Mountaineering Ascents of J.P. Jones

Alpine Ascents of J.P. Jones

Lost Arrow Spire, Yosemite, 1965, with Al Givler (died climbing).
New Route on the left side of the North Face of Mt. Temple, Canadian Rockies, 1969, with Brian Greenwood.
First Ascent of the North Face of Mt. Bryce, Columbia Icefields, 1972, with Eckhard Grassman.
(Eckhard later died 7 years later on the North Face of Mt. Edith Cavell, Canadian Rockies, 1979).
First Winter Ascent of Mt. Temple, January 3, 1969, (Temp. -40 C), with Dave Haley.
First Winter Ascent of Mt. Joffre, Kananaskis Range, 1970, with Eckhard Grassman and Archie Simpson.
(Archie Simpson also later lost his life climbing in the Canadian Rockies.)
First ascent of Nevado Incatana and other 5700 m. peaks in the Cordillera Central, Peru, 1970, with Leif Norman Patterson.
First ascent of E. Ridge of Nevado Huagaruncho, 5800 m., Cordillera Central, Peru, 1970, with Leif Patterson.
(10 years later Leif Patterson died on the East Face of Chancellor Peak, Canadian Rockies).
First ascents of peaks in the Sierra Nevada Range, 1969, including Three Teeth, with Fred Beckey and Galen Rowell.
(Yosemite climber Galen Rowell later died in a flying accident in the Sierra Nevada).
Miscellaneous climbs in North America, Yosemite, Mexico, Peru, Pakistan, Nepal and Russia.