tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-157618312024-02-20T19:20:40.107-09:00Ryan HokansonRyanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04086136601580344103noreply@blogger.comBlogger73125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15761831.post-82717977274227214032013-06-30T11:46:00.035-08:002024-01-18T12:04:50.551-09:00Science to Valdez<p>Tory Dugan and I flew with Matt Keller of Blue Ice Aviation to the upper Science Glacier. We skied Mt Fafnir the next day, but my altitude sickness dissuaded us from our proposed journey to Mt. Gilbert Louis. We elected to ski down the Science and head to Audubon. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtmZbHfhDPEOKu_G44NOXs3UspiEQW4U_ovWN1gMffIQ6e8u2lGjDyharne3CIzBxxTXMmPdJgnzvY-AxBh7VS1GZ1Uq0o_9PObTF_vYKOK_fyVqZWm-cP1eJMuCw25o3DXpkMwegjdwtlkdGeqdTfaNNcdmmyiZS0Orm9RHodMayumZe_Lqg1/s4416/IMG_2394.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3312" data-original-width="4416" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtmZbHfhDPEOKu_G44NOXs3UspiEQW4U_ovWN1gMffIQ6e8u2lGjDyharne3CIzBxxTXMmPdJgnzvY-AxBh7VS1GZ1Uq0o_9PObTF_vYKOK_fyVqZWm-cP1eJMuCw25o3DXpkMwegjdwtlkdGeqdTfaNNcdmmyiZS0Orm9RHodMayumZe_Lqg1/s320/IMG_2394.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi36K3sKHVwC1fqmGQG1XKUCoEr1TC3gTQjKTuUuvr2BcEmQCbs1Du6bKHyKcH7uIp61P4qADpgCVJDpEuF31utNDImGLwIgnAACRAT8XF8bgjs5IaP9-dah0kwOgzwovCjsO6NpwLwMrsUXcDHvz9hsqwadNyFOV3Vr98CeXIN2LeiyxVNrNhr/s4416/IMG_2403.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3312" data-original-width="4416" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi36K3sKHVwC1fqmGQG1XKUCoEr1TC3gTQjKTuUuvr2BcEmQCbs1Du6bKHyKcH7uIp61P4qADpgCVJDpEuF31utNDImGLwIgnAACRAT8XF8bgjs5IaP9-dah0kwOgzwovCjsO6NpwLwMrsUXcDHvz9hsqwadNyFOV3Vr98CeXIN2LeiyxVNrNhr/s320/IMG_2403.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>Summit of Fafnir, deciding what to do.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPQ-3aewuB7z00Cxi2p84HPKfiAQmGNBhxlurub2_zsQZ1yv8JJaz8735oD5ro3KyNQ-WcHGPm-5qKfdoaRnblIvaBzrwOSBuYUEnlMydLQFBVK5ZvsDbu0MHDhpywssifu-fzeHODpK05P1IHJ7EuAU7yqUWd_tsu4VVBOXOZ54UdEIMOP5zv/s4416/IMG_2421.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3312" data-original-width="4416" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPQ-3aewuB7z00Cxi2p84HPKfiAQmGNBhxlurub2_zsQZ1yv8JJaz8735oD5ro3KyNQ-WcHGPm-5qKfdoaRnblIvaBzrwOSBuYUEnlMydLQFBVK5ZvsDbu0MHDhpywssifu-fzeHODpK05P1IHJ7EuAU7yqUWd_tsu4VVBOXOZ54UdEIMOP5zv/s320/IMG_2421.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhuddlH03WJvWIM7Yr1OsWQ5Zpa1UqnIw6liz9BqXRAB8q5oLWG_FcF60CdpKKle07ry1e2_YYy5KaEjXO23o83Kf0xbjAR2co1eHa4jK1QUcWw7XmvriAHBJEOLCeA52-Q0rJLgkJ2s03MZ1Le2pqRFhSxDWF-M8cnVfrRRXHHZYC_aMJQlrD/s4416/IMG_2430.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3312" data-original-width="4416" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhuddlH03WJvWIM7Yr1OsWQ5Zpa1UqnIw6liz9BqXRAB8q5oLWG_FcF60CdpKKle07ry1e2_YYy5KaEjXO23o83Kf0xbjAR2co1eHa4jK1QUcWw7XmvriAHBJEOLCeA52-Q0rJLgkJ2s03MZ1Le2pqRFhSxDWF-M8cnVfrRRXHHZYC_aMJQlrD/s320/IMG_2430.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>Day skiing up a peak near the gap between the Science and Nelchina glaciers, visible just above Tory.<div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfrnjC9LhhwkeDDqBU_A011ikvgqoyG8q_DzOKg_KuC3SA1sesU3rfoMcM_4Tr_q-UKAg7PIS4-FkFyc4fatO2NxR5pCm3SM2FrdjqoVmUyvoo4eQYVQ8iiWsit3vD529cx6p3Zjn3j4kHvEcUb1Cj-McUsFSBNgPigDtUX7dHjyIV2z35pb4K/s4416/IMG_2485.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3312" data-original-width="4416" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfrnjC9LhhwkeDDqBU_A011ikvgqoyG8q_DzOKg_KuC3SA1sesU3rfoMcM_4Tr_q-UKAg7PIS4-FkFyc4fatO2NxR5pCm3SM2FrdjqoVmUyvoo4eQYVQ8iiWsit3vD529cx6p3Zjn3j4kHvEcUb1Cj-McUsFSBNgPigDtUX7dHjyIV2z35pb4K/s320/IMG_2485.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>Above the west face of Audubon. We didn't see a good way through the bergschrund.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcdwhfYE_8kWPMPI60CaSgtnZb0QSPmBYr952b_sISIw-elFBGCaEJ1l7fY41u10vItO8MgQgz6C78uXSwL_ZZLQKO1ykrFkrJWam5ivJhQRJZLGu-ZS_WOCrUSTclx-7qmZT6TEijAXl-3nF-MTbbfez7MVWEKIIHTLSPWNPs2_38AqLNqTVo/s4416/IMG_2525.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3312" data-original-width="4416" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcdwhfYE_8kWPMPI60CaSgtnZb0QSPmBYr952b_sISIw-elFBGCaEJ1l7fY41u10vItO8MgQgz6C78uXSwL_ZZLQKO1ykrFkrJWam5ivJhQRJZLGu-ZS_WOCrUSTclx-7qmZT6TEijAXl-3nF-MTbbfez7MVWEKIIHTLSPWNPs2_38AqLNqTVo/s320/IMG_2525.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>Headed towards Cashman Pass via kite around midnight. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7PvHCwXaBFphyHY06awAzKVfjZUZQ_I8FHSbzyOaWPonX_jEV0K_yzQgnyIpyB_hCUdIcOPRH540rv403efAIpJQAtA-7wWp8M6dOKLvV2V0ByaL05BnX0GlOzI1LrEYdXl7CGHpR6paN9nUR8CRc8hE4K1lvZe4NIjdHLHt4pMySMmbWJvGt/s4416/IMG_2555.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3312" data-original-width="4416" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7PvHCwXaBFphyHY06awAzKVfjZUZQ_I8FHSbzyOaWPonX_jEV0K_yzQgnyIpyB_hCUdIcOPRH540rv403efAIpJQAtA-7wWp8M6dOKLvV2V0ByaL05BnX0GlOzI1LrEYdXl7CGHpR6paN9nUR8CRc8hE4K1lvZe4NIjdHLHt4pMySMmbWJvGt/s320/IMG_2555.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrjoKb-sXc9ONaiyDuW_Bi73DxOm6DRaNBwNQcKPG24CqZR4OPJQivw4BXkCKex_xwRVwnLuEUyyfUkJXK9_YRfqKje_43LjLtC7Mgxkj2bV7LEMIeYLn8AnaxPN-HMv8_4FfFnwCPn-2N0yFmkmaaIYshlwfQlZwoE2q3UFpcfEUeBocY3GX-/s4416/IMG_2541.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3312" data-original-width="4416" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrjoKb-sXc9ONaiyDuW_Bi73DxOm6DRaNBwNQcKPG24CqZR4OPJQivw4BXkCKex_xwRVwnLuEUyyfUkJXK9_YRfqKje_43LjLtC7Mgxkj2bV7LEMIeYLn8AnaxPN-HMv8_4FfFnwCPn-2N0yFmkmaaIYshlwfQlZwoE2q3UFpcfEUeBocY3GX-/s320/IMG_2541.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I skied the right margin of the shady tooth above while Tory waited below. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEh4nK2Bb_6C7jsCDtaMFQ7bWJBfcfxVkYRCa7KcXUYWgL2aUa_WoBGcolvbf7c5RKnVe1U7OD09iKdbducvPD4DGqF2axc5OMKrEmPe09BDmZCGBERiKJDNUeGpBMiv-6O7aD2Ts_VyWUbI8_-nejWqKGHKQQOTgtZ_-nvlmEI42H5vHtbE72/s4416/IMG_2615.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3312" data-original-width="4416" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEh4nK2Bb_6C7jsCDtaMFQ7bWJBfcfxVkYRCa7KcXUYWgL2aUa_WoBGcolvbf7c5RKnVe1U7OD09iKdbducvPD4DGqF2axc5OMKrEmPe09BDmZCGBERiKJDNUeGpBMiv-6O7aD2Ts_VyWUbI8_-nejWqKGHKQQOTgtZ_-nvlmEI42H5vHtbE72/s320/IMG_2615.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>Cashman Pass. Tory decided to double carry but I stubbornly decided to carry the rest of our stuff in 1. Managed to skin the whole thing with almost 100lbs on my back. A dumb decision but it worked out. <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8oppyVZd_tNsCzjcwh4MtfdUG0KdzymYAxBVRFL1Hzdl5mqb7djxI3teWgjtist22T9-MYOxxIuBbKIQlX5oBpyKV_RF04GmhlgA5OMvCVdNPlxqY53hzmA7dRq8HxfrcZa4Kuj8JSedmqR8dhhksH-yVENMdFM30Dlalsb6QSkMHfOGrYEUQ/s4416/IMG_2616.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3312" data-original-width="4416" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8oppyVZd_tNsCzjcwh4MtfdUG0KdzymYAxBVRFL1Hzdl5mqb7djxI3teWgjtist22T9-MYOxxIuBbKIQlX5oBpyKV_RF04GmhlgA5OMvCVdNPlxqY53hzmA7dRq8HxfrcZa4Kuj8JSedmqR8dhhksH-yVENMdFM30Dlalsb6QSkMHfOGrYEUQ/s320/IMG_2616.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgh3xoSdnI8byfeiKV7qK2ArGtZl6ovPjLbtHgLqn9wKhop4RxXwOlZeW06CDOmCSFZVwOWHsvNx8SxG2jLk8y5VxF_MhJqRTLosMpxKYCHSDDbigp6B3fv-Pb5M6Ddma12_ISDR0It0t0ExZH_Z7ATxGpAXwokVd2gobFiFjoXwVkilMr_1sG9/s4416/IMG_2662.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3312" data-original-width="4416" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgh3xoSdnI8byfeiKV7qK2ArGtZl6ovPjLbtHgLqn9wKhop4RxXwOlZeW06CDOmCSFZVwOWHsvNx8SxG2jLk8y5VxF_MhJqRTLosMpxKYCHSDDbigp6B3fv-Pb5M6Ddma12_ISDR0It0t0ExZH_Z7ATxGpAXwokVd2gobFiFjoXwVkilMr_1sG9/s320/IMG_2662.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>Final ice to the finish line, the Valdez Airport where Tory's truck was waiting. <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIUl4Bomg4CI3N2lCg34Yvi8ogtsogHHTCeSR0_KHcS6rpVY7CgQl5o9z_euEVjris4q5-JYEn9S_8MGw2GUWsRWuP49mLcOaF7-AF4CbS0gvuRviHxVRM9MzvP-5-q2eq5ck55XcMoBK_5NIxznLJh4JU7bJdA3-KVgKLjVjg9lGiv6C4s_Wx/s4416/IMG_2671.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3312" data-original-width="4416" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIUl4Bomg4CI3N2lCg34Yvi8ogtsogHHTCeSR0_KHcS6rpVY7CgQl5o9z_euEVjris4q5-JYEn9S_8MGw2GUWsRWuP49mLcOaF7-AF4CbS0gvuRviHxVRM9MzvP-5-q2eq5ck55XcMoBK_5NIxznLJh4JU7bJdA3-KVgKLjVjg9lGiv6C4s_Wx/s320/IMG_2671.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div><br /><p><br /></p></div></div>Ryanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04086136601580344103noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15761831.post-19297924778083372072011-08-25T06:05:00.020-08:002011-08-29T13:58:20.506-08:00Mount TempleI finally got some time off from school, so recently Sam Johnson and I met up in Missoula for a quick trip to the Canadian Rockies. We managed to do one route, the Greenwood/Jones on the north face of Mt. Tempe (V 5.8 A1 ca. 4000'), easily visible from the Lake Louise townsite. I borrowed the photo below from the internet, Parks Canada website I think. It shows our route very well: the sun/shade ridge just left of the pine tree superimposed on the face. We considered the Greenwood/Locke, but 'The Dolphin' was rather melted out (more than in this photo) and subject to copious rockfall in the non-freezing temps. We decided the G/J was the only safe route on the face.<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ERveKGZMHwk/TlZXVkPDDtI/AAAAAAAAA7M/rw-mo9m2Nug/s1600/Mount-Temple-Canadian-Rockies-Alberta.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 225px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ERveKGZMHwk/TlZXVkPDDtI/AAAAAAAAA7M/rw-mo9m2Nug/s400/Mount-Temple-Canadian-Rockies-Alberta.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5644795210971156178" border="0" /></a>
<br />Below is Sam approaching the base of the face, with hundreds of acres of petrified ocean bottom looming above.
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<br />Lots of third classing...
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<br />Finally roped up, I think we did about 17 belayed pitches.
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<br />Still climbing on the bottom of an ancient ocean, Sam traversed to avoid a jellyfish...
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<br />Fortunately the rock quality improved as we got higher, the limestone gave way to beautiful quartzite...
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<br />We were glad to be on a ridge, safe from rockfall...
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<br />You can see the village of Lake Louise carved out of the trees behind Sam
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<br />Sam lead the crux pitch just as a thunderstorm was rolling through the valley. Luckily he got through it before the rock was too wet, but not before it got dark. I followed as fast as possible, and we immediately hunkered down on a small ledge until the rain passed. Amazingly, we never got the soaking we expected, despite being surrounded by dark clouds and verga. By that time we were dozing off, so we elected to just spend the night on the ledge and continue at first light. I guess our vacation-style 7am departure from the parking lot caught up with us.
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<br />The next day was beautiful and we quickly finished off the 4 remaining pitches. Here we put away the ropes and got out the crampons.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnUUfKFlPfVsPubjX0r0tzByKAhti8xw5IHgFFyRwGQvoGM7fB4cVJqWCFM5zte2ihsk6mYNinmYtc6o-Bscu6gjBHkJn-Igvb3wy3uEvziUenSSP0UbGitB9iai63ZuScObkO/s1600/IMG_0954.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnUUfKFlPfVsPubjX0r0tzByKAhti8xw5IHgFFyRwGQvoGM7fB4cVJqWCFM5zte2ihsk6mYNinmYtc6o-Bscu6gjBHkJn-Igvb3wy3uEvziUenSSP0UbGitB9iai63ZuScObkO/s400/IMG_0954.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5644795419959134290" border="0" /></a>
<br />The timing ended up working out well since the snow was nice and firm...<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjW8u0A_oTcm_QON-owGRkXSlDYFxrEomE6bra-VUQTXiBJtyBtdWvaoXztwxx02nJK7xNFqG39-9s94QGE1umt-QXpk-D-Jzt9fhyphenhyphenMfCDsg0hM6-mqxGCBryA9BzLmM5MYbuYv/s1600/IMG_0957.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjW8u0A_oTcm_QON-owGRkXSlDYFxrEomE6bra-VUQTXiBJtyBtdWvaoXztwxx02nJK7xNFqG39-9s94QGE1umt-QXpk-D-Jzt9fhyphenhyphenMfCDsg0hM6-mqxGCBryA9BzLmM5MYbuYv/s400/IMG_0957.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5644795216038955186" border="0" /></a>
<br />On top...
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<br />In other hiking related news, Sam and I also walked in to the N. Face of Mt. Geikie, about a 35 mile round trip, heavy with full alpine climbing equipment. Pouring rain and lightning kept us from getting on the face, but the wildflowers were awesome. The mosquitos, not so much.
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<br />On our way south to Missoula, we decided to check out a rocky ridge I had noticed many years ago in Glacier National Park. Unfortunately it didn't look nearly as good as in my memory, so we ended up carrying all our gear on a single push 25 mile traverse of the park. The highlight was seeing a wolverine, who paused for a photo about 20 feet from us as we were having lunch on Gunsight Pass. I think he wanted a sandwich, but all we had was cheese and crackers so he kept on moving.
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<br />This goat showed up and promptly fell asleep in the snow about 30 feet from us as we were taking a break on Lincoln Pass. He's the most friendly goat I've ever met.
