Jim Donini (born July 23, 1943) is an American rock climber and alpinist, noted for a long history of cutting-edge climbs in Alaska and Patagonia. He was president of the

American Alpine Club The American Alpine Club (AAC) is a non-profit member organization with more than 24,000 members. Its vision is to create "a united community of competent climbers and healthy climbing landscapes." The Club is housed in the American Mountaineerin ...

from 2006 to 2009, and a 1999 recipient of the AAC's Robert and Miriam Underhill Award.

Notable climbs

* 1976 ''

Torre Egger Torre Egger is one of the mountains of the Southern Patagonian Ice Field in South America. It is located in a region which is disputed between Argentina and Chile,From Rodrigo Jordan, "Cerro Torre", in ''World Mountaineering'', Audrey Salkeld, ...

'' - First Ascent - with John Bragg, and Jay Wilson from the United States, by climbing first to the col between the Egger and

Cerro Torre Cerro Torre is one of the mountains of the Southern Patagonian Ice Field in South America. It is located in Argentina and Chile, west of Fitz Roy (also known as Cerro Chaltén). The peak is the highest of a four mountain chain: the other peaks a ...

, the Col of Conquest, and then up the ridge to the peak. The ascent was hampered by bad weather and took from December 1975 to February 22, 1976 when the 3-person team summitted. * 1978 ''North Ridge'' on Latok I,

Karakorum Range The Karakoram is a mountain range in Kashmir region spanning the borders of Pakistan, China, and India, with the northwest extremity of the range extending to Afghanistan and Tajikistan. Most of the Karakoram mountain range falls under th ...

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. Attempt with Michael Kennedy,

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(all USA). * 1991 ''Cobra Pillar'' on the east face of

Mount Barrille Mount Barrille is a mountain summit located in the Alaska Range, in Denali National Park and Preserve, in the U.S. state of Alaska. It is situated 2,650 feet above the Ruth Glacier at the gateway to the Don Sheldon Amphitheater, or The Great Gorg ...

, Ruth Gorge,

Alaska Range The Alaska Range is a relatively narrow, 600-mile-long (950 km) mountain range in the southcentral region of the U.S. state of Alaska, from Lake Clark at its southwest endSources differ as to the exact delineation of the Alaska Range. ThBoar ...

, Alaska, USA (VI 5.10+ A3 WI5? 2300m) FA with Jack Tackle (USA), June 5–10, 1991. * 1991 ''Viper Ridge'', south spur of southeast ridge to ridge,

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, Alaska USA. FA with Jack Tackle (USA), June 11–17, 1991. *2000 ''Lightning Spur'', south face Thunder Mountain,

, Alaska USA. FA with John Bragg (USA).

References

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