Moose’s Tooth by Mugs Stump and Jim Bridwell.
• Southeast Spur, Mount Hunter, Alpine style by Glenn Randall, Peter Metcalf, and Peter Athens, 1981.
• Moonflower 1981 FA by Mugs Stump.
• Andy Politz’s 1984 FA of St. Elias South Face.
• Naomi Uemura’s 1984 solo winter ascent of Mount McKinley.
• East Face of Mount Hunter by Jim Donini and Jack Tackle in 1985.
• Wine Bottle, Mount Dickey, Orgler, Bonapace, 1988.
• East Face, Mount Russell, Charlie Townsend and Dave Auble, 1989.
• Phil Kaufmann’s. Steve Carroll’s, and Patrick Simmons’ 1995 first (and to date only) ascent of Mount Orville.
• East Butt of University Peak by Buhler/Sassara in 1997.
• Thomas Bubendorfer’s 1997 solo first ascent of Mount Laurens.

2000s-present

• Slovak Direct, Denali, House, Twight, Backes, 2000.
• Blood from the Stone, Mount Dickey, Ueli Steck and Sean Easton, 2001.
• Infinite Spur, Foraker, House and Garibotti, 2001.
• Mount Augusta’s North Face by Jack Tackle and Charlie Sassara, 2002.
• Entropy Wall on Mount Moffit, climbed in 2007 by Jed Brown and Colin Haley.
• Linkup of the third ascent of Denali’s Isis Face and the fourth ascent of the Slovak Direct by Katsutaka Yokoyama, Yusuke Sato, and Fumitaka Ichimura, 2008.
• Haley and Aartun’s Dracula Route on Mount Foraker, 2010.
• Kevin Cooper’s and Ryan Jennings’ ascent of “Stairway to Heaven” on Mount Johnson in 2014.
• Ryan Fisher’s and Nathan Lane’s 2014 first ascent of Mount Muir from tidewater.

[To read the kick off to the final list of the top five boldest ascents of all Alaskan climbing history, click here.]

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