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<br />Ryanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04086136601580344103noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15761831.post-49750599550940309532011-03-26T06:03:00.007-08:002024-01-18T21:28:25.482-09:00December in Alaska<span style="font-weight: bold;"></span>Here are some belated photos from December skiing in AK. Sally and I went up for my Christmas break and had a great time catching up with family and friends. Sally skinning up on a typical day out...<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-iAbZFJjYt1Y/TY3zNtrVFYI/AAAAAAAAA4c/JCXxZjJ_llc/s1600/IMG_0284.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><br /></a><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-vJ8ZsqV3m9E/TY3zD9Juq4I/AAAAAAAAA4U/qEKwYq_bPCs/s1600/IMG_0264.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5588389961917180802" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-vJ8ZsqV3m9E/TY3zD9Juq4I/AAAAAAAAA4U/qEKwYq_bPCs/s400/IMG_0264.JPG" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 300px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /></a>I finally got to go skiing with Charlie Renfro, after more than a year of trying...<br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-IdtpH-ilD3c/TY3zDyv9YMI/AAAAAAAAA4M/Sng7VSFEnpo/s1600/IMG_0242.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5588389959124738242" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-IdtpH-ilD3c/TY3zDyv9YMI/AAAAAAAAA4M/Sng7VSFEnpo/s400/IMG_0242.JPG" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 400px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 300px;" /></a>Cortney Kitchen and Tobey Carman, landlocked friends from Wyoming...<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgC2ZbSHTdI6yXIp_-ZBpJy5OlEx9mcmb2vaCMTaMY7hac6YmQFfHDSHyz_eBIEsZ6GIukyIvQLGBrMNTeSTRo5rZuNUKyTwgr9BoqaOtlR9WhudANwtFKsc0DbnxOkgdbebsY4/s1600/IMG_0221.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5588389954099978146" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgC2ZbSHTdI6yXIp_-ZBpJy5OlEx9mcmb2vaCMTaMY7hac6YmQFfHDSHyz_eBIEsZ6GIukyIvQLGBrMNTeSTRo5rZuNUKyTwgr9BoqaOtlR9WhudANwtFKsc0DbnxOkgdbebsY4/s400/IMG_0221.JPG" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 300px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /></a>Sally at dawn...<br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-uBNaNXcXeyU/TY3y0r-D6jI/AAAAAAAAA38/1Kjv-mdy6gg/s1600/IMG_0152.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5588389699606800946" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-uBNaNXcXeyU/TY3y0r-D6jI/AAAAAAAAA38/1Kjv-mdy6gg/s400/IMG_0152.JPG" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 300px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /></a>And at dusk, just a couple hours later...<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWGi4eifnF-Gbli1XaGNwt4vkTzrou5WeCus59MnI1Q7d7CBWwn3v6mklKU0XjYNyArkxWXrRB5C3ee_yLBYH3hVJ-4c9mju6XlgFDSsYOrimtq4aGnIJwszl3Cku-dIWgq5Qj/s1600/IMG_0129.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5588389695709395058" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWGi4eifnF-Gbli1XaGNwt4vkTzrou5WeCus59MnI1Q7d7CBWwn3v6mklKU0XjYNyArkxWXrRB5C3ee_yLBYH3hVJ-4c9mju6XlgFDSsYOrimtq4aGnIJwszl3Cku-dIWgq5Qj/s400/IMG_0129.JPG" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 300px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /></a>Jon Cobb and I spent some time exploring around the Mat valley...<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRjo64TtJARcQz7cgO_eODuB-BovpqZP-8hn1TxYMbn0Nf7Z_UlsflyQaPovbNnJrFBlG18Txxc3DOY-ar5A8dZVMBSJ2stH12j_yNtLbv5XpT2Y9mXjsStxUka7UKlgplua7s/s1600/IMG_0042.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5588397511738491826" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRjo64TtJARcQz7cgO_eODuB-BovpqZP-8hn1TxYMbn0Nf7Z_UlsflyQaPovbNnJrFBlG18Txxc3DOY-ar5A8dZVMBSJ2stH12j_yNtLbv5XpT2Y9mXjsStxUka7UKlgplua7s/s400/IMG_0042.JPG" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 300px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /></a>Cobb...<br /><br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-FqzA9kPxP6M/TY357G8DjGI/AAAAAAAAA40/oZbMsS8GKfw/s1600/IMG_0045.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5588397506506755170" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-FqzA9kPxP6M/TY357G8DjGI/AAAAAAAAA40/oZbMsS8GKfw/s400/IMG_0045.JPG" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 400px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 300px;" /></a><br /><br />Sam Johnson, Ben Chriswell, Cortney Kitchen and Sally stop for a break on the way up...<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7vx-TO-dZZKx7ssFpt4F2mzwgAXoa6EYwpMv2N9x4dmWDBUs3LYNYF8URbpQc1_0ZT7OG7-sYAvw0an6CEV2SOmMljnT_SfjzTDRs-ftEZfPdgZW2lCB48irgG_-2XuIxr8q_/s1600/IMG_0101.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5588389692248684802" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7vx-TO-dZZKx7ssFpt4F2mzwgAXoa6EYwpMv2N9x4dmWDBUs3LYNYF8URbpQc1_0ZT7OG7-sYAvw0an6CEV2SOmMljnT_SfjzTDRs-ftEZfPdgZW2lCB48irgG_-2XuIxr8q_/s400/IMG_0101.JPG" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 300px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /></a>Sally coming through the alders...<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgm-0KDRbr3VjHQp7tnGwA_wr6nqQz6ndrEoPseNINDAqdDdeAUa0c9L5mXpfZbT-9quc6DXWDsbBZ1AT7bjJE2jS3ofHkuG0QLu6OGG05p0jUtLPhtgWoyafFAps7mpv9GpIb8/s1600/IMG_0134.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5588397508516919746" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgm-0KDRbr3VjHQp7tnGwA_wr6nqQz6ndrEoPseNINDAqdDdeAUa0c9L5mXpfZbT-9quc6DXWDsbBZ1AT7bjJE2jS3ofHkuG0QLu6OGG05p0jUtLPhtgWoyafFAps7mpv9GpIb8/s400/IMG_0134.JPG" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 300px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /></a>Sam's dog Jennie spent the night of winter solstice near the top of Clive Peak because she was afraid to go down. We had to go back up the next day to get her, and luckily the skiing was just as good the second time. Jennie didn't seem the least bit phased, but she was certainly hungry!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3j9O4PFfFZJht_j64qDsVjR3ltq4Jf2hBj42pUhs7Jy9tS2u1RE_JMmk1LgcLYqzE1Dss0YZsU7lLMmxjfWtaUeaMEaCPFoTIcDP_nI82fxu5UzpLYtYI8FNYuG0ZX-uOnvWC/s1600/IMG_0191.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5588399684119931154" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3j9O4PFfFZJht_j64qDsVjR3ltq4Jf2hBj42pUhs7Jy9tS2u1RE_JMmk1LgcLYqzE1Dss0YZsU7lLMmxjfWtaUeaMEaCPFoTIcDP_nI82fxu5UzpLYtYI8FNYuG0ZX-uOnvWC/s400/IMG_0191.JPG" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 300px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /></a><br /><br />Tobias Schwoerer and Luc Mehl engaged in the decision making process...<br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-iAbZFJjYt1Y/TY3zNtrVFYI/AAAAAAAAA4c/JCXxZjJ_llc/s1600/IMG_0284.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5588390129561834882" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-iAbZFJjYt1Y/TY3zNtrVFYI/AAAAAAAAA4c/JCXxZjJ_llc/s400/IMG_0284.JPG" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 300px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /></a>Ryanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04086136601580344103noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15761831.post-28478141092646143462010-09-24T06:48:00.001-08:002010-09-24T06:00:44.495-08:00Notch PeakSchool has been pretty busy lately, but before that I enjoyed a couple weekends of fun. I did a great route on Notch Peak with my one climbing partner in SLC, Jim Howe, a friend from our days guiding at <a href="http://www.jhmg.com/">JHMG</a>.<br /><br />Notch Peak is an incredible limestone cliff out in the West Desert, about 4 hours from SLC. It's about 4500' in total, but is broken in half by a very large ledge. The lower wall is about 2000' and the uppper 2500' or so, and it's roughly a 20 minute walk between the two. They're not quite directly above/below one another. Some people call this the biggest cliff in the western US, but the catch is that it's not continuous. <a href="http://http//ryanhokanson.blogspot.com/2006/09/mt-siyeh.html">Mt Siyeh</a> in Glacier National Park is a continuous 3500', so that might win out...<a href="http://http//www.alpinist.com/tcl/email/July09/page1.html">check it in Alpinist</a>.<br /><br />Regardless, we did a route called Western Hardman (IV, 5.11, 12 pitches, ca2000'), which was really superb limestone adventure climbing in an awesome location. I can't wait to do more of the routes here...it's like the big Canadian Rockies limestone routes but with bolted anchors...very civilized and safe.<br /><br />Notch Peak:<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtR6fk5WtA27RFVtV5zh3q7w3HNNxlnFX8rQUFZsDzyHB3hdzvcNz8fbOD1uF7S_ihqQKzPzT9KQN4ugUk5o4r3llpgVf4JC2H6Q2Hwoc3xRZNyC7_7spowpYNvFNbUwxjQ6Pw/s1600/IMG_5670.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtR6fk5WtA27RFVtV5zh3q7w3HNNxlnFX8rQUFZsDzyHB3hdzvcNz8fbOD1uF7S_ihqQKzPzT9KQN4ugUk5o4r3llpgVf4JC2H6Q2Hwoc3xRZNyC7_7spowpYNvFNbUwxjQ6Pw/s400/IMG_5670.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5520311321091469442" border="0" /></a>Jim on a ledge, 1 pitch below the top:<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidgcbI9tGkFG4fBBNGAuqxanYY6YLjtXfIVlYURdCoTcvd2IVBMj9avOuJJJ-YTrp7LXzavuhmIHMsDo8GmKbqE2Xjt6gFs79ZNx5aypIRYIfEyDU_O32QkbkVPtABZSoa-8sx/s1600/IMG_5701.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidgcbI9tGkFG4fBBNGAuqxanYY6YLjtXfIVlYURdCoTcvd2IVBMj9avOuJJJ-YTrp7LXzavuhmIHMsDo8GmKbqE2Xjt6gFs79ZNx5aypIRYIfEyDU_O32QkbkVPtABZSoa-8sx/s400/IMG_5701.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5520311318252718946" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicMXabM1lVG8l65I37TDCctdTkVMNRSqDqigQtmDNAEPfdDsr5LlRf7k5iDk-bx7JsLdtlCiIdcfuL4lYBUSqG7VTHRoW5LBm68GUkuWHOX_dzS31k3yrsRiXH4JSP2U77FuNi/s1600/IMG_5704.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicMXabM1lVG8l65I37TDCctdTkVMNRSqDqigQtmDNAEPfdDsr5LlRf7k5iDk-bx7JsLdtlCiIdcfuL4lYBUSqG7VTHRoW5LBm68GUkuWHOX_dzS31k3yrsRiXH4JSP2U77FuNi/s400/IMG_5704.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5520313684772336434" border="0" /></a>Above is the view topping out...the West Desert is a very satisfying place for a displaced Alaskan looking for some wilderness.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVJ103RoVKjHPV9VH8ea8XlYBRePJYAcUGDqV3_60VI8cOsy4zaSIS06uwKfK70GVAQz3tB8ICedEXa70sXZzw6F9JRBflYMN15FGHjoh7qiAzayEzwlF5h1sUCvVu1Oyd2LAG/s1600/IMG_5695.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVJ103RoVKjHPV9VH8ea8XlYBRePJYAcUGDqV3_60VI8cOsy4zaSIS06uwKfK70GVAQz3tB8ICedEXa70sXZzw6F9JRBflYMN15FGHjoh7qiAzayEzwlF5h1sUCvVu1Oyd2LAG/s400/IMG_5695.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5520313382834875602" border="0" /></a>Above: Jim sending on pitch 11...below on pitch 5.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhs7BHPf_LSVUbPmt2r1xAs4Tw0ZqHqLBXstrNG6RoqC8W1E56w6AGQWaKbOyr1wi3X2mygdYm9w_dvRdhyphenhyphenoGYCwgEN1c9bDPym4qXBJ4zDCCh5rH4dKCelJYdAkVenUnj-BVMf/s1600/IMG_5684.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhs7BHPf_LSVUbPmt2r1xAs4Tw0ZqHqLBXstrNG6RoqC8W1E56w6AGQWaKbOyr1wi3X2mygdYm9w_dvRdhyphenhyphenoGYCwgEN1c9bDPym4qXBJ4zDCCh5rH4dKCelJYdAkVenUnj-BVMf/s400/IMG_5684.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5520313379382423858" border="0" /></a>The weekend before that, Sally and I hiked Kings Peak, the highest mountain in Utah at 13,528'. It was a great day out, and we did the 25 mile, 4000' route in about 9 hours car-car with no running involved. We thought about running, but just ended up enjoying chatting and hiking...not needing to hurry with such nice weather. Below are some photos of Sal up high. Despite the looks of it, there was a nice trail most of the way.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggb1zTiwBIkMJ-oGrS3gV51TID5yhASNb7yTGy7_qo7O22ONrDAGF1CPPQR6Vey7V5cHGaLrZiWe9LP6_6iU-I_dsKo8TW6pwoZgd-20BgvtJFps5JchnVAJPTVKy3znERMvu9/s1600/IMG_5643.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggb1zTiwBIkMJ-oGrS3gV51TID5yhASNb7yTGy7_qo7O22ONrDAGF1CPPQR6Vey7V5cHGaLrZiWe9LP6_6iU-I_dsKo8TW6pwoZgd-20BgvtJFps5JchnVAJPTVKy3znERMvu9/s400/IMG_5643.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5520310951926826562" border="0" /></a>The Henry's Fork tail (our route) comes from the trees in the upper left part of this photo...12 miles distant.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj05H7R7_d4ZNPCpiRCDd-kW_55g7_u7q3BZ7D12CnfewqM86vzqnnjpyRxyFaQC0upLGWF0Uu8X8gpXxlm0gdzK0-rsJxTMJqkNSSZZB5Yl_2MbQ-1IaCPaXhzBIYQiLk0ae3b/s1600/IMG_5635.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 298px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj05H7R7_d4ZNPCpiRCDd-kW_55g7_u7q3BZ7D12CnfewqM86vzqnnjpyRxyFaQC0upLGWF0Uu8X8gpXxlm0gdzK0-rsJxTMJqkNSSZZB5Yl_2MbQ-1IaCPaXhzBIYQiLk0ae3b/s400/IMG_5635.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5520310949321264674" border="0" /></a>Ryanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04086136601580344103noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15761831.post-12057651489045404702010-08-31T08:31:00.010-08:002010-08-31T09:48:38.233-08:00Wind RiversSally and I departed our beloved Alaska about a month ago and moved down to Salt Lake City so that for the next 2 years, I can attend Westminster University's<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.westminstercollege.edu/crna/"> </a><a href="http://www.westminstercollege.edu/crna/">Master's of Science in Nurse Anesthesia program</a><a href="http://www.westminstercollege.edu/crna/">.</a><br /><br />Before school started, Sally and I went off to the Wind River mountains of Wyoming to escape the heat of Salt Lake. I've spent a bunch of time in the Winds back when I worked for Jackson Hole Mountain Guides and lived in Jackson...but was again amazed at their wildness. We did a 55 mile loop through the southern half of the range, spending most of our time above 10,000' and under clear skies.<br /><br />One of my favorite parts was once again walking below Mt. Hooker. Back in 1998 Kirby Spangler and I completed a new route on the high and shady north face, and I hadn't seen it since then. Sally and I took a side trip to check it out.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEignaHGcngbtPCri08doWmmXSBMVUzQJ2YQH8O3aDpFxm0w2JB3V-PuUxnEinSAor3NGikT_3JbQgCZNri_s5hgAItb00mzCwy0r20m0IjCzITWoE8461yxyWfr3f2hMGgWIY7j/s1600/P1000874.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEignaHGcngbtPCri08doWmmXSBMVUzQJ2YQH8O3aDpFxm0w2JB3V-PuUxnEinSAor3NGikT_3JbQgCZNri_s5hgAItb00mzCwy0r20m0IjCzITWoE8461yxyWfr3f2hMGgWIY7j/s400/P1000874.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5511616136464919362" border="0" /></a><br />Below is a classic Wyoming plains landscape...<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRoY2c2Cgac5ScV7h0JBfwiLbzaSCxHscgAIVrS4ZKLMdOJbMr-Dcy5_XCzAKFede2wIsN0S7vswcE2yV1BAqq21XvhVJEJfGEH9NWnKXHZTdMAH2tF8H5Br4DWaK0oaIEFA95/s1600/P1000962.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRoY2c2Cgac5ScV7h0JBfwiLbzaSCxHscgAIVrS4ZKLMdOJbMr-Dcy5_XCzAKFede2wIsN0S7vswcE2yV1BAqq21XvhVJEJfGEH9NWnKXHZTdMAH2tF8H5Br4DWaK0oaIEFA95/s400/P1000962.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5511616721644512482" border="0" /></a>Sally on the trail...<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyD47TubYClY_IjWNLMQlWVsOTT8l0Yf9auwXaeKAgn1zCy4MKgQ3ApMxoDNWNXG5X6SovGdLwKBFeU0hugHSO1ioqOUUyUTFBpzSshQAY6IaaftQp9EiObhsdNzujMLL8ilnL/s1600/P1000934.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyD47TubYClY_IjWNLMQlWVsOTT8l0Yf9auwXaeKAgn1zCy4MKgQ3ApMxoDNWNXG5X6SovGdLwKBFeU0hugHSO1ioqOUUyUTFBpzSshQAY6IaaftQp9EiObhsdNzujMLL8ilnL/s400/P1000934.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5511616140214729074" border="0" /></a><br />a pine martin...<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgF2sNyPfXeKwEdGLZgqSPaOHXtQha6-aSLmgfGNhyphenhyphenLvCQ4ieX4r_sh9pDSZ3jdZeiB0FDlNQgQqeelZ6MqVIRQ30HQeh5izWw9m6Z1JFKxDgM5R8B4CxrW6LwFbTcwPMIAirgx/s1600/P1000866.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 332px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgF2sNyPfXeKwEdGLZgqSPaOHXtQha6-aSLmgfGNhyphenhyphenLvCQ4ieX4r_sh9pDSZ3jdZeiB0FDlNQgQqeelZ6MqVIRQ30HQeh5izWw9m6Z1JFKxDgM5R8B4CxrW6LwFbTcwPMIAirgx/s400/P1000866.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5511616129105612818" border="0" /></a>Sally on the Lizard Head plateau, ca 11,600'<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjPHGP6U8T7jL9CWM0tDwGczXjcSts5UTL1Rx2RDYTFdz-SaVLZ53lOLGQJzaepFWWMD_yOWQlXEgNhsliSpyqJWyf1Z-D8N2x6Z1yybYizxrOKSdB6G9pjPFW2C2vAUBNvNiv/s1600/P1000853.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjPHGP6U8T7jL9CWM0tDwGczXjcSts5UTL1Rx2RDYTFdz-SaVLZ53lOLGQJzaepFWWMD_yOWQlXEgNhsliSpyqJWyf1Z-D8N2x6Z1yybYizxrOKSdB6G9pjPFW2C2vAUBNvNiv/s400/P1000853.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5511615458056537042" border="0" /></a>Sally pointing to East Temple Peak. We scrambled to the summit earlier that day...<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_2UO2B9NdlLs/TH0xCz57iRI/AAAAAAAAAz0/-kxSaPUsgFA/s1600/P1000833.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_2UO2B9NdlLs/TH0xCz57iRI/AAAAAAAAAz0/-kxSaPUsgFA/s400/P1000833.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5511615443334039826" border="0" /></a>Sally and me on top of East Temple. Behind us is the Cirque of the Towers and the rest of the Wind River Range.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg32xaSUYtJ0H5z45uvWZvFDqRN4sQ0aLk7c5ruPPiEhm65chMdHC4U6EAO5Obwb1p_zoRF4DQK4Z_8o620hBjpp_BRMrM7HoV8NH511KJjkaNrOSprcD3TYxSPvFUXxAhhBjxy/s1600/P1000824.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg32xaSUYtJ0H5z45uvWZvFDqRN4sQ0aLk7c5ruPPiEhm65chMdHC4U6EAO5Obwb1p_zoRF4DQK4Z_8o620hBjpp_BRMrM7HoV8NH511KJjkaNrOSprcD3TYxSPvFUXxAhhBjxy/s400/P1000824.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5511615438662676770" border="0" /></a>Below is a better view of the two thousand foot N. Face of Mt Hooker, 12,504', with me and Kirby's route The Northwest Passage (VI 5.9 A3) drawn in red. There's a write up in the 1999 American Alpine Journal.<br /><span style="text-decoration: underline;"></span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEit6zkNXNo_7K7n5FBVzSJRFKKhgGDDNgAh08LDUxGye-NmSaVohCdczNE7h0TmYE25sjvrbHKlJCgeCCFDlQV62G-kwM8SQDRKyH649l9B3u4aM3IyutspcNGdqSUESDjhuLrh/s1600/P1000897.