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 [...]
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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 [...]
AK-Deeper, “Mission Accomplished”
We are finally out of the mountains after 27 days camped on the ice. It was the most incredible experience of my. The challenges were large but the rewards were larger. In 20 years of snowboarding I have never felt highs like I felt on this trip.
The trip was an experiment with a lot of [...]
Alaska: Lost Below the Ice
Day 2. The wind came up after one run today and forced us out of the mountains. On the way back to camp I got the the group to stop by the edge of the glacier to go crawl around some ice. The health of the planet seems to revolve around the health of the [...]
Alaska with Laird Hamilton and Dave Kalama
Day 1. “Laird wants to know if you want to come spend the week in the Tordrillo’s Heli Boarding with us,” was the message left on my phone by his lifetime tow-surf partner Dave Kalama. Saying yes was one of the easier decisions I have had all winter. First off, Laird has always been a [...]