Our crew endured some serious weather in our month on the ice. Down days were not that hard. We had blower powder right out our door . A combination of chess, cards, books, snow-caves, journals, and storm riding kept us busy. In many ways it was easier to be in the mountains and not town [...]
Archives for May, 2009
Ak_Deeper, Down Days
AK-Deeper, A Big One Goes Down
Ticked a big one of today. It was the North West Face of the biggest peak in the area and has been on my mind since first seeing it 12 days ago. The face was clearly holding the best snow in the area and was one of the few spined up faces we have seen [...]