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEit6zkNXNo_7K7n5FBVzSJRFKKhgGDDNgAh08LDUxGye-NmSaVohCdczNE7h0TmYE25sjvrbHKlJCgeCCFDlQV62G-kwM8SQDRKyH649l9B3u4aM3IyutspcNGdqSUESDjhuLrh/s400/P1000897.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5511616711317642258" border="0" /></a>Ryanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04086136601580344103noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15761831.post-81505011239036148822010-06-15T19:53:00.013-08:002010-06-15T22:36:42.846-08:00Hayes Range<a href="http://www.alpineessence.com/">Sam Johnson</a> and I just got back from 16 days in the Eastern Alaska Range, enjoying mostly warm, sunny conditions that allowed us to climb two new routes: The Direct West Face of Mount Hayes (V, AI3 R, 6500')...<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_2UO2B9NdlLs/TBhMuJNDFMI/AAAAAAAAAyw/aiXh_1m2PvE/s1600/Hayes+2010+Routeline+Lo+Res.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_2UO2B9NdlLs/TBhMuJNDFMI/AAAAAAAAAyw/aiXh_1m2PvE/s400/Hayes+2010+Routeline+Lo+Res.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5483216901951919298" border="0" /></a> (Photos and annotations above and below by Sam Johnson)<br /><br />...and the North East Buttress of Mount Balchen (V, M6, AI4, 3500'):<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyZKOxEVRfG_y7ik3cvmcNsHRblN3nJIRGApp6xb4Q9Q4IR4_g-N8fKDR9-OmUEkp0Hyw9bktOs7kGMPA2EBORIWBuP3m-uhOIFUy0pF0oxYrxtn3SVMJNTEP-LOrZn4qv-rCi/s1600/Balchen+2010+Routeline+Lo+Res.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyZKOxEVRfG_y7ik3cvmcNsHRblN3nJIRGApp6xb4Q9Q4IR4_g-N8fKDR9-OmUEkp0Hyw9bktOs7kGMPA2EBORIWBuP3m-uhOIFUy0pF0oxYrxtn3SVMJNTEP-LOrZn4qv-rCi/s400/Balchen+2010+Routeline+Lo+Res.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5483216891708144690" border="0" /></a>We first flew in to the Gillam Glacier in late April, and after several days of double carrying large loads, stood at the base of both Mt. Hess and Mt. Deborah. Conditions were quite warm on both objectives, and we realized we were a few weeks late since the 'ice feature' we had been looking to climb on Hess was a waterfall visible from over a mile away up to about 11,000'! It turned out that Fairbanks was setting record high temperatures in the 80s during this time. We called Rob Wing of <a href="http://www.wingsairservice.com/">Wing's Air Service</a> and got transported over to the Hayes Glacier. Below is Sam mourning the conditions and rock quality at the base of Mt. Deborah.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhK9LhHBq-x0wIpb_dQx0L8AdMfXtpVmxoktQ3a0YDppVysy7oA9pkio5bTAMDaY9Ni0A1cuJ_sH2s1Uu32V4kq1NChiqU4mV_5BtCLVdvRODZGhQMud5hg2Ay5TRaVngLO5yJq/s1600/IMG_4556.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhK9LhHBq-x0wIpb_dQx0L8AdMfXtpVmxoktQ3a0YDppVysy7oA9pkio5bTAMDaY9Ni0A1cuJ_sH2s1Uu32V4kq1NChiqU4mV_5BtCLVdvRODZGhQMud5hg2Ay5TRaVngLO5yJq/s400/IMG_4556.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5483216884330504018" border="0" /></a>Rivers would appear on the glacier over the course of hours, forcing us to walk and ski through copious slush and water...which turned out to be a significant obstacle to traveling. In the background you can see a classic afternoon thunderstorm, which became a recurring part of our trip.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_2UO2B9NdlLs/TBhMcZrsQkI/AAAAAAAAAyY/cbunUKwr81c/s1600/IMG_4585.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_2UO2B9NdlLs/TBhMcZrsQkI/AAAAAAAAAyY/cbunUKwr81c/s400/IMG_4585.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5483216597137769026" border="0" /></a>Rob Wing's excellent flying skills saved us at least a day of heavy load hauling since he was able to land us on the bare glacier ice high on the Hayes Glacier. In my non-pilot mind it was a gutsy place to land, but he nailed it perfectly 3 times in a row. The tundra tires seemed to handle the slush filled holes with ease...<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_2UO2B9NdlLs/TBhMbRA2GSI/AAAAAAAAAyI/QsLevJ23PZo/s1600/IMG_4632.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_2UO2B9NdlLs/TBhMbRA2GSI/AAAAAAAAAyI/QsLevJ23PZo/s400/IMG_4632.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5483216577630705954" border="0" /></a>Rob and his plane, below Mt. Balchen...<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTtIsUFpIEVnfMJo6joFGaZ508AOGPdW_WV0BoyzcgBHoVijwEZiwtm9voMW3pG6bylKtClUO-S_8Jn0goI0H-UzxhP8EHcGx97sfKxLkmHsdCnAVOX3JglLXuNHcbP-YmG9vB/s1600/IMG_4624.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTtIsUFpIEVnfMJo6joFGaZ508AOGPdW_WV0BoyzcgBHoVijwEZiwtm9voMW3pG6bylKtClUO-S_8Jn0goI0H-UzxhP8EHcGx97sfKxLkmHsdCnAVOX3JglLXuNHcbP-YmG9vB/s400/IMG_4624.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5483216587047979314" border="0" /></a>After moving up in to the basin, and spending a day looking through the spotting scope at objectives, we decided to get on the W. Face of Hayes. After crossing the bergschrund we climbed about 3000' of neve up to 55 degrees or so, to the beginning of the ice at about 10,000'.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_2UO2B9NdlLs/TBhMJux6wKI/AAAAAAAAAyA/hHZInDdds5U/s1600/IMG_4664.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_2UO2B9NdlLs/TBhMJux6wKI/AAAAAAAAAyA/hHZInDdds5U/s400/IMG_4664.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5483216276383514786" border="0" /></a>The route ended up being easier than we thought it would, and we simulclimbed the 3000' of ice up to about 80 degrees. We crossed through a couple bands of rock, though I wouldn't call it mixed climbing. There were some seracs above us, but they were mostly off to the side and didn't threaten our route too much. Sam leading out...<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDSk0Hqf8u0AhJcPYkFGoHMk9GP_u0CnLKUUYWY8tqbXTKbOlyWEIpL3SiIVpZztyuaIV9kz52LdAaInRREh9Mtm-lrjsponh2TyEFHYHzPGGlT2kMCvXFjmAZoN50pS7iJ4u9/s1600/IMG_4679.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDSk0Hqf8u0AhJcPYkFGoHMk9GP_u0CnLKUUYWY8tqbXTKbOlyWEIpL3SiIVpZztyuaIV9kz52LdAaInRREh9Mtm-lrjsponh2TyEFHYHzPGGlT2kMCvXFjmAZoN50pS7iJ4u9/s400/IMG_4679.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5483216265475067298" border="0" /></a>Sam below...<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_2UO2B9NdlLs/TBhMIhsZUlI/AAAAAAAAAxw/ccvgQmm2c7g/s1600/IMG_4680.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_2UO2B9NdlLs/TBhMIhsZUlI/AAAAAAAAAxw/ccvgQmm2c7g/s400/IMG_4680.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5483216255690822226" border="0" /></a>My foot, and Sam on his way up...<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_2UO2B9NdlLs/TBhLyi4i0GI/AAAAAAAAAxo/NINQ0Lp3qEQ/s1600/IMG_4687.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_2UO2B9NdlLs/TBhLyi4i0GI/AAAAAAAAAxo/NINQ0Lp3qEQ/s400/IMG_4687.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5483215878053089378" border="0" /></a>Me leading up towards an interesting ice tower, through some terrible black rock. By this time our calves were wishing the snow stuck to the ice was thick enough to avoid front pointing...but sadly it wasn't. Photo by Sam Johnson...<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCkGiQ9f3Zytj_gN55HDTWCwc4j_ygZLzqJB18qzgmJCeLXssna5Js1ujdK-tQRr78AV5F9AZheSy8Un1ryNUNSJpCsVEJYwMOiG3baPMfTWq1vv_7uMv-yjqe0jNssykqrb-w/s1600/DSCN0950.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCkGiQ9f3Zytj_gN55HDTWCwc4j_ygZLzqJB18qzgmJCeLXssna5Js1ujdK-tQRr78AV5F9AZheSy8Un1ryNUNSJpCsVEJYwMOiG3baPMfTWq1vv_7uMv-yjqe0jNssykqrb-w/s400/DSCN0950.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5483235344304881394" border="0" /></a><br />Sam on his way to the summit ridge...<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_2UO2B9NdlLs/TBhLx4BkpoI/AAAAAAAAAxg/OJEdeVxEzx0/s1600/IMG_4688.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_2UO2B9NdlLs/TBhLx4BkpoI/AAAAAAAAAxg/OJEdeVxEzx0/s400/IMG_4688.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5483215866548233858" border="0" /></a>The summit ridge consisted of about 500' of easy neve climbing, depositing us on the summit. It was an awesome view, as we were in and out of the swirling clouds. We could smell smoke from forest fires (95 of them were burning in the state at the time) and the sun was very orange making for some spectacular ambiance. We descended a slightly different route, to avoid rappelling under any seracs, doing 16 or so rappels and 3500' of down climbing. We spent a total of 21 hours on the route and descent, including a 1 hour break on the way down to melt some snow.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsX_sPwCZG_viMzhxYpUZnAIlow4Y3pk_gf_fjBtXSXWjzuyf6fa-dRg8jQZyxrVvyOoFz_M1-4eRzP69FU1Z7SqZMV4CrDJM6AA4qzf5BVw6VzP567FUC-s2fKQtQO_0_rVN3/s1600/IMG_4690.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsX_sPwCZG_viMzhxYpUZnAIlow4Y3pk_gf_fjBtXSXWjzuyf6fa-dRg8jQZyxrVvyOoFz_M1-4eRzP69FU1Z7SqZMV4CrDJM6AA4qzf5BVw6VzP567FUC-s2fKQtQO_0_rVN3/s400/IMG_4690.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5483215862435544034" border="0" /></a>Me on the first rappel with a smoky sky. Photo by Sam Johnson<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmQjFM5r42EzfrdeH0Qh3UfN8WacbK6vRP2luYI6knxiVZzT73Bzz2-gqGVrBsetI1WgOMffViU7A8UW4Z4d79EMbjKCClzcvfvfCeftsWNhqK51Iw83M6G5mpT30TZUyxeo2C/s1600/DSCN0960.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmQjFM5r42EzfrdeH0Qh3UfN8WacbK6vRP2luYI6knxiVZzT73Bzz2-gqGVrBsetI1WgOMffViU7A8UW4Z4d79EMbjKCClzcvfvfCeftsWNhqK51Iw83M6G5mpT30TZUyxeo2C/s400/DSCN0960.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5483235351834542370" border="0" /></a><br />Our 25 hour (camp to camp) day took it out of us, so we decided to take 3 days of rest to be ready for the next big effort on Balchen. More and more moisture was building every day, and on our climb day it was pouring rain when the alarm went off at 0300. We took another day off, then launched the following morning under partly cloudy skies. Below is Sam leading the first real pitch, 70 degree alpine ice with a bit of snow somehow sticking to it.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0u-0qhvXUE5le5WyXjFHjMKgADRpm5c6jdAgH27j-qAi1ywZeXGfhLh_lMOvGoDiVLV0IfMrX2-Hlp9svBIgGasJiyfAkmg4NuYvWjHTXNHLfes7tAJRzPEfZkaa1bmYShlF4/s1600/IMG_4743.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0u-0qhvXUE5le5WyXjFHjMKgADRpm5c6jdAgH27j-qAi1ywZeXGfhLh_lMOvGoDiVLV0IfMrX2-Hlp9svBIgGasJiyfAkmg4NuYvWjHTXNHLfes7tAJRzPEfZkaa1bmYShlF4/s400/IMG_4743.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5483215379230615218" border="0" /><span style="font-weight: bold;"> </span></a>Below is me leading through the mixed crux...clouds building...<br /><div style="text-align: left;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfTGPiinCuf8XVCLTGXeetcCbgzBIYd3jOfq0Bk45lahnKYxU1evBwPOnpDj85GGA3LEq8DbGxDFgykTd9H7yxOLG9nkQNZHAtUBjKIWLXLGCXKeGGWliC6ECN9z713uYibCBv/s1600/DSCN0976.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 330px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfTGPiinCuf8XVCLTGXeetcCbgzBIYd3jOfq0Bk45lahnKYxU1evBwPOnpDj85GGA3LEq8DbGxDFgykTd9H7yxOLG9nkQNZHAtUBjKIWLXLGCXKeGGWliC6ECN9z713uYibCBv/s400/DSCN0976.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5483235360847332530" border="0" /></a>And me leading up more ice as the storm sets in...<br /><span style="text-decoration: underline;"></span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiK59KUZFMOlEBOKPeLDubbM3_0ZDnrA9FBa6zXfyQjettaFk6qHEEpxXMtdCf8pNGf08My76hgBNLON7ZaxKc_-nZl0Blaoodbt-7FixZNTuk1eehrtnXC1k7TrKHzk64EqkdI/s1600/DSCN0982.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiK59KUZFMOlEBOKPeLDubbM3_0ZDnrA9FBa6zXfyQjettaFk6qHEEpxXMtdCf8pNGf08My76hgBNLON7ZaxKc_-nZl0Blaoodbt-7FixZNTuk1eehrtnXC1k7TrKHzk64EqkdI/s400/DSCN0982.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5483235367547235282" border="0" /></a>We had been hearing thunder in the distance all day, a not uncommon occurrence on our trip, as every day thunderstorms would build over the flat lands to the north of us. It started snowing heavily, 2-3 inches per hour as we finished the route and began the snow climbing to the summit. As we neared the top, a loud thunder clap much closer than the previous ones occured, and all of our metal objects began aggressively buzzing and hissing. Despite being so close to the top, we decided to begin the descent. We began to take more notice of the 6 inches of new snow that had fallen in the past couple hours, as aggressive spindrift avalanches pounded us during the 14 rappels. After some concerning isothermic downclimbing, we made it back to the skis 17 hours after leaving them. The heavy snow and zero visibility made the crevasse maze difficult to negotiate during the ski back to camp, but we made it back in the wee hours, 22 hours after leaving camp. The whole next day it poured rain as we ate, slept and rested. Finally, it cleared the following morning as we packed up to hike to a gravel air strip 6 miles away.<br /><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_2UO2B9NdlLs/TBhLVKbmJsI/AAAAAAAAAxI/s3alDULPpyU/s1600/IMG_4788.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_2UO2B9NdlLs/TBhLVKbmJsI/AAAAAAAAAxI/s3alDULPpyU/s400/IMG_4788.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5483215373273016002" border="0" /></a>The trip ended as it began...with 100lb loads...<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_2UO2B9NdlLs/TBhLU_v_zdI/AAAAAAAAAxA/_e34GanF0RQ/s1600/IMG_4824.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_2UO2B9NdlLs/TBhLU_v_zdI/AAAAAAAAAxA/_e34GanF0RQ/s400/IMG_4824.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5483215370405793234" border="0" /></a>Ryanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04086136601580344103noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15761831.post-52200519781523198492010-05-19T09:30:00.012-08:002024-01-18T21:30:18.229-09:00Billy MitchellMy last ski vacation this season ended a few weeks ago in Valdez, where we had some marginal weather but also a few good days. First off, Jason Kwiatkowski, Tory Dugan and I skied from the shoulder of 7601. We should have gone to the top but had spent the first half of the day skiing elsewhere and were kinda tired. Below is Jason dropping in on a measured angle of 52 degrees. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1dALirbz6xEK3DPblAmNPo7XZDsKc_63K6_yYW_U7yGyHgbEtS9GDUMoMEbhsDgeCt8sEQAOGovNXXjb5v076eIyQJH4b3ofjqrJD0JFLE9nwE3Mn-7nxnb02vWkWnRFYCvHs/s1600/IMG_4015.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5473871846403367890" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1dALirbz6xEK3DPblAmNPo7XZDsKc_63K6_yYW_U7yGyHgbEtS9GDUMoMEbhsDgeCt8sEQAOGovNXXjb5v076eIyQJH4b3ofjqrJD0JFLE9nwE3Mn-7nxnb02vWkWnRFYCvHs/s400/IMG_4015.JPG" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 400px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 300px;" /></a>Then a bit of stormy weather kept us out of the high peaks, but on the next nice day we went to ski The Shovel, which is the pointy spire in the photo below. The run goes down the bowl from the summit, then out of sight behind the ridge, 3000+ feet to the road below enjoying Super deep powder. It can be seen prominently from 46 mile on the Richardson. <br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAGgcj21TBGvQmYHE8xbnQD2uCC0vo26gKxyJzuutKetrZMpsmvJC7KOPDRxEuh-79YXMaV3f9cpM2i8BxvjAtC0s4wBHonOV_qNZS0EVoL_ybFsGZZvFMqTIvsZoEqQLCedZ5/s1600/IMG_4295.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5473871831357610242" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAGgcj21TBGvQmYHE8xbnQD2uCC0vo26gKxyJzuutKetrZMpsmvJC7KOPDRxEuh-79YXMaV3f9cpM2i8BxvjAtC0s4wBHonOV_qNZS0EVoL_ybFsGZZvFMqTIvsZoEqQLCedZ5/s400/IMG_4295.JPG" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 300px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /></a>Tory with the valley below...<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinvGeTteqOwz7q19DBzrbzXMWqFimPQg-8ZeUmOF0Fu3ueNeITFN7RmY87p5kqyt_ZjnQgRrwWvAoZOS_tcb16Itnng39n4gvP-McQrjtWEzGm7dhpXQ6CEmVvyoxJnDoTDfAG/s1600/IMG_4084.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5473868590792400290" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinvGeTteqOwz7q19DBzrbzXMWqFimPQg-8ZeUmOF0Fu3ueNeITFN7RmY87p5kqyt_ZjnQgRrwWvAoZOS_tcb16Itnng39n4gvP-McQrjtWEzGm7dhpXQ6CEmVvyoxJnDoTDfAG/s400/IMG_4084.JPG" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 294px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /></a>Jason...<br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_2UO2B9NdlLs/S_cWeTFZQoI/AAAAAAAAAwQ/ghvkPm5ZKD0/s1600/IMG_4113.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5473868581866914434" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_2UO2B9NdlLs/S_cWeTFZQoI/AAAAAAAAAwQ/ghvkPm5ZKD0/s400/IMG_4113.JPG" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 300px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /></a>Tobias Schwower below in the yellow jacket<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjD6y7V6bi9SAG99yD54yogxYm3s2dBVU-CsuOkEX-DoQg7f4q858u4IL8BeyxhuKQzxkt5J7pWm6ZzE48HjfxD5CTQACKqAIpX6SZxvxravvrak1l1CKRBbGJDFH29556uN_-f/s1600/IMG_4131.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5473868577230919474" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjD6y7V6bi9SAG99yD54yogxYm3s2dBVU-CsuOkEX-DoQg7f4q858u4IL8BeyxhuKQzxkt5J7pWm6ZzE48HjfxD5CTQACKqAIpX6SZxvxravvrak1l1CKRBbGJDFH29556uN_-f/s400/IMG_4131.JPG" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 300px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /></a>Directly above Toby's head is a northish facing line we skied off a sub peak of Billy Mitchell...<br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_2UO2B9NdlLs/S_cToa-U2VI/AAAAAAAAAwA/nau-d00hZ0E/s1600/IMG_4280.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5473865457248557394" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_2UO2B9NdlLs/S_cToa-U2VI/AAAAAAAAAwA/nau-d00hZ0E/s400/IMG_4280.JPG" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 354px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /></a>Jason again...<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCo5J0ym7uJWlwnixL270oZ2NB9WPNRUoLmWvc66eIkP9KsjYuqcnxbSQcUYx1NwieUvQPlejcE1heZ7-kHR_LHmYH_nUY2m3VZgDuy-f_wyX5fwhPT7ZWZeUHgY77VacjmEM4/s1600/IMG_4260.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5473865448439265426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCo5J0ym7uJWlwnixL270oZ2NB9WPNRUoLmWvc66eIkP9KsjYuqcnxbSQcUYx1NwieUvQPlejcE1heZ7-kHR_LHmYH_nUY2m3VZgDuy-f_wyX5fwhPT7ZWZeUHgY77VacjmEM4/s400/IMG_4260.JPG" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 300px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /></a> Brian Totten via splitboard....<br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_2UO2B9NdlLs/S_cTnhZ3T3I/AAAAAAAAAvw/fXp9Kl0K5n8/s1600/IMG_4277.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5473865441794805618" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_2UO2B9NdlLs/S_cTnhZ3T3I/AAAAAAAAAvw/fXp9Kl0K5n8/s400/IMG_4277.JPG" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 300px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /></a>ssSince word on the street was that Billy Mitchell hadn't been skied from the true summit, Jason, Toby, Brian and I went went and did that the next day, skiing some surprisingly good powder right off the top, and down the NE ridge, about 6000' to the road below.<br /><br />My skis on the summit...<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgROyfKTaHaFOzs55ur7x594_BT_Sg5QFvmsVKcEQfne6GemYv60YS6M56au-TtJ71ks_wyTK8cdPZKqvz3t8qzs8BdB1H9taMCDgnutBMiizjrXhXbKlKw1OJyNbr9d5IpGMSB/s1600/IMG_4307.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5473881339392462338" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgROyfKTaHaFOzs55ur7x594_BT_Sg5QFvmsVKcEQfne6GemYv60YS6M56au-TtJ71ks_wyTK8cdPZKqvz3t8qzs8BdB1H9taMCDgnutBMiizjrXhXbKlKw1OJyNbr9d5IpGMSB/s400/IMG_4307.JPG" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 300px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /></a>Toby skiing from the true summit, with the northern rampart of Billy Mitchell and the Tiekel River valley behind.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGONmRdCoWxtG4bKHrUzriGeg497E7mg93rrx8lunq9SkwzGFvnjghzeTqap-r3lB5M_lS1LIXRqyGd1ncPl0yRYL_X9rx6oPP5-4KJBSw1Ug9lyY7sZlWA_tHVP0EZ8vESRFM/s1600/IMG_4321.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5473882887015206034" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGONmRdCoWxtG4bKHrUzriGeg497E7mg93rrx8lunq9SkwzGFvnjghzeTqap-r3lB5M_lS1LIXRqyGd1ncPl0yRYL_X9rx6oPP5-4KJBSw1Ug9lyY7sZlWA_tHVP0EZ8vESRFM/s400/IMG_4321.JPG" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 400px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 300px;" /></a>A decent number of storm days kept us off the peaks, so we kept our sanity by creating a giant stack of firewood next to Tory's cabin:<br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_2UO2B9NdlLs/S_cKuF7jewI/AAAAAAAAAvg/xCY_yVX-mcM/s1600/IMG_3991.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5473855659074353922" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_2UO2B9NdlLs/S_cKuF7jewI/AAAAAAAAAvg/xCY_yVX-mcM/s400/IMG_3991.JPG" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 400px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 300px;" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3zCdaz8MDdFBv5DQ1D_8Tb0sZqD7o9Km5IHz4-cAGSwBhuNHUWrrr6cnFiOXhxCoWFbYr1VppRBM2GAYtCS3-vIpnBN0z1na2s4lGut8KwGPybWDjgGYDRW7IsoFCCS2hXTXE/s1600/IMG_4355.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5473035479531901634" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3zCdaz8MDdFBv5DQ1D_8Tb0sZqD7o9Km5IHz4-cAGSwBhuNHUWrrr6cnFiOXhxCoWFbYr1VppRBM2GAYtCS3-vIpnBN0z1na2s4lGut8KwGPybWDjgGYDRW7IsoFCCS2hXTXE/s400/IMG_4355.JPG" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 400px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 300px;" /></a><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_2UO2B9NdlLs/S_QgxCBt3ZI/AAAAAAAAAvQ/AjpA-LtLq80/s1600/IMG_4408.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5473035473891745170" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_2UO2B9NdlLs/S_QgxCBt3ZI/AAAAAAAAAvQ/AjpA-LtLq80/s400/IMG_4408.JPG" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 300px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdzKWKCc_3Kdb4AECEviLLb0Iset7cfCIhkFfoAczT0lvlCInrRoXFCioWiZHnZ0Eg5xhMWb1tmkGLVoeQKx-p1jECh_x9TrG-Jt-0ocrrlZVgUZFFl9TKNEY4yNQNMGiAHXdP/s1600/IMG_4386.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5473035465546053602" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdzKWKCc_3Kdb4AECEviLLb0Iset7cfCIhkFfoAczT0lvlCInrRoXFCioWiZHnZ0Eg5xhMWb1tmkGLVoeQKx-p1jECh_x9TrG-Jt-0ocrrlZVgUZFFl9TKNEY4yNQNMGiAHXdP/s400/IMG_4386.JPG" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 300px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /></a><br />Ryanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04086136601580344103noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15761831.post-20283285890945105622010-04-11T08:53:00.008-08:002010-04-11T11:03:38.320-08:00Mount Thor<div style="text-align: left;">Tory Dugan, Chris Flowers and I spent a week skiing in the Talkeetna and Chugach mountains. Staying in Chickaloon, we'd pack all 3 of us in Chris's Super Cub and head off every morning looking for sun and good snow. We'd most often land at around 7000' and tour all day. Here's a few photos, starting with Tory enjoying some dry powder in the upper Coal Creek drainage.<span style="font-weight: bold;"></span><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5m1zpEsgC6MzdB_hMllna8BprWslW4cqGouewguJn08nYfknlzk7vcQ-MtV4YG92B7-ZrkYnaaepOjsLmD4QlCbnkaEEdAcaqgEWYVeBPpJRKBfxcMaMYT08RHI-15KfhKczt/s400/IMG_3859.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5458926688943702434" border="0" />We skied off the summit below in the upper King's River drainage, then lapped it a few more times off the rocky face to the left via a hidden couloir...<br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSA1xL1ZJPmI9tyRM6mGK4LxzrKsIPcYmEVDJGDlg1Zkw2YUOZh3W-_16oytfugXSOMyoNwAPkc-J-5FYLVnTUGGIvc-ktPdDVOn_pAXJfbSe4TNYRtc2tzYtHcZoARCvYxj-d/s1600/IMG_3318.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSA1xL1ZJPmI9tyRM6mGK4LxzrKsIPcYmEVDJGDlg1Zkw2YUOZh3W-_16oytfugXSOMyoNwAPkc-J-5FYLVnTUGGIvc-ktPdDVOn_pAXJfbSe4TNYRtc2tzYtHcZoARCvYxj-d/s400/IMG_3318.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5458926684644783634" border="0" /></a>Below is Tory skiing off the summit.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjS_AC9lfOcs_gQUFCMo1LiaN7Vfb_xv-PxI1c3Jqr_wApiza3ccB-r6eqi_v1HfE_b-EwRcppUzLSd5JxcmfArT_Hm4ObUXfnSezLKbr71wOKedit8IzGBpqm_OaN6iN2VdM9T/s1600/IMG_3347.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjS_AC9lfOcs_gQUFCMo1LiaN7Vfb_xv-PxI1c3Jqr_wApiza3ccB-r6eqi_v1HfE_b-EwRcppUzLSd5JxcmfArT_Hm4ObUXfnSezLKbr71wOKedit8IzGBpqm_OaN6iN2VdM9T/s400/IMG_3347.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5458926677180102594" border="0" /></a>Chris enjoying the view down part of the King's River<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_hbNVurnW-AFTAOdohsUlZtHWKTQ0olvzrfAjTd7lj_cPKMseVWCyrC7cflQBiMP1TKuxTF7gCBjl8yZpcgM1Oyd2njVHL1HWKawspBRF9ZwFYXBJTVSe6Oj6Z-FwO-E6Pj3K/s1600/IMG_3361.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_hbNVurnW-AFTAOdohsUlZtHWKTQ0olvzrfAjTd7lj_cPKMseVWCyrC7cflQBiMP1TKuxTF7gCBjl8yZpcgM1Oyd2njVHL1HWKawspBRF9ZwFYXBJTVSe6Oj6Z-FwO-E6Pj3K/s400/IMG_3361.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5458926669066080866" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqNBPgvgGHWvTWcy3SiHH3FXe4ouNCFIPP5R47O7JGOTmCdOSVhyiH0Xlq9FkTbMtS6KSLHdv1vQwsX1y90pi3azK8Ry9-IUlClUV0_hWwfAeOIPmY9A9jbRkl4n7-kFy-kjU7/s1600/IMG_3506.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 359px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqNBPgvgGHWvTWcy3SiHH3FXe4ouNCFIPP5R47O7JGOTmCdOSVhyiH0Xlq9FkTbMtS6KSLHdv1vQwsX1y90pi3azK8Ry9-IUlClUV0_hWwfAeOIPmY9A9jbRkl4n7-kFy-kjU7/s400/IMG_3506.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5458926354778228034" border="0" /></a>One particularly sunny day, we decided to try and ski Mt. Thor, the second highest peak in the Chugach. Here we are parked at around 8000' on the upper Sylvester Glacier thanks to Chris's excellent flying skills.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_2UO2B9NdlLs/S8IAl9IgK0I/AAAAAAAAAt4/F0B_xIMeKAg/s1600/IMG_3634.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_2UO2B9NdlLs/S8IAl9IgK0I/AAAAAAAAAt4/F0B_xIMeKAg/s400/IMG_3634.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5458926350391847746" border="0" /></a>Heading off...<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_2UO2B9NdlLs/S8IAlhXUCRI/AAAAAAAAAtw/Osq9ggi6188/s1600/IMG_3636.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 282px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_2UO2B9NdlLs/S8IAlhXUCRI/AAAAAAAAAtw/Osq9ggi6188/s400/IMG_3636.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5458926342937774354" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"></span>Here we are skinning up the summit ridge after navigating the bottom 4000' of glacier and icefall...the Harvard Glacier and Harvard Arm are in the background...<br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBt5gpxj6B_Frdy8YZhlVhxRXn1aLovIJvsuCc7srD5p5DnH7jt5E3BnFCjC0CWNuNUgQEIF5xdsOi-q1xpyPnFAd38n7-8J2gcOGqAlhuUKyk2c3vjkpIvLbuNybTwn8b_kD8/s1600/IMG_3654.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBt5gpxj6B_Frdy8YZhlVhxRXn1aLovIJvsuCc7srD5p5DnH7jt5E3BnFCjC0CWNuNUgQEIF5xdsOi-q1xpyPnFAd38n7-8J2gcOGqAlhuUKyk2c3vjkpIvLbuNybTwn8b_kD8/s400/IMG_3654.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5458925918337480802" border="0" /></a>Booting the final way to the summit. We skied off the 'south summit' which is overlooking the Harvard Gl, is 1/2 mile away, and I'd guess 50' lower than the true summit of Thor. Strangely, the USGS quad shows our summit as being over 12,300', which it clearly isn't. We were briefly tempted to crampon over to the true summit and back, but the the day was getting on and our urge to ski rather than crampon prevailed.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgi_V2EBM1lqf8U3clfDdHwp-QFTVsjYL2L8iOg1dxjrACoCrZHoJV3lRVRBEszVsDL8Aoj8H5lnyws1xTdeEJ2VaXF95Era7PoltBgnJYuqULTcU7DOZUMRrbaaxUhxBzNXFur/s1600/IMG_3655.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgi_V2EBM1lqf8U3clfDdHwp-QFTVsjYL2L8iOg1dxjrACoCrZHoJV3lRVRBEszVsDL8Aoj8H5lnyws1xTdeEJ2VaXF95Era7PoltBgnJYuqULTcU7DOZUMRrbaaxUhxBzNXFur/s400/IMG_3655.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5458925909071626034" border="0" /></a>Chris on the way down...<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhG33i3Zio3cJEwWHkXyT1yxHCntKuSUw3JockRCSemd4x5mAzttAtF3b_a5eBaIlTZWPBo88NyiDzcj8d8DzixqjqQ97fxhg7neMlqnaYYH74cPG2t7VdkBiIWIw5Ha8THgxbL/s1600/IMG_3688.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 365px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhG33i3Zio3cJEwWHkXyT1yxHCntKuSUw3JockRCSemd4x5mAzttAtF3b_a5eBaIlTZWPBo88NyiDzcj8d8DzixqjqQ97fxhg7neMlqnaYYH74cPG2t7VdkBiIWIw5Ha8THgxbL/s400/IMG_3688.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5458925905562227122" border="0" /></a>Chris again, throwing up some snow. Amazingly, we enjoyed perfect powder conditions and good stability which is probably rare for the high Chugach.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_2UO2B9NdlLs/S8IAL46SmTI/AAAAAAAAAtI/tnPMZbc16MQ/s1600/IMG_3714.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 326px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_2UO2B9NdlLs/S8IAL46SmTI/AAAAAAAAAtI/tnPMZbc16MQ/s400/IMG_3714.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5458925902581897522" border="0" /></a>Another day, this time in the Talkeetnas. Below is Tory with the Chickaloon Glacier in the background...<br /><div style="text-align: left;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinU1qvK1QDmtkHQrHrbL0k_2YRzVtCHN22zQ0y7hY98HCwybcIiYBkkFLLUxXLSwiL2R_bmg4BdASwGi6gH08e7V0QCUSzi_uqHFkBtVgLqw4tR56KWE35YeCtmuD0sDU6koXI/s1600/IMG_3781.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinU1qvK1QDmtkHQrHrbL0k_2YRzVtCHN22zQ0y7hY98HCwybcIiYBkkFLLUxXLSwiL2R_bmg4BdASwGi6gH08e7V0QCUSzi_uqHFkBtVgLqw4tR56KWE35YeCtmuD0sDU6koXI/s400/IMG_3781.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5458924480246906194" border="0" /></a>Then back to the Chugach in upper Coal Creek...<br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWuAiQiribhOnjgoWy6_Fsc2KtCb5OfLsu2Gj6RqVSTsRlqEdE8p5x5zzA9FSAv0BB3S6eWadCRjJyYVvl5MhTsxd3IWV6o8BLjVEvOiBvchk_VXiXkUs13oMg8UEcpjDAPyM2/s1600/IMG_3827.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 316px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWuAiQiribhOnjgoWy6_Fsc2KtCb5OfLsu2Gj6RqVSTsRlqEdE8p5x5zzA9FSAv0BB3S6eWadCRjJyYVvl5MhTsxd3IWV6o8BLjVEvOiBvchk_VXiXkUs13oMg8UEcpjDAPyM2/s400/IMG_3827.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5458924471841716370" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikFop-4hLfVp6QEaqc6L8UB7YtHN8aRVm3rZJe7tuETL3bCMveMA9y7kFs-ZyAte8kyxgcQh2uMLdYbTvVo4JuBeE__oqLBmlWP2Akb29nCp5LWarfE_wLImtnP0DmqSWEMRgT/s1600/IMG_3830.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikFop-4hLfVp6QEaqc6L8UB7YtHN8aRVm3rZJe7tuETL3bCMveMA9y7kFs-ZyAte8kyxgcQh2uMLdYbTvVo4JuBeE__oqLBmlWP2Akb29nCp5LWarfE_wLImtnP0DmqSWEMRgT/s400/IMG_3830.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5458924466803493154" border="0" /></a>Ryanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04086136601580344103noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15761831.post-42977632812703144742010-04-06T09:37:00.004-08:002010-04-07T13:38:10.450-08:00Pioneer PeakI'm still working on posting some photos from the past couple weeks of skiing in the Chugach and Talkeetnas, but wanted to report that the North Face of Pioneer Peak is in great ski condition right now. Yesterday I skied it from the notch where the arrow is pointing in the photo below (taken in Feb, 2007...things are just a bit snowier now). It was soft, powdery snow the whole way, except the bottom 2000' which was a bit more wet but still soft and carvable. It's rare that one can ski this face without rappelling, dealing with water ice, mixed climbing or breakable crust...but now is such a time! I was by myself, so there's plenty of snow left for other people. The snowpack was very thick, heavy and well bonded with no facets to be found.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9MWjvg0OuhHLEociVJV2jU4iMgJ4FKDH10k3le0d4znmcuoCxIMp0dG_UTCLWiH2fGdc0G2nmUAkbKkfeO54t6Mdc9Mu7E_BmUc9zMZnrbYIoJuicoqsi0DjIzU2aPkbhAaEH/s1600/pioneer-crop.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 309px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9MWjvg0OuhHLEociVJV2jU4iMgJ4FKDH10k3le0d4znmcuoCxIMp0dG_UTCLWiH2fGdc0G2nmUAkbKkfeO54t6Mdc9Mu7E_BmUc9zMZnrbYIoJuicoqsi0DjIzU2aPkbhAaEH/s400/pioneer-crop.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5457083565757504050" border="0" /></a>Below is the view at the top of the run...6300 vertical feet, straight fall line to the Knik River below. The best part is that right now you can ski turns down great snow to within about 10' from your car. Travel conditions were excellent, taking me 4 hours 50 minutes to skin/boot up, and about 30 minutes to descend.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhR-ajsMVBjwPM_9-9-JZCz3Dukt3rZlcjDMPRxpuzLx53DdRX98hwWu87HSvDGB4MqcP_9R8P3F3CLPpnExqLB2skJy6FRVbm0uMQ6_kcC9GL54cvfouyRQp6q2KNfKE4KZ-aM/s1600/IMG_3925.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhR-ajsMVBjwPM_9-9-JZCz3Dukt3rZlcjDMPRxpuzLx53DdRX98hwWu87HSvDGB4MqcP_9R8P3F3CLPpnExqLB2skJy6FRVbm0uMQ6_kcC9GL54cvfouyRQp6q2KNfKE4KZ-aM/s400/IMG_3925.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5457083573393306450" border="0" /></a>Ryanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04086136601580344103noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15761831.post-39672291925011720362010-03-23T09:22:00.008-08:002010-04-07T13:40:22.933-08:00Valdez 2010- Part 1I spent a week in Valdez with a variety of people, skiing and exploring the area. Good weather for the most part, but even though less than perfect stability kept us off all of our objectives, we managed to ski every day. Here's Jason Kwiatkowski dropping in on an unnamed peak off the Tonsina Glacier...<span style="font-weight: bold;"></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_2UO2B9NdlLs/S6j6G995a1I/AAAAAAAAAqY/QcQzhv86ehw/s1600-h/IMG_3171.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_2UO2B9NdlLs/S6j6G995a1I/AAAAAAAAAqY/QcQzhv86ehw/s400/IMG_3171.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5451882346552322898" border="0" /></a>Below is Jed Workman getting ready to drop in to Meteorite...<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhV-3kN4TBX8GE5EwtV2ua8mUEdE49QnT6NFTnkF8TEqt2e9NSyABNuJ16pL3FQd-iTzGGSfMJQlfuLw_KGPlcSCb51LaKoDogmrAf0HIgkeZOuGGKqdz8b28mqX5OSkLzVCIMo/s1600-h/IMG_3270.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhV-3kN4TBX8GE5EwtV2ua8mUEdE49QnT6NFTnkF8TEqt2e9NSyABNuJ16pL3FQd-iTzGGSfMJQlfuLw_KGPlcSCb51LaKoDogmrAf0HIgkeZOuGGKqdz8b28mqX5OSkLzVCIMo/s400/IMG_3270.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5451882209325977010" border="0" /></a>Jason Kwiatkowski, Tory Dugan and Jed Workman booting up Meteorite. It got to around 55 degrees near the top.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhG7TWT6Oqdyrhit0yeoGrZPu83BoiO0hhIMIsRIJPdMpW8TfdkZFDCQp_CjxqG6CEYjZV9UgUVDnZACLVqplydqM7h3FOQy_M3yuKmW6LpGr6jtaqH5_3JbnyxkqjAUXnWTYha/s1600-h/IMG_3259.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhG7TWT6Oqdyrhit0yeoGrZPu83BoiO0hhIMIsRIJPdMpW8TfdkZFDCQp_CjxqG6CEYjZV9UgUVDnZACLVqplydqM7h3FOQy_M3yuKmW6LpGr6jtaqH5_3JbnyxkqjAUXnWTYha/s400/IMG_3259.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5451882204724209698" border="0" /></a>Approaching Meteorite with the above mentioned personnell, plus Brian Totten...<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9XJODpwIiE81HdIH4LWF_WZXvLsVR21EPvNRhf_oPuanhUA8pqO8C61q0yM4cuMmwKtyE8KBw1P3UfdI9V6NX6zN1iwTKPmHTXDI1vdRS2mif_Tt13SegmXfWWyTP8KOEyJS8/s1600-h/IMG_3250.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9XJODpwIiE81HdIH4LWF_WZXvLsVR21EPvNRhf_oPuanhUA8pqO8C61q0yM4cuMmwKtyE8KBw1P3UfdI9V6NX6zN1iwTKPmHTXDI1vdRS2mif_Tt13SegmXfWWyTP8KOEyJS8/s400/IMG_3250.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5451882200065957474" border="0" /></a>Jon Cobb showing us he's actually a good skier, in addition to being a good climber...<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMFr8jCrXM8ioOwEpoFqOlcrGIgfKvPMGWQUsbrWzjW_sixNk1174uXFmV9KkeVTWVYzIhF2xhJlYK9ciktKWwEFvyL9OBHoSMw7zNQrKaZxTnv_E7V9JwU2FaDuLWt1BnV8uZ/s1600-h/IMG_3184.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMFr8jCrXM8ioOwEpoFqOlcrGIgfKvPMGWQUsbrWzjW_sixNk1174uXFmV9KkeVTWVYzIhF2xhJlYK9ciktKWwEFvyL9OBHoSMw7zNQrKaZxTnv_E7V9JwU2FaDuLWt1BnV8uZ/s400/IMG_3184.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5451881922137774290" border="0" /></a>Tory Dugan rides the Summit 800...high speed transport on the Tonsina Glacier...<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_2UO2B9NdlLs/S6kAJZcXWqI/AAAAAAAAAqg/gV-HK93p5FI/s1600-h/IMG_3214.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_2UO2B9NdlLs/S6kAJZcXWqI/AAAAAAAAAqg/gV-HK93p5FI/s400/IMG_3214.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5451888985357376162" border="0" /></a><br />Shopping for an objective...<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_2UO2B9NdlLs/S6j5a7bA5KI/AAAAAAAAApg/jHpo6GL0x1M/s1600-h/IMG_3127.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_2UO2B9NdlLs/S6j5a7bA5KI/AAAAAAAAApg/jHpo6GL0x1M/s400/IMG_3127.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5451881589954897058" border="0" /></a>The commute home after a good day in the Books...<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_2UO2B9NdlLs/S6j5am1RaCI/AAAAAAAAApY/iX9v_sF0_uY/s1600-h/IMG_3072.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_2UO2B9NdlLs/S6j5am1RaCI/AAAAAAAAApY/iX9v_sF0_uY/s400/IMG_3072.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5451881584427886626" border="0" /></a>Back at the roadhead after a day in the Iguanabacks...<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWSvo25PmZFZQrCgtjJn3KFce1jluSy9AO7T3Yd07RrN7AhZC37fU9bnVmy9Xr8Pw_MI1WlBj0Wyf2YiOpGJYxf9gHRPtz43IJSv_LEG5lG2xTusmMvjGRiYIK7F-gFjy8qYKm/s1600-h/IMG_3101.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWSvo25PmZFZQrCgtjJn3KFce1jluSy9AO7T3Yd07RrN7AhZC37fU9bnVmy9Xr8Pw_MI1WlBj0Wyf2YiOpGJYxf9gHRPtz43IJSv_LEG5lG2xTusmMvjGRiYIK7F-gFjy8qYKm/s400/IMG_3101.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5451881575107752482" border="0" /></a>Ryanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04086136601580344103noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15761831.post-33799228357817127292010-03-13T09:56:00.000-09:002010-03-23T10:17:53.677-08:00Canwell GlacierSam Johnson was heading back to Fairbanks at the end of his spring break, and we decided it would be fun to explore a bit around the eastern Alaska Range. We decided to try for a day of skiing up at the head of the Canwell Glacier, as we heard there was a "snowmachine highway" going up the glacier...below is Sam looking for the highway...<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_2UO2B9NdlLs/S6kDs3j16fI/AAAAAAAAArA/-aa_F20LLPM/s1600-h/IMG_2952.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_2UO2B9NdlLs/S6kDs3j16fI/AAAAAAAAArA/-aa_F20LLPM/s400/IMG_2952.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5451892893272107506" border="0" /></a>Booting a section above the Gakona Glacier...<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhk9BEnZAMKOnGPNm4t3gXgCdtfu33gzNF3IbH4mommySjWzJXtjny-iZr7ZCuJ82aJiQMeIqFf4FEBY03uTH1YDOzliQh-3IMYxb4vtuVgvtEZp5MTC-b2qaOEF07Yas0Fl5TX/s1600-h/IMG_2989.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhk9BEnZAMKOnGPNm4t3gXgCdtfu33gzNF3IbH4mommySjWzJXtjny-iZr7ZCuJ82aJiQMeIqFf4FEBY03uTH1YDOzliQh-3IMYxb4vtuVgvtEZp5MTC-b2qaOEF07Yas0Fl5TX/s400/IMG_2989.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5451892889092926018" border="0" /></a>We first tried to ski the peak behind Sam's head, but retreated due to questionable snowpack and ended up doing some lower angle touring...<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjf8GBSD0ztY0BLwWU46vanra3cCh7RbYSb2hTdwTBxfEhiZurXn6C32MO2wYRztMKNDaG6quo1xilKkVbimtw3qe23kKxfdZVP6_-IATC6V1IGbbSNgZhknedOA7AN8YMcuoRB/s1600-h/IMG_2994.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjf8GBSD0ztY0BLwWU46vanra3cCh7RbYSb2hTdwTBxfEhiZurXn6C32MO2wYRztMKNDaG6quo1xilKkVbimtw3qe23kKxfdZVP6_-IATC6V1IGbbSNgZhknedOA7AN8YMcuoRB/s400/IMG_2994.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5451892716349355874" border="0" /></a>Our self made highway on the ride home...<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_2UO2B9NdlLs/S6kDiaassDI/AAAAAAAAAqo/ibei7AcRkX4/s1600-h/IMG_3001.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_2UO2B9NdlLs/S6kDiaassDI/AAAAAAAAAqo/ibei7AcRkX4/s400/IMG_3001.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5451892713650434098" border="0" /></a>Ryanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04086136601580344103noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15761831.post-74069567989918281532010-02-05T10:34:00.006-09:002010-04-07T13:39:26.123-08:00KickstepJoe and I skied Kickstep Mountain the other day under perfect snow and stability condions, enabling me to take a rather austere entrance to the west face couloir. Photos by <a href="http://www.stockalpine.com/">Joe Stock</a> as noted. Below is me making my way through some steep rocks...<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8KU_dnXHz-U3MD3OOWJTYQKHu3hoa7bSxlO9JYkndFQyrqS-oWnuMAkeyr__vRwUn8R7C5kc73aphJyoYCEuBg063HnIcofnoHINP3riLiWvQQIURO30cs9KDfgP4DXqgecpt/s1600-h/KMSK-392.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8KU_dnXHz-U3MD3OOWJTYQKHu3hoa7bSxlO9JYkndFQyrqS-oWnuMAkeyr__vRwUn8R7C5kc73aphJyoYCEuBg063HnIcofnoHINP3riLiWvQQIURO30cs9KDfgP4DXqgecpt/s400/KMSK-392.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5434847490104956722" border="0" /></a>...in order to ski this...<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzV7O25KMGx-W3aigDS3-OuLkf9s3EVS40_2WCHAkHeJUW-un5PGyCGWw6iatXu68fQc4147GJ8sW5AOWsss3INiinlRAxnFdyAt78DLKuyo52VHkcBhYwYm-f5QT0Lh1j-NUh/s1600-h/KMSK-395.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzV7O25KMGx-W3aigDS3-OuLkf9s3EVS40_2WCHAkHeJUW-un5PGyCGWw6iatXu68fQc4147GJ8sW5AOWsss3INiinlRAxnFdyAt78DLKuyo52VHkcBhYwYm-f5QT0Lh1j-NUh/s400/KMSK-395.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5434847488187594594" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_2UO2B9NdlLs/S2x0_T18acI/AAAAAAAAAnU/9grDERUd3kE/s1600-h/KMSK-403.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_2UO2B9NdlLs/S2x0_T18acI/AAAAAAAAAnU/9grDERUd3kE/s400/KMSK-403.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5434847481336457666" border="0" /></a><br />Below is a photo I took of Joe entering the narrow portion of the lower couloir, just barely over a ski width wide at it's skinniest.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjntlgn6pGA69MB8DbnQ_2t9uPOeecNEfRSjmIQBCGyCahyphenhyphenPdxlJYHMQ2gCHB0aFusZQ0MzZ-tkFwtfdLWOwBemm0aK_5gmAPVYqV_WvNpETEkqFye2FvefDVQ7PntqWkhTZDiF/s1600-h/IMG_2300.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjntlgn6pGA69MB8DbnQ_2t9uPOeecNEfRSjmIQBCGyCahyphenhyphenPdxlJYHMQ2gCHB0aFusZQ0MzZ-tkFwtfdLWOwBemm0aK_5gmAPVYqV_WvNpETEkqFye2FvefDVQ7PntqWkhTZDiF/s400/IMG_2300.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5434848798210529490" border="0" /></a>Ryanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04086136601580344103noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15761831.post-26463532710969595702010-01-04T22:20:00.010-09:002010-04-07T13:46:42.093-08:00Early Season SkiingA few random images from the last couple months. The 3 photos below are from New Year's Day, when Ryan Campbell, Sherry Soltis and I climbed and skied the north couloir on King Mountain. It was cold, about -10F and very windy at the top...<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0EtNzcXhstj_HT_fZ3Sz_LAqOigzHlVx_H9yhRxHCug6YgPJd8omo6Jg0H0FZu9W4XJ07j01opYNBM6w1M21thTBjGrIv3Xa-zsZ7lb9doU5o1_Lt53yOT_UXCmXt2tWREcx-/s1600-h/IMG_1858.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 308px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0EtNzcXhstj_HT_fZ3Sz_LAqOigzHlVx_H9yhRxHCug6YgPJd8omo6Jg0H0FZu9W4XJ07j01opYNBM6w1M21thTBjGrIv3Xa-zsZ7lb9doU5o1_Lt53yOT_UXCmXt2tWREcx-/s400/IMG_1858.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5423155742842819074" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_2UO2B9NdlLs/S0LqgJZT6uI/AAAAAAAAAmM/u4ISSIS_eB4/s1600-h/IMG_1858.JPG"> </a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_2UO2B9NdlLs/S0LqfzmYvnI/AAAAAAAAAmE/L7x9pvxHAdc/s1600-h/IMG_1843.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 316px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_2UO2B9NdlLs/S0LqfzmYvnI/AAAAAAAAAmE/L7x9pvxHAdc/s400/IMG_1843.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5423154733455556210" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTWn4vUGEvzQc5tcY9gg8Y-NKa5Esdiw1KzlgpXuELYgr-Htt2S61VflX3NgI28LvE7IbxchftiUluW2afYbfDOcSadnDdbx-WH7ELXEGF1J9G82ob5oU9VShFa4fF-CNA-EMW/s1600-h/IMG_1834.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 295px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTWn4vUGEvzQc5tcY9gg8Y-NKa5Esdiw1KzlgpXuELYgr-Htt2S61VflX3NgI28LvE7IbxchftiUluW2afYbfDOcSadnDdbx-WH7ELXEGF1J9G82ob5oU9VShFa4fF-CNA-EMW/s400/IMG_1834.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5423154729355150434" border="0" /></a>A few days before that, Gabe Lydek and I skied a new couloir on Castle Mountain after booting up the standard Castle Couloir. It was steep and technical with interesting route finding...<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_2UO2B9NdlLs/S0LqMzpTg3I/AAAAAAAAAl0/tuuJ6bVeFhs/s1600-h/IMG_1749.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_2UO2B9NdlLs/S0LqMzpTg3I/AAAAAAAAAl0/tuuJ6bVeFhs/s400/IMG_1749.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5423154407050281842" border="0" /></a>A crew on a front range Chugach day...including Tobey Carmen and Courtney visiting from Fairbanks...<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGOvXDNpSGzX1VRdcA1C3qiRLhGqFAWl10lWQ1M_sJvh6gjvFCrMtzgKp7A0yqwzg_X_RalDauBlYExbMtubBKbSr2uKlCdwixfcsk_v2SLUcKfi1KJA4DifxJqpmZWFOU8AaU/s1600-h/IMG_1730.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGOvXDNpSGzX1VRdcA1C3qiRLhGqFAWl10lWQ1M_sJvh6gjvFCrMtzgKp7A0yqwzg_X_RalDauBlYExbMtubBKbSr2uKlCdwixfcsk_v2SLUcKfi1KJA4DifxJqpmZWFOU8AaU/s400/IMG_1730.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5423154406036892002" border="0" /></a>Looking out the inlet on a December day...<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_2UO2B9NdlLs/S0LqMfiAy4I/AAAAAAAAAlk/N1Hd5tmH3k4/s1600-h/IMG_1699.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_2UO2B9NdlLs/S0LqMfiAy4I/AAAAAAAAAlk/N1Hd5tmH3k4/s400/IMG_1699.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5423154401650985858" border="0" /></a>Sally booting up Peak 3 one afternoon...<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilkSei3PNFgb_-EfKbYZCaRjRNq1f276vs5PploIGEgN8R3cNx9csmxgOr9HqtapjEv_uXGKUH1rEyfBac4X08BtpWPrxFbfBIQu6mKCOzECj0Alc8TaVhAsq711BRoxSjzA_F/s1600-h/IMG_1715.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilkSei3PNFgb_-EfKbYZCaRjRNq1f276vs5PploIGEgN8R3cNx9csmxgOr9HqtapjEv_uXGKUH1rEyfBac4X08BtpWPrxFbfBIQu6mKCOzECj0Alc8TaVhAsq711BRoxSjzA_F/s400/IMG_1715.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5423152850199408418" border="0" /></a>Pretty sunset again...<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlJsOosSJt9oV2QYhCA90RV3JDZRMgkD6cSAnSpzdlesAHw224PBRkgeEXDyOtNG_7ANy5n6c_lsedej3ZoXxJ01txEabixu0rzhvTAG7P0hMiffX9-YR99qQNbdvanxTHNk2x/s1600-h/IMG_1693.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlJsOosSJt9oV2QYhCA90RV3JDZRMgkD6cSAnSpzdlesAHw224PBRkgeEXDyOtNG_7ANy5n6c_lsedej3ZoXxJ01txEabixu0rzhvTAG7P0hMiffX9-YR99qQNbdvanxTHNk2x/s400/IMG_1693.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5423152842477568946" border="0" /></a>Carl Tobin leading in to the tempest on his favorite route ever, Ptarmagain Peak...<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFNt5JvgqmFjO1HWS5YbsLpLD-3honwOMCfFaL-6ya6X23pcYmL8CepvoqKE8SPM1V32PmgvwVx0X-JQiPqLhrT8aFHyBsluUlgCDmlTTwROmsXa8NMrV02izYi0f4spa_dc7h/s1600-h/IMG_1671.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFNt5JvgqmFjO1HWS5YbsLpLD-3honwOMCfFaL-6ya6X23pcYmL8CepvoqKE8SPM1V32PmgvwVx0X-JQiPqLhrT8aFHyBsluUlgCDmlTTwROmsXa8NMrV02izYi0f4spa_dc7h/s400/IMG_1671.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5423152835737163986" border="0" /></a>Ryanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04086136601580344103noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15761831.post-23098987717912777892009-09-21T09:23:00.010-08:002024-01-18T18:48:27.098-09:00Baird GlacierLast week my friend Lance Breeding was working some shifts at the hospital in Petersburg, AK, and had a few days off. He came up with the idea to fly in to the Devil's Thumb area for a few days, just to hike around and check it out. Though my finger is healing well, my whole hand is still very weak and so hiking sounded like a perfect trip. These first photos illustrate why it's always important to sit on the left side of any southbound flight out of Anchorage. Below is the Agassiz Glacier from 35,000 feet. <br /><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_2UO2B9NdlLs/Sre6oDJC7uI/AAAAAAAAAis/WnZxEhPvuRs/s1600-h/IMG_1418.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5383977076745498338" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_2UO2B9NdlLs/Sre6oDJC7uI/AAAAAAAAAis/WnZxEhPvuRs/s400/IMG_1418.JPG" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 289px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /></a>Next was an awesome view up the Malaspina Glacier, which abuts the Agasiz. Together they're about 40 miles across at the toe, at the bottom of this photo. Mount Logan is the sun lit peak in the distance, and Mount St. Elias is cut off on the left.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUDo-y-1KlVQhk0Si_Siixn4v0jbeaJNIiKay3jQanmDCHgUfJjMUxUyBBjvHxUyhHV3JYzt8V2RNRIBLq7ijr1Md-ei8VyLIAv0_mZp91je62Ak1vpYwF_YOeOsCf-co1IKb1/s1600-h/IMG_1422.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5383977073695625250" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUDo-y-1KlVQhk0Si_Siixn4v0jbeaJNIiKay3jQanmDCHgUfJjMUxUyBBjvHxUyhHV3JYzt8V2RNRIBLq7ijr1Md-ei8VyLIAv0_mZp91je62Ak1vpYwF_YOeOsCf-co1IKb1/s400/IMG_1422.JPG" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 300px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /></a>Next we flew with Wally from Temsco across Thomas Bay and about 10 miles up the Baird Glacier, shown below.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKt3VjFLWy3VdHG0aQ6MY67CY8HBg5kgb67wfduU4iH94R1fMAIs6SqVVymVV3ugBzS0FayeSNggpi-OfM1XpqxTqHS4cnh9fTrOrDn3bmFuvJRwP1YxRiOq1Zn_BWg2Ad6kfq/s1600-h/IMG_1444.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5383975755613447618" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKt3VjFLWy3VdHG0aQ6MY67CY8HBg5kgb67wfduU4iH94R1fMAIs6SqVVymVV3ugBzS0FayeSNggpi-OfM1XpqxTqHS4cnh9fTrOrDn3bmFuvJRwP1YxRiOq1Zn_BWg2Ad6kfq/s400/IMG_1444.JPG" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 300px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /></a>Wally flying, and a view up the North Baird...<br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_2UO2B9NdlLs/Sre5arumZhI/AAAAAAAAAiU/uFGrKrkwAyk/s1600-h/IMG_1446.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5383975747610633746" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_2UO2B9NdlLs/Sre5arumZhI/AAAAAAAAAiU/uFGrKrkwAyk/s400/IMG_1446.JPG" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 300px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /></a>Our best view of the Devil's Thumb was right when we were dropped off. The NW face...<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikeCsJukr-wcPnEfoZl12e67UPWDKQwuRhhB-9IkZPO6b4YuXt3GjknoczSX4cQQTYpX-wbbvxCOLR42cZmZ4WrghdI38tYi5H8urgZKldcBmWp75ml_QZ-aPpuEnhJ1cpsMwN/s1600-h/IMG_1465.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5383975458827857410" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikeCsJukr-wcPnEfoZl12e67UPWDKQwuRhhB-9IkZPO6b4YuXt3GjknoczSX4cQQTYpX-wbbvxCOLR42cZmZ4WrghdI38tYi5H8urgZKldcBmWp75ml_QZ-aPpuEnhJ1cpsMwN/s400/IMG_1465.JPG" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 300px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /></a>Mount Oasis. Zac Hoyt from Petersburg was super nice and gave us lots of information, and helped lots with logistics. He's put up a route on this side of Oasis and reports excellent granite.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJ_sOhtnwi6A7SHdmWtm89eniSO1g7DrfTrYpQNaFKYT-XnSJ_6jlsT47F7x1aUkUCVm57iKuUWNciwB2K8uJEOYds9TMm0E-qz2ZXpBK28t-fvHr6A_0lPoMHCa8KvjagTOO9/s1600-h/IMG_1466.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5383975453013406386" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJ_sOhtnwi6A7SHdmWtm89eniSO1g7DrfTrYpQNaFKYT-XnSJ_6jlsT47F7x1aUkUCVm57iKuUWNciwB2K8uJEOYds9TMm0E-qz2ZXpBK28t-fvHr6A_0lPoMHCa8KvjagTOO9/s400/IMG_1466.JPG" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 300px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /></a>One day we hiked over the the Witches Cauldron, but didn't get a good view of the Thumb. In all we covered about 20 miles of terrain like this. The many hours of ice bouldering was good rehab for me...<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwoCWHVwP5vYyRmOQixcQO8WyyJPnGVzoV4lhyphenhyphenzB0Z84ZMLzxGx-T9tpjXK4gqFTRFOiMdWZSCh7gYWBWiseS2GhtGPeNVlhGt805tzy6XlPuHikO3Lu8BNR58cK7sKpVrKtHW/s1600-h/IMG_1473.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5383975201712313042" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwoCWHVwP5vYyRmOQixcQO8WyyJPnGVzoV4lhyphenhyphenzB0Z84ZMLzxGx-T9tpjXK4gqFTRFOiMdWZSCh7gYWBWiseS2GhtGPeNVlhGt805tzy6XlPuHikO3Lu8BNR58cK7sKpVrKtHW/s400/IMG_1473.JPG" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 300px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /></a><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_2UO2B9NdlLs/Sre4w9L1RpI/AAAAAAAAAh0/nfe6IUp5_iI/s1600-h/IMG_1506.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5383975030742140562" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_2UO2B9NdlLs/Sre4w9L1RpI/AAAAAAAAAh0/nfe6IUp5_iI/s400/IMG_1506.JPG" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 300px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /></a><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5U0X2iFo1tQY6n8wucNXlgYBJl6JCkH1LfjdXh0yEZ8gkn1OCFRKp21IGFCZXDb9VdUtfLhkfWSF1cSwDNqPKsy7s03vuRLqwSI-Hhomlxih49co3CROOYfr3IaUr5H_gw9hIjeik2FWH2Vbi0WVGqxqmzJNamKwWuxRmreJRyNimyi-w9QNY/s4416/IMG_1482.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4416" data-original-width="3312" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5U0X2iFo1tQY6n8wucNXlgYBJl6JCkH1LfjdXh0yEZ8gkn1OCFRKp21IGFCZXDb9VdUtfLhkfWSF1cSwDNqPKsy7s03vuRLqwSI-Hhomlxih49co3CROOYfr3IaUr5H_gw9hIjeik2FWH2Vbi0WVGqxqmzJNamKwWuxRmreJRyNimyi-w9QNY/s320/IMG_1482.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>Dieter Klose volunteered to pick us up at the ocean. He and his friend Ann arrived right on time at high tide. You can see the toe of the Baird Glacier in the distance. Dieter and Ann gave us a great tour of Scenery Cove, Thomas Bay and the Sukoi Islands on the way back across Frederic sound. Their boat, The Fang, seemed perfect for such an area.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikSZifOBbjyJ0BvVVJduFqk9TQk8xVEduzTydZE5QHUA1fj5qR5PXp5_kf6YfLdbvbMkaUxnFakldEX1tNNNwmDwGinjFulvHUSqgE0sGJVqZJpubBOMLE4aBJSpyZRkuprpm5/s1600-h/IMG_1546.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5383974257738625474" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikSZifOBbjyJ0BvVVJduFqk9TQk8xVEduzTydZE5QHUA1fj5qR5PXp5_kf6YfLdbvbMkaUxnFakldEX1tNNNwmDwGinjFulvHUSqgE0sGJVqZJpubBOMLE4aBJSpyZRkuprpm5/s400/IMG_1546.JPG" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 300px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /></a>Sea Lions on a buoy as we motored in to Petersburg.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgm1RW8MHU7SzFkAt4RDOlalF_b2XRdcsbodhfE-FifHyCo-5nricQjbnj2Xnc8bE07_pNsr1kO4RfbXAeYYIy-jVOZ0gxM-hizr26RER_98LH71GjelfcZvLOyc5tbYlv7PsA1/s1600-h/IMG_1547.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5383974005587498498" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgm1RW8MHU7SzFkAt4RDOlalF_b2XRdcsbodhfE-FifHyCo-5nricQjbnj2Xnc8bE07_pNsr1kO4RfbXAeYYIy-jVOZ0gxM-hizr26RER_98LH71GjelfcZvLOyc5tbYlv7PsA1/s400/IMG_1547.JPG" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 300px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span></a><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihDRZpY_ihiAj81vHALiqC0l6hlrxqNSuHUONOBeudJ1OOSGL70Y9Z9Ks1m85H1F7jKMtYC7jL3UhCqsaBj-Sdd04sBf34evKgvfG9EPwG90rDbkIBt2hkqXWhcHHJpqaW1hTLtCqWJxHKa1cxexdPyKxBgtEPotiqNaBdkpygBQt5dPAn3kp4/s4416/IMG_1518.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3312" data-original-width="4416" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihDRZpY_ihiAj81vHALiqC0l6hlrxqNSuHUONOBeudJ1OOSGL70Y9Z9Ks1m85H1F7jKMtYC7jL3UhCqsaBj-Sdd04sBf34evKgvfG9EPwG90rDbkIBt2hkqXWhcHHJpqaW1hTLtCqWJxHKa1cxexdPyKxBgtEPotiqNaBdkpygBQt5dPAn3kp4/s320/IMG_1518.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>We stayed in an old hut built just off the Baird around 2000'.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2JD8wIg49HK1Pbf4wvi48M4W8tcrV-yQxFsNH80WAAo8Xq83Cf9KVhbRkrl4bZHu9Gjm7TIuVQhx4LRrMjlCr4rBmN3nFPBAzt3JfNzqvkbW4tCp6wxblc6VooC4Pw0ENzyxajgok4XmudQ65IyXs7xQo4CcMIBXdMlmuMT6QSIrhu38s1Y5W/s4416/IMG_1526.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3312" data-original-width="4416" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2JD8wIg49HK1Pbf4wvi48M4W8tcrV-yQxFsNH80WAAo8Xq83Cf9KVhbRkrl4bZHu9Gjm7TIuVQhx4LRrMjlCr4rBmN3nFPBAzt3JfNzqvkbW4tCp6wxblc6VooC4Pw0ENzyxajgok4XmudQ65IyXs7xQo4CcMIBXdMlmuMT6QSIrhu38s1Y5W/s320/IMG_1526.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /></div>Ryanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04086136601580344103noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15761831.post-57520123128473288572009-06-27T20:49:00.001-08:002024-01-19T21:21:22.028-09:00Fishing 2009<p> I had a brief window and went to Whisky Gulch to fish with Barry. Great trip, lots of Halibut and a beautiful day out on the water.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMYdxzaRFuoOq9Rw-IxMlcO_aSLj4EqDZH_1hrJRO646XPJp8P0a88WyabchYhUpuuwJD-Lb-MSjdRWjG7igesUvEg92TgU9CwL4Gibt_0uBr8OjcSlbkJbkiliH7zLwlJRwdHlvTZNnOlb6TEGPwKbZxXnc8ax_NLKP668e8ffEB0zCVIDpiZ/s4416/IMG_1370.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3312" data-original-width="4416" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMYdxzaRFuoOq9Rw-IxMlcO_aSLj4EqDZH_1hrJRO646XPJp8P0a88WyabchYhUpuuwJD-Lb-MSjdRWjG7igesUvEg92TgU9CwL4Gibt_0uBr8OjcSlbkJbkiliH7zLwlJRwdHlvTZNnOlb6TEGPwKbZxXnc8ax_NLKP668e8ffEB0zCVIDpiZ/s320/IMG_1370.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p>Ryanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04086136601580344103noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15761831.post-1914024795962146012009-05-09T23:24:00.004-08:002024-01-18T19:49:22.386-09:00Bagley IcefieldTory Dugan, Jason Kwiatkowski and I departed Anchorage on April 13, for a month of skiing and kiting on the Bagley Icefield...a huge icecap in the Wrangell St. Elias National Park. We flew to Yakutat, and then via a Cessna 185 on skis to about 2000' on the Hubbard Glacier. <br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_2UO2B9NdlLs/Si9kwr2KRfI/AAAAAAAAAgY/_VFyQK7_OVs/s1600-h/IMG_0490.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5345602070278456818" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_2UO2B9NdlLs/Si9kwr2KRfI/AAAAAAAAAgY/_VFyQK7_OVs/s400/IMG_0490.JPG" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 300px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /></a>We had amazing weather, pretty much sunny the whole time!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXfC15BYMErBaNWMbrmlCokzhO-8URc8RyqWlkq2o20LiLdIr26ksMoA2TQIigMObKQfnNa7tVCoVJgGcBYOO4ROnYWF7o4oWHdvU5lv4J7KVSyd2fv0Hiy2bOplu9uoP21s_h/s1600-h/IMG_0526.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5345602066427544738" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXfC15BYMErBaNWMbrmlCokzhO-8URc8RyqWlkq2o20LiLdIr26ksMoA2TQIigMObKQfnNa7tVCoVJgGcBYOO4ROnYWF7o4oWHdvU5lv4J7KVSyd2fv0Hiy2bOplu9uoP21s_h/s400/IMG_0526.JPG" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 300px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /></a>We managed to travel many miles with kites, and got a hand full of great ski descents as well...<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhksBZ6nmmlsk3T-O78nlzg6ctMnv5shTWB-DfjnDCWde1sSBNcjMNhDfCGiiBr4F93hDNQzm9A2MDLLWFXWnJghxiLDmsbOPJPbl3iRDVFoU8Q_DTM8dke3aZgKvH5mVIbfKWI/s1600-h/IMG_0531.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5345602059378929778" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhksBZ6nmmlsk3T-O78nlzg6ctMnv5shTWB-DfjnDCWde1sSBNcjMNhDfCGiiBr4F93hDNQzm9A2MDLLWFXWnJghxiLDmsbOPJPbl3iRDVFoU8Q_DTM8dke3aZgKvH5mVIbfKWI/s400/IMG_0531.JPG" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 300px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /></a>We traveled up the Hubbard, through a pass to the Seward Glacier then due east to the Columbus. <br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihIih4IvGrpPT1hcLwzwcqPGpqckWU0DU5nH9rsZQjFb6qjEl0n8gir4_A3LlugNZWAkLRxKZUoaFRF8ZEhxULD0yJ1-2Ke8uk2tiz4rlE4b0UPclDrwEIF5B5P1dIdDm64Xiv/s1600-h/IMG_0576.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5345602055094323250" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihIih4IvGrpPT1hcLwzwcqPGpqckWU0DU5nH9rsZQjFb6qjEl0n8gir4_A3LlugNZWAkLRxKZUoaFRF8ZEhxULD0yJ1-2Ke8uk2tiz4rlE4b0UPclDrwEIF5B5P1dIdDm64Xiv/s400/IMG_0576.JPG" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 300px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /></a>We had mostly light winds, although one very strong session ended up working me over pretty good. Below is my kite control bar after a 20 minute battle with my kite. Fortunately I won.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQOroseQdWEz_n2VLul8iBVKxw-uB1hqqyZudOhgpxTQwMV2ICx5P3crTHrAU0fRUBd13lgwQ2oJDWjPWfJ-T8OCXxG3WzQQOYlEWeZDZvDPli2n8c-3Wzk7gRs0X5ws6iICdY/s1600-h/IMG_0622.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5345602051671140770" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQOroseQdWEz_n2VLul8iBVKxw-uB1hqqyZudOhgpxTQwMV2ICx5P3crTHrAU0fRUBd13lgwQ2oJDWjPWfJ-T8OCXxG3WzQQOYlEWeZDZvDPli2n8c-3Wzk7gRs0X5ws6iICdY/s400/IMG_0622.JPG" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 300px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /></a>We found mostly very poor snow stability, though we managed to ski one of the couloirs below...<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqmpY1SXRB5J8_usTV5AbR6jAcjCztgJWOjIk24mgKFJ1f2CTP97nFxyYMJc3gYltgzpK1SenKohB8rEaYUtCsJ4CmF0vqYrlG89_i_8SaQs78EDvwRjR84etyyjek6B4nw48I/s1600-h/IMG_0690.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5345601358125861458" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqmpY1SXRB5J8_usTV5AbR6jAcjCztgJWOjIk24mgKFJ1f2CTP97nFxyYMJc3gYltgzpK1SenKohB8rEaYUtCsJ4CmF0vqYrlG89_i_8SaQs78EDvwRjR84etyyjek6B4nw48I/s400/IMG_0690.JPG" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 300px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /></a>Tory thinking it looks a little rocky...<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiawtUsGu9o9DfBw2EK12K6_1ggaERIZY_B6Ce5owmdUBw_n5d-cjj-b34mlnHsIskSR62nFYHDpK8GOeNCo31WqjSo1vTdResVqho0iyM89y4zyYreR6aIZmfy4WhU04cgR3pR/s1600-h/IMG_0733.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5345601350703625298" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiawtUsGu9o9DfBw2EK12K6_1ggaERIZY_B6Ce5owmdUBw_n5d-cjj-b34mlnHsIskSR62nFYHDpK8GOeNCo31WqjSo1vTdResVqho0iyM89y4zyYreR6aIZmfy4WhU04cgR3pR/s400/IMG_0733.JPG" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 300px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /></a>Below is Tory getting ready to drop in...<br /><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_2UO2B9NdlLs/Si9kGs1Q0eI/AAAAAAAAAfY/65onnHqWxHI/s1600-h/IMG_0736.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5345601348988621282" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_2UO2B9NdlLs/Si9kGs1Q0eI/AAAAAAAAAfY/65onnHqWxHI/s400/IMG_0736.JPG" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 300px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /></a>We also skied a great peak about 14 miles west of Mount Saint Elias...called peak 9365. It featured 55 degree angles, many large crevasses and very firm snow conditions. Amazingly, it was sunny and calm on the summit, providing awesome views in every direction. Below is Jason on the down...<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgChR5Omfk-QTN4fb3Q1CsmpJakvkRl_9moiYKdcRYgyoHozTYNkMngU0tloX8isPX4z838Murn-MMiH-KxPZ-6aDXqJXTYxW6tacOfo7hRQtVVi_C64IflonWTq26WcD8MVb0P/s1600-h/IMG_0940.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5345601343688773106" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgChR5Omfk-QTN4fb3Q1CsmpJakvkRl_9moiYKdcRYgyoHozTYNkMngU0tloX8isPX4z838Murn-MMiH-KxPZ-6aDXqJXTYxW6tacOfo7hRQtVVi_C64IflonWTq26WcD8MVb0P/s400/IMG_0940.JPG" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 300px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /></a><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjau8KLMX-HBaMmIXkw5f9OUlXA8cS3Tqg3mjO9i5-_eJSXNdFa5IpQXZVsToU7YhWacw3thXPzYnr7sZEnsubh06aUns9-IdZoadxmyPfEC61TLD9B_SQo52PzNYizqzbbQS4UK-eRb6f7LKKYIuqaZc5Sm6QhWn1nkgKSftbEMekoGUePWIFP/s4416/IMG_0999.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3312" data-original-width="4416" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjau8KLMX-HBaMmIXkw5f9OUlXA8cS3Tqg3mjO9i5-_eJSXNdFa5IpQXZVsToU7YhWacw3thXPzYnr7sZEnsubh06aUns9-IdZoadxmyPfEC61TLD9B_SQo52PzNYizqzbbQS4UK-eRb6f7LKKYIuqaZc5Sm6QhWn1nkgKSftbEMekoGUePWIFP/s320/IMG_0999.JPG" width="320" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj24l2IXWmYiHdSo0-sXwXxHD4TIoKbfmHEByP5ox7peM_XuRerjOgSYwptRR1j94Ct5pyTyIMbEwh5_89gxCbcwha-VB1zhh1iYT-2gA4MocImgFBcAY-eomWGsNj5_MbCqBtczzxbOzxWufYAlf4ulKWxlT9IVRfGqCNJLaTvuxY6BXn-umwv/s3264/Hubbard-Miles-548.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="3264" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj24l2IXWmYiHdSo0-sXwXxHD4TIoKbfmHEByP5ox7peM_XuRerjOgSYwptRR1j94Ct5pyTyIMbEwh5_89gxCbcwha-VB1zhh1iYT-2gA4MocImgFBcAY-eomWGsNj5_MbCqBtczzxbOzxWufYAlf4ulKWxlT9IVRfGqCNJLaTvuxY6BXn-umwv/s320/Hubbard-Miles-548.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>Skiing over bridges on 9365, maybe one of the more dangerous things I've done<br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_2UO2B9NdlLs/Si9jMHq4d0I/AAAAAAAAAfI/d4N2BuOTcB8/s1600-h/IMG_0961.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5345600342580557634" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_2UO2B9NdlLs/Si9jMHq4d0I/AAAAAAAAAfI/d4N2BuOTcB8/s400/IMG_0961.JPG" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 300px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /></a>Below is Peak 9365. We skied the line just left of the rocks below the summit, the one just barely catching the sun. A classic steep ski mountaineering objective...<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSVkiyAcseCUsYS5VnynE_rUgReWkvmr-_X8zONKmmowCL7w3ERnrHSJowoTR5QuzJmT5LHGZTWmUoEGXz0PTf2aThIJhIujrpcCZWgVErBISvFtRCXxy6gA-bpF71XpFQwCx6/s1600-h/IMG_1057.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5345600340350870658" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSVkiyAcseCUsYS5VnynE_rUgReWkvmr-_X8zONKmmowCL7w3ERnrHSJowoTR5QuzJmT5LHGZTWmUoEGXz0PTf2aThIJhIujrpcCZWgVErBISvFtRCXxy6gA-bpF71XpFQwCx6/s400/IMG_1057.JPG" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 300px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /></a>Kites in the air...<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiK2RoKpzPObKlkOsznC6mo78w5TdG0rm0-_MiEGGPJJMSI8xXUPOJAHvLt4vPWX6k06yZeDVLN3v8rq4PcWieqgqrTq_OWaSm-nnljZrXDG7LzWzyV-ZA3AU0zIC_nM_xUsGuG/s1600-h/IMG_1085.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5345600334911128274" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiK2RoKpzPObKlkOsznC6mo78w5TdG0rm0-_MiEGGPJJMSI8xXUPOJAHvLt4vPWX6k06yZeDVLN3v8rq4PcWieqgqrTq_OWaSm-nnljZrXDG7LzWzyV-ZA3AU0zIC_nM_xUsGuG/s400/IMG_1085.JPG" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 300px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUR1jrxLZIas4LGebRg3eFgTauuTMcwVAXRoTUrAKSgsRQ7LqZTaCiQJq730W9P5jSLi57pKnxuGOzjyGJmj_Mn7YKZPiN7wWkfo20gjChguc92pB1VKuW2RZgdnKS4XYeCnhk/s1600-h/IMG_1088.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5345600335324311714" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUR1jrxLZIas4LGebRg3eFgTauuTMcwVAXRoTUrAKSgsRQ7LqZTaCiQJq730W9P5jSLi57pKnxuGOzjyGJmj_Mn7YKZPiN7wWkfo20gjChguc92pB1VKuW2RZgdnKS4XYeCnhk/s400/IMG_1088.JPG" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 300px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /></a>Kiting in to the setting sun...<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9zZ8Z_HQw_LCCdyHmhxhEnJ5pX_cbxSe-ZxAsQzB4x7ZuJ0bMnCAe19hQ3TwjLYV3-0RoGlceASOCS0Pu4EkbnXuIpdfwPKX70Ggnb3CReQuD2fBeF-i4QSaWfRtm1dJasOIk/s1600-h/IMG_1209.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5345600331847396626" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9zZ8Z_HQw_LCCdyHmhxhEnJ5pX_cbxSe-ZxAsQzB4x7ZuJ0bMnCAe19hQ3TwjLYV3-0RoGlceASOCS0Pu4EkbnXuIpdfwPKX70Ggnb3CReQuD2fBeF-i4QSaWfRtm1dJasOIk/s400/IMG_1209.JPG" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 300px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /></a>Tory booting up another couloir...<br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_2UO2B9NdlLs/Si9ipAlrKbI/AAAAAAAAAeg/3mSDh4vB5Rc/s1600-h/IMG_0333.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5345599739384244658" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_2UO2B9NdlLs/Si9ipAlrKbI/AAAAAAAAAeg/3mSDh4vB5Rc/s400/IMG_0333.JPG" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 400px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 300px;" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUz7-CYmOGTmjow0_sfhWlShNvl1WtlYJZHoUj5nk6cO1DI-LxvKSh8EtAQyx8GdViw9BWutxzApO3D9z_D8FIBWNQnDdjW7cM49dAi67qYlgR2hc_xtY1GmWS-vIoTfBnzhl9O_ZefTgZlytKKt9ZFpkrLpT_aFP61IdpH5XNE8uTa3T_s2WL/s4416/IMG_0687.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3312" data-original-width="4416" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUz7-CYmOGTmjow0_sfhWlShNvl1WtlYJZHoUj5nk6cO1DI-LxvKSh8EtAQyx8GdViw9BWutxzApO3D9z_D8FIBWNQnDdjW7cM49dAi67qYlgR2hc_xtY1GmWS-vIoTfBnzhl9O_ZefTgZlytKKt9ZFpkrLpT_aFP61IdpH5XNE8uTa3T_s2WL/s320/IMG_0687.JPG" width="320" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_2UO2B9NdlLs/Si9ionlg9DI/AAAAAAAAAeQ/YlVs-pzWUCY/s1600-h/IMG_0239.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5345599732672689202" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_2UO2B9NdlLs/Si9ionlg9DI/AAAAAAAAAeQ/YlVs-pzWUCY/s400/IMG_0239.JPG" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 300px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXkLhwnWbo5JTaQGl3obEovm4sgJHVtqZqM2KFBHrzhNxQ4HI1EFJkTvNrXkBNfaO5vVSEDldk0jry7Sct__eYcSJraOLrsYlXc6k1LoYmMWnHddJwLntvHDGVxofP91GTzWnhfkSai8_p87wca-Lhvs7f9u-5FRmiPzQ6ok4EUOUcCqpIr2Mm/s4416/IMG_0817.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3312" data-original-width="4416" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXkLhwnWbo5JTaQGl3obEovm4sgJHVtqZqM2KFBHrzhNxQ4HI1EFJkTvNrXkBNfaO5vVSEDldk0jry7Sct__eYcSJraOLrsYlXc6k1LoYmMWnHddJwLntvHDGVxofP91GTzWnhfkSai8_p87wca-Lhvs7f9u-5FRmiPzQ6ok4EUOUcCqpIr2Mm/s320/IMG_0817.JPG" width="320" /></a><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_2UO2B9NdlLs/Si9ioZLzD4I/AAAAAAAAAeI/DmjvywxDlFM/s1600-h/IMG_0212.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5345599728806727554" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_2UO2B9NdlLs/Si9ioZLzD4I/AAAAAAAAAeI/DmjvywxDlFM/s400/IMG_0212.JPG" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 300px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /></a>Below is Jason, slogging with a smile as usual...<br /><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVDR3MHypZUld8f79wmyUgXMXNh6xElXp4W6YYoki-p2dWNUs7nMMBv0Do7XyxdgNAYKpEqh8lW_AQqyrnD_gcP7cycOtABKZCzuQZ_gtnT5EoP4hDLlSXdJIaYzuNaYTh0zTV/s1600-h/IMG_0200.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5345599726333185442" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVDR3MHypZUld8f79wmyUgXMXNh6xElXp4W6YYoki-p2dWNUs7nMMBv0Do7XyxdgNAYKpEqh8lW_AQqyrnD_gcP7cycOtABKZCzuQZ_gtnT5EoP4hDLlSXdJIaYzuNaYTh0zTV/s400/IMG_0200.JPG" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 400px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 300px;" /></a>And Tory being Tory, of course... <a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_2UO2B9NdlLs/SjK3lyXNnlI/AAAAAAAAAgo/FU3YXjm127c/s1600-h/tory.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5346537567444377170" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_2UO2B9NdlLs/SjK3lyXNnlI/AAAAAAAAAgo/FU3YXjm127c/s400/tory.JPG" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 360px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 318px;" /></a><br /><br />Unfortunately, 15 days in to the trip I accidentally cut my right index finger with a pocket knife while modifying a water bottle. The cut was only 1cm long, but managed to cut my radial digital nerve and artery, as well as my flexor pollicus longus tendon. At first it was so swollen, I couldn't assess it properly. 5 days later, after the swelling went down, it was obviously not working. I called Paul Claus for a pickup near Juniper Island, which I got 2 days later. I ended up having surgery in Anchorage 48 hours later.<br /><br />In 20 days, we had traveled 100 miles and made 3 likely first descents, and perhaps the first ascent of Peak 9365. We'll probably never know for sure, and hardly matters. Jason and Tory carried on, got some better wind, making it another 80 miles to the lower Miles Glacier. My right hand is useless for 3 months, so I'm studying for the GRE exam and doing lots of trail running. Thanks to the Mugs Stump Award committee for postponing me and Sam Johnson's award to climb Mt. Logan until next year. 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div></div>Ryanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04086136601580344103noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15761831.post-26304127259067165702009-02-26T12:19:00.014-09:002010-04-07T13:32:16.383-08:00Marcus Baker<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2mydK2uhiGG1rzUXl5wUE-qiuXJViXNYnlUi-lmDeDYSsZdmfXpuTJ-PQsACmhEp7KjI3WuSvcxFmI4dIDHapCQUiECyRgZwLAoc6J5SGiss-gP9MNK_8l5_IKU3fbyhcgGE4/s1600-h/IMG_5440.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 278px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2mydK2uhiGG1rzUXl5wUE-qiuXJViXNYnlUi-lmDeDYSsZdmfXpuTJ-PQsACmhEp7KjI3WuSvcxFmI4dIDHapCQUiECyRgZwLAoc6J5SGiss-gP9MNK_8l5_IKU3fbyhcgGE4/s400/IMG_5440.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5307375089286076866" border="0" /></a>Chris Flowers and I both had last Sunday free, and decided to go skiing. It was clear that morning, so we took off in his Super Cub. Looking around the Chugach, we noticed Marcus Baker was clear so we had a look. It's hard to pass up the highest peak in the Chugach on a nice day, so we ended up landing around 9000' on a side glacier.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJEaLqgClr6-ITm9_I1z2mUPZh0gi2fCeWgeio26nUVUECf_JQiFOGMCRHmlCVAby06gh1tSX_Ai5GOeTmiRfIFWAbHtQqXklditZQiXIXr2_wfsjOB2t3SGCkJpDVpfrKeugX/s1600-h/IMG_5432.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJEaLqgClr6-ITm9_I1z2mUPZh0gi2fCeWgeio26nUVUECf_JQiFOGMCRHmlCVAby06gh1tSX_Ai5GOeTmiRfIFWAbHtQqXklditZQiXIXr2_wfsjOB2t3SGCkJpDVpfrKeugX/s400/IMG_5432.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5307375091229574370" border="0" /></a>Above is pictured our route. We cramponed up hard old blue ice on the summit pyramid following the sun/shade line in the above photo...left of the prominent rib facing the camera. <br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieWATSgFOyiRIpAzP9b20AN_c6s7xSNZJBP3ISC3GhyoS7rzHBzcGbvhxqWxrCvIKqXRM5nbfbdBn5mnXQROoUC2QAw1hMbfxktJe1xAZ-LRqbPwsKZP00DXZRzpJr5ojceyYk/s1600-h/IMG_5455.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieWATSgFOyiRIpAzP9b20AN_c6s7xSNZJBP3ISC3GhyoS7rzHBzcGbvhxqWxrCvIKqXRM5nbfbdBn5mnXQROoUC2QAw1hMbfxktJe1xAZ-LRqbPwsKZP00DXZRzpJr5ojceyYk/s400/IMG_5455.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5307374850481592706" border="0" /></a>Very firm neve transitioned to old, cold, hard blue ice. We were wishing we had brought some ice axes.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsrhsS1gXD7Nq_SJIEU79Ta529z4F-mZ5Egc9tAs3XDieSiWo6jtWsRqqrHYeN3_3nxnITIyD_pry_nWfkcUoxVtZ8ulOe-HD49u47T612ZoWvf80qqdKOx-pzQsdJvG16_4A0/s1600-h/IMG_5458+%281%29.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsrhsS1gXD7Nq_SJIEU79Ta529z4F-mZ5Egc9tAs3XDieSiWo6jtWsRqqrHYeN3_3nxnITIyD_pry_nWfkcUoxVtZ8ulOe-HD49u47T612ZoWvf80qqdKOx-pzQsdJvG16_4A0/s400/IMG_5458+%281%29.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5307374715785492146" border="0" /></a>Below is Chris on top...we were in the Chugach Mountains, but could see peaks in the Wrangells, Alaska Range, and Aleutians<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_2UO2B9NdlLs/SaeU-3zI5uI/AAAAAAAAAcI/fBT_KfGGwJk/s1600-h/IMG_5488.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_2UO2B9NdlLs/SaeU-3zI5uI/AAAAAAAAAcI/fBT_KfGGwJk/s400/IMG_5488.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5307374493730662114" border="0" /></a>We've recently had some significant wind events, so not surprisingly the top few hundred feet was like concrete, but low enough angle to ski. Below that came the steep blue ice so we belayed each other skiing for 2 pitches, then did 2 rappels on our skis.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQWw21arMLbYx_-hNow83WK2x6h0hd3Aee7JFC6Rz_-xFJLerUtfmsuMsYWIFx8Q8R-UEA9Vj77rGilr9pm7NtdhWJYlYHMgbglfackS66EtyQ3jVVfUKwuNAR_QU1kvXO5akb/s1600-h/IMG_5499.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQWw21arMLbYx_-hNow83WK2x6h0hd3Aee7JFC6Rz_-xFJLerUtfmsuMsYWIFx8Q8R-UEA9Vj77rGilr9pm7NtdhWJYlYHMgbglfackS66EtyQ3jVVfUKwuNAR_QU1kvXO5akb/s400/IMG_5499.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5307374120717881602" border="0" /></a>We got back to the plane after dark, but Chris didn't hesitate to launch. It was my first time flying off a glacier through the mountains in the dark, but everything worked out great as Chris had a good plan to turn off all the outside lights and fly above all the mountains straight back to Anchorage. Here we are, encroaching on Merril Field's airspace...back in the ANC.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_2UO2B9NdlLs/SaeTNQXSnaI/AAAAAAAAAb4/mOmJbgWyGVM/s1600-h/IMG_5528.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_2UO2B9NdlLs/SaeTNQXSnaI/AAAAAAAAAb4/mOmJbgWyGVM/s400/IMG_5528.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5307372541819657634" border="0" /></a>Ryanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04086136601580344103noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15761831.post-47619001231434886802009-01-26T17:05:00.007-09:002024-01-18T17:12:13.930-09:00Arizona 2009<p> Sally and I did a 4 night backpacking trip in Saguaro National Park outside Tucson. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijuU9mI5Bw0bvAdu0Sc8f0_npxKB4omL1lJg_T0zoaRwBMnGC4LqyoCERS1vB9UJfjI_aZ4qxCuBZPjbh1Pb9CtV6PP6t0I2F155SsIjqPQK-J8HDysNfMWUNKF5oWyRSkBTgXPgu1CEwHwunetfKciI10Pq25ZntfZbCfb9cEir_szmTxykSq/s3072/IMG_5340.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2304" data-original-width="3072" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijuU9mI5Bw0bvAdu0Sc8f0_npxKB4omL1lJg_T0zoaRwBMnGC4LqyoCERS1vB9UJfjI_aZ4qxCuBZPjbh1Pb9CtV6PP6t0I2F155SsIjqPQK-J8HDysNfMWUNKF5oWyRSkBTgXPgu1CEwHwunetfKciI10Pq25ZntfZbCfb9cEir_szmTxykSq/s320/IMG_5340.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWGY_IoJNMpKW98vMG08pM-oq8AAAKbP7TRKJJgEpqDbYsLwSAsPuyR785TjECkvmBLmCNnNPgzR79poSnZ1auRvPQ1b4LttqIHza0YFd5qpQTGFOhjoxdmvs8wZ4rr49TorQH6vkipE0MaDBtGg0Zqh9RuZUOGSy5Aib_5DWUgkyE0vUWgXP9/s3072/IMG_5334.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2304" data-original-width="3072" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWGY_IoJNMpKW98vMG08pM-oq8AAAKbP7TRKJJgEpqDbYsLwSAsPuyR785TjECkvmBLmCNnNPgzR79poSnZ1auRvPQ1b4LttqIHza0YFd5qpQTGFOhjoxdmvs8wZ4rr49TorQH6vkipE0MaDBtGg0Zqh9RuZUOGSy5Aib_5DWUgkyE0vUWgXP9/s320/IMG_5334.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8YRAbCXJbJUaEEwhXvSHRwptLUoCAUh2fdlFfWAmw5XIKV_rlncF9ks_HzykpEFB6_-W24RBB2WRmhcyG2keux-7Qv7BtZO3LoXLwo42e173s8g9nip8d23uJUZ6TWGSIYjGDaIEaurRpEB1ldrqowbbTpOtI5Ulmxa_wrN3NJnWJjm52ZP74/s3072/IMG_5329.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3072" data-original-width="2304" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8YRAbCXJbJUaEEwhXvSHRwptLUoCAUh2fdlFfWAmw5XIKV_rlncF9ks_HzykpEFB6_-W24RBB2WRmhcyG2keux-7Qv7BtZO3LoXLwo42e173s8g9nip8d23uJUZ6TWGSIYjGDaIEaurRpEB1ldrqowbbTpOtI5Ulmxa_wrN3NJnWJjm52ZP74/s320/IMG_5329.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXE4f8fhAm3aAXwFn1P23ARXm7l_hWgtIbNrieIXZJYi1hGQMOKDQ90Sxg46WYgCyvFIJ72UwCCyqykRPtMDltmvnpF4yzOyxuUeY2cJM3CJbQM9EpRe0mkxFFHnFnMq_WSVcWkq3dRtL22RqKHves9v3ktGSOqKtB_VZj87ZA2pnhMx15mQw5/s3072/IMG_5332.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3072" data-original-width="2304" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXE4f8fhAm3aAXwFn1P23ARXm7l_hWgtIbNrieIXZJYi1hGQMOKDQ90Sxg46WYgCyvFIJ72UwCCyqykRPtMDltmvnpF4yzOyxuUeY2cJM3CJbQM9EpRe0mkxFFHnFnMq_WSVcWkq3dRtL22RqKHves9v3ktGSOqKtB_VZj87ZA2pnhMx15mQw5/s320/IMG_5332.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p>Ryanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04086136601580344103noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15761831.post-23209412888027884302009-01-05T22:38:00.008-09:002013-01-05T20:01:35.237-09:00AutumnI've been pretty lazy about posting photos this fall...but it's been a good one. It's been clear but cold here lately...I don't think it's been above zero for the past week. Below are a collection of photos from the past month...starting with Jason Kwiatkowski skiing in -20 conditions outside Girdwood. <a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_2UO2B9NdlLs/SWMNjVScwBI/AAAAAAAAAaE/eq3ZVAIIM5U/s1600-h/jasongoingup.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5288085288124203026" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_2UO2B9NdlLs/SWMNjVScwBI/AAAAAAAAAaE/eq3ZVAIIM5U/s400/jasongoingup.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 400px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 300px;" /></a>Going up 'Supercouloir'...decent skiing but whoever named it that has clearly never heard of Fitzroy.<br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipWrJPi5eGWKdDywbuxC9l4hcIS0L6VZnWaNdB2mWH2qk9TJQ0vLvjAS3KumrkmcUqVXtOv-bKeC0B-A4O2ixFe13XbL-rRQkJoE65JbUUbz78iEJrFvvDDCWSI1A4udqYn8vK/s1600-h/s-couloir-panorama.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5288085287871960258" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipWrJPi5eGWKdDywbuxC9l4hcIS0L6VZnWaNdB2mWH2qk9TJQ0vLvjAS3KumrkmcUqVXtOv-bKeC0B-A4O2ixFe13XbL-rRQkJoE65JbUUbz78iEJrFvvDDCWSI1A4udqYn8vK/s400/s-couloir-panorama.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 400px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 342px;" /></a>Tanya Leinicke and Jon Cobb getting ready for the first pitch in Eklutna, with Bold Peak in the backround.<br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQeC7PVD9pv0EOX1zb5IjQIs-wH_DpgM3PxBViCf9mTUzofdGbjBiw7jbvNDQkQkcV3r14ruEmIwOTUHaWOpgBefdN3darqa9Lh_ZOTiEIdxyxIdUEowjBEUJ7ryvUj0MyUOAp/s1600-h/IMG_5149.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5288084887721765634" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQeC7PVD9pv0EOX1zb5IjQIs-wH_DpgM3PxBViCf9mTUzofdGbjBiw7jbvNDQkQkcV3r14ruEmIwOTUHaWOpgBefdN3darqa9Lh_ZOTiEIdxyxIdUEowjBEUJ7ryvUj0MyUOAp/s400/IMG_5149.JPG" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 400px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 300px;" /></a>Bill Billmeier testing the strength of his new yurt at Bench Lake.<br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZ5XJZMg0VXugxq2NXITAO7M8wPFiyT7OYHXsm6nrglgmdmfIleajdLOcnlLKhVqo0dngpuGYFNXgLcy6ayIiUeS37YWns5bBYJde80KobCruu0SnllZ7gMECiZEw-W3-OBLq9/s1600-h/IMG_5145.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5288084885045968274" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZ5XJZMg0VXugxq2NXITAO7M8wPFiyT7OYHXsm6nrglgmdmfIleajdLOcnlLKhVqo0dngpuGYFNXgLcy6ayIiUeS37YWns5bBYJde80KobCruu0SnllZ7gMECiZEw-W3-OBLq9/s400/IMG_5145.JPG" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 400px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 300px;" /></a>Me and Sally on the shortest day of the year...Turnagain Pass<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLtWAv3IK5bGDTGaKlhVwuGNWhQNik4EznIlUEH9QHfe-RxEE01qLVvH81F0GwBPPmrrFI7mH0PGUaa00PDTPSFhsKPJa7iI7xh6BkVYBHKS4k3-M9gZwSrW4dTeTlVl10STte/s1600-h/IMG_5166.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5288249206232404690" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLtWAv3IK5bGDTGaKlhVwuGNWhQNik4EznIlUEH9QHfe-RxEE01qLVvH81F0GwBPPmrrFI7mH0PGUaa00PDTPSFhsKPJa7iI7xh6BkVYBHKS4k3-M9gZwSrW4dTeTlVl10STte/s400/IMG_5166.JPG" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 369px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /></a>Solars enjoys another day of ski touring.<br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoxGbo7MudqLZzAYbE7TnlJ6EBniAEpBSAk-Mdy9znjmTwGCQjuTSTUG7fuAg7H04I2Dv2rN5DfpHGzdU8MP0QvLkknm-W_mUbIJuYBEsfZQCebFMos-1kMsIg6Y_G4sSwnLhb/s1600-h/IMG_5188.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5288084551293147138" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoxGbo7MudqLZzAYbE7TnlJ6EBniAEpBSAk-Mdy9znjmTwGCQjuTSTUG7fuAg7H04I2Dv2rN5DfpHGzdU8MP0QvLkknm-W_mUbIJuYBEsfZQCebFMos-1kMsIg6Y_G4sSwnLhb/s400/IMG_5188.JPG" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 400px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 300px;" /></a>Sally and Brita celebrate solstice<br />
<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_2UO2B9NdlLs/SWMM4AyZMQI/AAAAAAAAAZc/1wy4emNK2x8/s1600-h/IMG_5161.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5288084543886668034" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_2UO2B9NdlLs/SWMM4AyZMQI/AAAAAAAAAZc/1wy4emNK2x8/s400/IMG_5161.JPG" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 300px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /></a>Jon Cobb clearing trail in the Talkeetnas<br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJY2YfZPuUZIDcjPEfYJbscErRpTGgPmSY95yVxFG4RopvEd6jcn_2zCFqHeOtnF9yXcA_BTpROjMUvgcIKvfbIfFvLwHGP-wYgjBXyv8PHnHzvR2E_igWZpDp_TWfNhvv0b8T/s1600-h/IMG_5173.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5288084035205556322" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJY2YfZPuUZIDcjPEfYJbscErRpTGgPmSY95yVxFG4RopvEd6jcn_2zCFqHeOtnF9yXcA_BTpROjMUvgcIKvfbIfFvLwHGP-wYgjBXyv8PHnHzvR2E_igWZpDp_TWfNhvv0b8T/s400/IMG_5173.JPG" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 400px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 300px;" /></a>Jon and I making the best of 20 below...putting in trail.<br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJDWZUJte1BZuHB9r85_0F5J4RSRrNrYJZ6W0JfN4b91vfBCZEBQHd4iK-oBIEbHkC7QjTdnUPiyEWUP9RrtGWAzvl0lwVL3-xEqG_AqifWDAvJsf27-Vr2-SZ9iXQHTvuRnPn/s1600-h/IMG_5187.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5288084032286187570" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJDWZUJte1BZuHB9r85_0F5J4RSRrNrYJZ6W0JfN4b91vfBCZEBQHd4iK-oBIEbHkC7QjTdnUPiyEWUP9RrtGWAzvl0lwVL3-xEqG_AqifWDAvJsf27-Vr2-SZ9iXQHTvuRnPn/s400/IMG_5187.JPG" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 300px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /></a>More logging...<br />
<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_2UO2B9NdlLs/SWMMD8emu1I/AAAAAAAAAY8/ySr2rCdLeUI/s1600-h/_MG_5674.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br /></a><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_2UO2B9NdlLs/SWMMEEkMHxI/AAAAAAAAAZE/sZSADZOTjaM/s1600-h/_MG_5678_2.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5288083651547635474" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_2UO2B9NdlLs/SWMMEEkMHxI/AAAAAAAAAZE/sZSADZOTjaM/s400/_MG_5678_2.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 267px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /></a><br />
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Ryanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04086136601580344103noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15761831.post-2866112368607369482008-11-03T13:23:00.004-09:002024-01-18T16:58:45.039-09:00Flight photos<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span>I have been working since August for Guardian Flight, a Medevac service here in Alaska. We've had some awesome days in the air, flying over various random parts of the state. Here are some photos I've taken out the window. Below is the Prince William Sound with the Sargent Icefield above and left of the fuel tank.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlo1cay_eGP9VHf2z3Es4evDgOCrKmhqFPJjVMk_1n-HhMW5_MFq6fJuZamKwKOGZQYp3ABCGRp7dtxhGvjd3nI-meu77JB66si2l10oVkTnDe7YKCxvY4Ou8fZg3X_2orwneH/s1600-h/princewilliamsound.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5264562705665163058" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlo1cay_eGP9VHf2z3Es4evDgOCrKmhqFPJjVMk_1n-HhMW5_MFq6fJuZamKwKOGZQYp3ABCGRp7dtxhGvjd3nI-meu77JB66si2l10oVkTnDe7YKCxvY4Ou8fZg3X_2orwneH/s400/princewilliamsound.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 300px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /></a>This is on a flight going from Fairbanks to Skagway. I think one of those peaks is Mt. Logan and the other is either Fairweather or St. Elias.<br /></div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAvHFFJAvzwZKfBOrHskJyCCrPyvUgX380dJl1lI3RglK936HWK5OyRWfo4xRjdifBL-EsN2VOZ2Ttsm2NoP0JakKvxR72-AUdKuXGh17bBbcl_iNh9WhpILajw80u2N1Q5ZQa/s1600-h/logan%3F.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5264562695192909586" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAvHFFJAvzwZKfBOrHskJyCCrPyvUgX380dJl1lI3RglK936HWK5OyRWfo4xRjdifBL-EsN2VOZ2Ttsm2NoP0JakKvxR72-AUdKuXGh17bBbcl_iNh9WhpILajw80u2N1Q5ZQa/s400/logan%3F.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 300px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /></a>Looking down at Inner Lake George , on the climb out from Anchorage heading east...<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTIZCykgKYm5o79VOZirwwxY1BakhYaSPSW52YvZQZSc2hkCYsjFK0usDJwCtJkyxqJtnN3e5bHOt-JzI7gxTSK73igZWuNwpma6gc4jO_GGVeqCeDKY_mK4ebL9pQui0Ss186/s1600-h/innerlakegeorge.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5264561347299565522" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTIZCykgKYm5o79VOZirwwxY1BakhYaSPSW52YvZQZSc2hkCYsjFK0usDJwCtJkyxqJtnN3e5bHOt-JzI7gxTSK73igZWuNwpma6gc4jO_GGVeqCeDKY_mK4ebL9pQui0Ss186/s400/innerlakegeorge.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 300px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /></a>More Chugach mountains...<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFIWYgAoSp9pSDpe9ZpjbwgkRecJDuDL2gkV3pINSL9PWzut2PoHFv6URuHMerPgBeGImuhQi2m_HQm-wxsOdQo8relvuVpSY7N8VuBFDigdoYv8x6z5OEqeDDu9MeGA50ucKY/s1600-h/chugach.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5264561341507437010" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFIWYgAoSp9pSDpe9ZpjbwgkRecJDuDL2gkV3pINSL9PWzut2PoHFv6URuHMerPgBeGImuhQi2m_HQm-wxsOdQo8relvuVpSY7N8VuBFDigdoYv8x6z5OEqeDDu9MeGA50ucKY/s400/chugach.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 300px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /></a>Below is a photo of Anchorage with the Chugach Mtns in the distance, taken from somewhere over the Susitna Flats...<br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_2UO2B9NdlLs/SQ96o8RX2pI/AAAAAAAAASU/iukypcjf3ZQ/s1600-h/anchorage.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5264561333211749010" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_2UO2B9NdlLs/SQ96o8RX2pI/AAAAAAAAASU/iukypcjf3ZQ/s400/anchorage.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 300px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0rdfwfgSfaZQFeW5hyNY1lsvt__vCfIk87tWXV4Gu06CZs9smB0QW8moGHORS499cbnPNAWmui4YsszD44uhrcEfDDYleM1fbH6Tb7ctre9ya3Y0j7ph2iPxEMas-0fOT-D5DZ9sAMVGBx6OFa4NCCGMblw5aOb7yOrBKZ5BNY-AyMpSHcEGE/s3072/IMG_5004.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3072" data-original-width="2304" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0rdfwfgSfaZQFeW5hyNY1lsvt__vCfIk87tWXV4Gu06CZs9smB0QW8moGHORS499cbnPNAWmui4YsszD44uhrcEfDDYleM1fbH6Tb7ctre9ya3Y0j7ph2iPxEMas-0fOT-D5DZ9sAMVGBx6OFa4NCCGMblw5aOb7yOrBKZ5BNY-AyMpSHcEGE/s320/IMG_5004.JPG" width="240" /></a><br /><div><br /></div><div>Chickaloon logging operations with Jon Cobb...<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFpkZ-Zqq9GUNhNPaxK05tbXrLte3t2JX0zhhAE3SQkYKA3S3nVHezQZ7WSsEPlkun6GPhBIx_2YKaivNVUj0w3b8JFTjwNpyznIzJEk7rhBf3JOfEnd79UswN0jnPHcLbeERo/s1600-h/logging.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5264562703154760498" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFpkZ-Zqq9GUNhNPaxK05tbXrLte3t2JX0zhhAE3SQkYKA3S3nVHezQZ7WSsEPlkun6GPhBIx_2YKaivNVUj0w3b8JFTjwNpyznIzJEk7rhBf3JOfEnd79UswN0jnPHcLbeERo/s400/logging.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 311px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /></a><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><br />Ryanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04086136601580344103noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15761831.post-21797104815441752782008-09-01T11:40:00.003-08:002010-04-07T13:31:29.656-08:00Arrigetch Climbing<div style="text-align: left;">Sam Johnson and I spent the second half of August in the Arrigetch Peaks. After some rain the first couple days, it was perfectly sunny and warm for the remaining 10 days. We flew in from Bettles via a vintage Beaver on floats, landing on Circle Lake pictured below. It's actualy more J-shaped. Our pilot Scotty from Brooks Range Aviation nailed the landing. <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizmFD8UHYToqSbXCn0TaXnztZa8SjIGkhGEncNKvO2ALCdAKqcUC310VcA-hOJWGHoBWi8wNK1StuEtfoGs1cOqWWEyfl3afQNCAzhUw0n1PSUH9fot5RwETKBSBN0ciyerv7h/s1600-h/circlelake.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizmFD8UHYToqSbXCn0TaXnztZa8SjIGkhGEncNKvO2ALCdAKqcUC310VcA-hOJWGHoBWi8wNK1StuEtfoGs1cOqWWEyfl3afQNCAzhUw0n1PSUH9fot5RwETKBSBN0ciyerv7h/s400/circlelake.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5247079722019528338" border="0" /></a> Below is Sam on one of our reconnisance hikes. We climbed the striking sun/shade ridge in the backround, to the left of Sam. The formation is known as West Maiden, and the ridge is the North Ridge (5.9, ca.3000', grade V) first climbed by Bob Dugan and John Markel in 1982.<br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcm97dVvsM-lrbOjZJMi248sgkz0giXFGmsJFWUuRmfuFNkmNQ8JStzneghNgjqOj3msVe4qxlO3kcWa_8tfRH5-0CIdknBZSxBSPV73wbwWSOi0dXt0lxUioIissdo7s3T_D0/s1600-h/sammy.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcm97dVvsM-lrbOjZJMi248sgkz0giXFGmsJFWUuRmfuFNkmNQ8JStzneghNgjqOj3msVe4qxlO3kcWa_8tfRH5-0CIdknBZSxBSPV73wbwWSOi0dXt0lxUioIissdo7s3T_D0/s400/sammy.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5247079724255600242" border="0" /></a>Camp 1, on the hike in...<br /><div style="text-align: left;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_2UO2B9NdlLs/SNFfNixD7UI/AAAAAAAAAQw/MfC6s3cbc1A/s1600-h/camp1.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_2UO2B9NdlLs/SNFfNixD7UI/AAAAAAAAAQw/MfC6s3cbc1A/s400/camp1.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5247079727138860354" border="0" /></a>Below the North side of the Maidens...the route being the prominent sun/shade ridge...<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirjI3JU9NkMzEyn6qAJoJwI_igo7BNvHXmyRHXB9C7Ss3Eutj3kF1cNgh9nWR4WaPaHh36N4r7ZY7OGtc7j7uNPCgGjrm3rjXbZNiegXvrbW7XTW3IY2hyMHA0HBoRHkLx4ddR/s1600-h/maidens.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirjI3JU9NkMzEyn6qAJoJwI_igo7BNvHXmyRHXB9C7Ss3Eutj3kF1cNgh9nWR4WaPaHh36N4r7ZY7OGtc7j7uNPCgGjrm3rjXbZNiegXvrbW7XTW3IY2hyMHA0HBoRHkLx4ddR/s400/maidens.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5247079344471318610" border="0" /></a>After warming up on the N. Maiden, we turned our sights to Caliban, picured below. We were intrigued by the East ridge, which makes up the right skyline in the photo below. Our route was previously unclimbed, and involved 16 pitches and 4 rappels.<br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhprmKjRPBn_Aw1vx4hNMri4dfThkeMzA5jKQnW95MCs0GOPLRIIM1Kq1fUwCrrtPBK416S4StIjNhbFxwCbXW2d9TBdrbKure_YbItBVy3HlHUrtx0lGYbsoS_AhN-OTLfXhwd/s1600-h/caliban.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhprmKjRPBn_Aw1vx4hNMri4dfThkeMzA5jKQnW95MCs0GOPLRIIM1Kq1fUwCrrtPBK416S4StIjNhbFxwCbXW2d9TBdrbKure_YbItBVy3HlHUrtx0lGYbsoS_AhN-OTLfXhwd/s400/caliban.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5247079339955340562" border="0" /></a>Below is Sam, starting up the 4th pitch of our route. We were forced to engineer our way around 2 of the towers in the backround, and climbed up and over the other two. It was a great route, and has excellent position as Caliban is the highest peak in the Arrigetch. Amazing granite, too!<br />We ended up calling our route Pillar Arete 5.10, grade V, 16 pitches and 4 rappels on route.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_2UO2B9NdlLs/SNFocML2LJI/AAAAAAAAAQ4/NLbc9yAEr_s/s1600-h/calibantowers.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_2UO2B9NdlLs/SNFocML2LJI/AAAAAAAAAQ4/NLbc9yAEr_s/s400/calibantowers.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5247089874379877522" border="0" /></a>Ryanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04086136601580344103noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15761831.post-30166129151645886912008-08-17T11:20:00.000-08:002024-01-18T17:53:12.733-09:00Anaktuvuk Pass to the Detrich River<div style="text-align: left;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_2UO2B9NdlLs/SNFZLyYdOgI/AAAAAAAAAP4/mnna4Gsvt4A/s1600-h/me.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span></a>Sally and I did a trip in early August, hiking from Anaktuvuk Pass to the Dalton Highway, in the Brooks Range. It was awesome...we covered about 60 miles in 6 relatively casual days, then hitch hiked down down the Dalton to Fairbanks. Below are some photos:<br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXd8zBe2SWHfmJU_IRyXw4mmD_1N90loLCOTJ2HzV5BDdKbxmySdMC26JMFFNgbv2DRt8_kw1DkbQIOAjeQLXkhH7GcZHg_1tP-j2m4KaXqzsQ838MFadfAb0HZHkfWJZJZCbT/s1600-h/snow.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5247073100688370914" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXd8zBe2SWHfmJU_IRyXw4mmD_1N90loLCOTJ2HzV5BDdKbxmySdMC26JMFFNgbv2DRt8_kw1DkbQIOAjeQLXkhH7GcZHg_1tP-j2m4KaXqzsQ838MFadfAb0HZHkfWJZJZCbT/s400/snow.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;" /></a>Below is the village of Anaktuvuk Pass, where we started. It's a subsistence community of about 300 people, mostly Alaska Natives. It's located on the continental divide, about 110 miles north of the arctic circle and is fortunate to have daily air service from Fairbanks.<br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_2UO2B9NdlLs/SNFY85HRzqI/AAAAAAAAAPg/soPk2PB0SZg/s1600-h/anaktuvukpass.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5247072844010081954" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_2UO2B9NdlLs/SNFY85HRzqI/AAAAAAAAAPg/soPk2PB0SZg/s400/anaktuvukpass.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;" /></a>Peregrine Pass and Grizzly Creek<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0kRpWHi9RRudn0EEZ0c0knChLxqNLIc5yC-FTRbCbKo8Arr6oy8zYvTct-Paw5DbWWMYtnvxFu3qZYLoWqFeTgUOiMuXg77kDGcKYhiIxWV5LLNZgSycO4JoD5kn0ltNEf4uE/s1600-h/pass.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5247072844731957362" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0kRpWHi9RRudn0EEZ0c0knChLxqNLIc5yC-FTRbCbKo8Arr6oy8zYvTct-Paw5DbWWMYtnvxFu3qZYLoWqFeTgUOiMuXg77kDGcKYhiIxWV5LLNZgSycO4JoD5kn0ltNEf4uE/s400/pass.JPG" style="cursor: pointer; 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We went out 2 days, and got 11 halibut and 3 king salmon...which amounted to 80lbs of king salmon and 90lbs of halibut between the 3 of us. We'll be eating lots of wild Alaska fish this winter. Below is Barry's boat, with our kings in it.<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTseu5-qAG38U7UMTjft0TII_1LEkEXuGkx38yibDfIV2Ti_54T8H3HecJCi1-UAU9lOfPSYdv1HbEI57b246FR76NMNjJs9C-JAh5Y4VSlOcQpLd7uCEsgJ0Y7ewmOjmWqRDz/s1600-h/barrysboat.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTseu5-qAG38U7UMTjft0TII_1LEkEXuGkx38yibDfIV2Ti_54T8H3HecJCi1-UAU9lOfPSYdv1HbEI57b246FR76NMNjJs9C-JAh5Y4VSlOcQpLd7uCEsgJ0Y7ewmOjmWqRDz/s400/barrysboat.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5223466948711699458" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Sally and her 55lb king salmon<br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_2UO2B9NdlLs/SH17qqI_acI/AAAAAAAAAPI/zjM2knxmFuY/s1600-h/sallyandherking.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_2UO2B9NdlLs/SH17qqI_acI/AAAAAAAAAPI/zjM2knxmFuY/s400/sallyandherking.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5223467115616364994" border="0" /></a>Whiskey gulch beach scene...<br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_2UO2B9NdlLs/SH17hN4ENZI/AAAAAAAAAOw/3Kr875PrLw4/s1600-h/beachscene.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_2UO2B9NdlLs/SH17hN4ENZI/AAAAAAAAAOw/3Kr875PrLw4/s400/beachscene.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5223466953410360722" border="0" /></a>Sally and Barry with Barry's king...<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKEhzPVHhseMOgdL-Qr-5fPpIofuQfmXKMJubLAnKmBdexTK21X7nYwaLipAM1ja9EHZF3Ev9_WAdmRpMuKl2N-38ycsBDYCabtdsG60DzcXKYbTtfH87DEwduFvrq97jgngKw/s1600-h/catchingaking.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKEhzPVHhseMOgdL-Qr-5fPpIofuQfmXKMJubLAnKmBdexTK21X7nYwaLipAM1ja9EHZF3Ev9_WAdmRpMuKl2N-38ycsBDYCabtdsG60DzcXKYbTtfH87DEwduFvrq97jgngKw/s400/catchingaking.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5223466949738333122" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4pOAPvkTRbv-zSMexxUQ9znqjAZj9TL3tcEZDSNOazChBTnViJzQxr67KGVT7M-N9V6POo5nf3EhGblZRehCg3_n2LZz0gM2x5cLNnseQmfs6QhyxI_uvllQBEaaNrb2R1am9/s1600-h/onlookers.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4pOAPvkTRbv-zSMexxUQ9znqjAZj9TL3tcEZDSNOazChBTnViJzQxr67KGVT7M-N9V6POo5nf3EhGblZRehCg3_n2LZz0gM2x5cLNnseQmfs6QhyxI_uvllQBEaaNrb2R1am9/s400/onlookers.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5223473778920164290" border="0" /></a>Ryanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04086136601580344103noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15761831.post-73321220431166238552008-06-20T05:43:00.001-08:002012-04-21T07:22:23.986-08:00Denali SkiingThis June my friend Patrick Knoll from Missoula came for a visit, and we spent 17 days skiing on Denali. Although the conditions were not particularly conducive to skiing, we had a great trip and did find some good snow. Below is the Talkeetna Air Taxi otter at base camp.<br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLkplQbJXEHDOM-w2fY_gVnDwd88cm37G54j70gnFojJW4GW2uP1ACYRgbdG4NbpHUB2I0aa68Ul62imaJAfnf968eR8PLdUns9RAkFYPCxbebO_-IzK8XyPa_0aeVoXqR-31m/s1600-h/IMG_0113.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5219532079039077154" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLkplQbJXEHDOM-w2fY_gVnDwd88cm37G54j70gnFojJW4GW2uP1ACYRgbdG4NbpHUB2I0aa68Ul62imaJAfnf968eR8PLdUns9RAkFYPCxbebO_-IzK8XyPa_0aeVoXqR-31m/s320/IMG_0113.JPG" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;" /></a>A pilot's eye view of base camp on the Kahiltna.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZkTMuTGD68sqYT3tAyBLZZQizCX0sz1mSkwv03JeN87eZDlPuDYMlohWvWeUP3xsW0Ggau0JyEnvl0YM8S-N-D-GpyU2tx6URc54wV7OcxeK65WOuBD4ZyAQP54UULDnd8J9o/s1600-h/IMG_0106.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5219532089286051474" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZkTMuTGD68sqYT3tAyBLZZQizCX0sz1mSkwv03JeN87eZDlPuDYMlohWvWeUP3xsW0Ggau0JyEnvl0YM8S-N-D-GpyU2tx6URc54wV7OcxeK65WOuBD4ZyAQP54UULDnd8J9o/s320/IMG_0106.JPG" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;" /></a>On an acclamation day, we got to the 17K' camp and Patrick was feeling the altitude. He stayed there and helped the NPS rangers do some work, while I couldn't resist climbing and skiing the North Summit via the Black Rock Couloir. Below is a photo Patrick took of me climbing up.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSLMtyp2J2x9JidgMwDaxmLdDb9HHKqJ-4AD_hQI2nNpPjRuXmGbdbF3WJTtVLBdVDB_aTyXjChDzgkNWh8OeQnlsYyaJcVvRrHL7Bq-jf6A6O7jtArWHSjH2gkseMcPdczDz1/s1600-h/IMG_0210.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5219532210754655730" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSLMtyp2J2x9JidgMwDaxmLdDb9HHKqJ-4AD_hQI2nNpPjRuXmGbdbF3WJTtVLBdVDB_aTyXjChDzgkNWh8OeQnlsYyaJcVvRrHL7Bq-jf6A6O7jtArWHSjH2gkseMcPdczDz1/s400/IMG_0210.JPG" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;" /></a>My view from the top of the North Summit...pretty much a perfect day.<br />
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A self portrait just before skiing the Black Rock. After that I skied the Rescue Gully down to camp.<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioIP3nMgv_4bU429dcey17jaUv4m7VlAv1N0pu0nwyz2T6fE50S4JzreuEdUSDNPe3lBSPFxQu8TLzEB-GZB-1aLgSORbaRrly6LFtsa94XQni2WAxX0IxB9ouvFQ8llrpjs86/s1600-h/IMG_4793.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5219531626746828002" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioIP3nMgv_4bU429dcey17jaUv4m7VlAv1N0pu0nwyz2T6fE50S4JzreuEdUSDNPe3lBSPFxQu8TLzEB-GZB-1aLgSORbaRrly6LFtsa94XQni2WAxX0IxB9ouvFQ8llrpjs86/s320/IMG_4793.JPG" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;" /></a>Looking down the Black Rock with my tracks. Notice also Mt. Foraker in the distance and the 17K' camp below. <br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2e-PYHC7WiBmeiJkQOlAV1ATH8ODigdwBpRLn8C3C6xzWbSzK8U-apF5MqtnQZhslghbnv6CDK2vpzK42TXb7eKkxDZkOhb2ykkOwO7u3QJeJRjuDHjTXxIMDLPdpOkyc-1J5/s1600-h/IMG_4791.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5219531634094348834" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2e-PYHC7WiBmeiJkQOlAV1ATH8ODigdwBpRLn8C3C6xzWbSzK8U-apF5MqtnQZhslghbnv6CDK2vpzK42TXb7eKkxDZkOhb2ykkOwO7u3QJeJRjuDHjTXxIMDLPdpOkyc-1J5/s320/IMG_4791.JPG" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;" /></a><br />
Our summit day dawned stormy at 14K' camp, but we decided to go out for a ski, and check out conditions on the Orient Express. There was a lot of blue ice everywhere, but less in the Orient. Thinking we'd 'just go up a little further', Patrick left his skis at around 16,000' at some blue ice. When we got to about 18K', we popped out of the clouds and in to the sun. We couldn't help but want to go tag the top. Unfortunately, by the time we got to the summit ridge, we were in full storm conditions. Unable to see even our feet, and clinging to the ridge in over 60mph winds, we went as far as we could, then turned around....probably 400 or 500 linear feet out the summit ridge. We may have been on the summit, but could only see a few feet, so we'll never know. It was kinda disappointing in a way, but clearly a good decision since any error there would have been very dire. I was glad I way-pointed our topout spot on the Orient with the GPS, route finding back across the football field in the poor visibility would have been tough and things were beginning to feel serious...but it all worked out. Since I had brought my skis all the way up there, I decided to ski from the Football Field, at around 19,500'. The Orient was very firm neve snow with a little blue ice, but still skiable...barely. Below is me on the way up.<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_2UO2B9NdlLs/SG9_Z1OIQNI/AAAAAAAAANg/gZ8HYzGz6t0/s1600-h/IMG_0252.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5219530574905491666" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_2UO2B9NdlLs/SG9_Z1OIQNI/AAAAAAAAANg/gZ8HYzGz6t0/s320/IMG_0252.JPG" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;" /></a>And Patrick at a rest stop on the way up the Orient. Thanks to Patrick, Alaska Mountaineering School and the NPS for the great trip.<br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAAL5KFaN3Qc85UxdrnsRkCuviVni67GkCeYkJCCAAS8XiYd62t9G0FmoB8_XC7NDrvMcnDpXaWyqKPjxQq5ce1-Gf4P2J6WhlHwWkoAJvvu9h77Lq7wTcnC2fzPuyDw3Z7Ax6/s1600-h/IMG_4799.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5219530573633368082" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAAL5KFaN3Qc85UxdrnsRkCuviVni67GkCeYkJCCAAS8XiYd62t9G0FmoB8_XC7NDrvMcnDpXaWyqKPjxQq5ce1-Gf4P2J6WhlHwWkoAJvvu9h77Lq7wTcnC2fzPuyDw3Z7Ax6/s320/IMG_4799.JPG" style="display: block; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;" /></a>Ryanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04086136601580344103noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15761831.post-44133551613174625262008-05-14T09:32:00.005-08:002024-01-19T20:30:30.071-09:00Eklutna Traverse<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwsHen9rOxTh-Lyaac4nIE40EhIVwe2nrj_UjUx8cs1Pn5hNNGG981CovmSylHNZHW5vDZns2p77U7s8SYr7JLtDYA04oI8lShzfnM8xkGQQW76A3m2Ii5lWkjnFutGCjxkzUW/s1600-h/IMG_4686.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5200287822714310914" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwsHen9rOxTh-Lyaac4nIE40EhIVwe2nrj_UjUx8cs1Pn5hNNGG981CovmSylHNZHW5vDZns2p77U7s8SYr7JLtDYA04oI8lShzfnM8xkGQQW76A3m2Ii5lWkjnFutGCjxkzUW/s320/IMG_4686.JPG" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;" /></a><br />My girlfriend Sally and I did the Eklutna traverse the other day, in a single 18 hour push from Crow Creek to Eklutna. The weather was tolerable, but certainly not clear. We had a great time, and moved fast. Here she is late at night, on the Whiteout Glacier.Ryanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04086136601580344103noreply@blogger.com