https://www.natexploring.com/gear daily 0.75 2020-09-09 https://www.natexploring.com/gear/my-gear-for-alpine-c2c-missions monthly 0.5 2020-09-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f18b6ca51decc60cf5d426f/1599426333365-WVG6ZFW7HYG1E73364RB/PSX_20200903_091933.jpg Gear - My Gear for Alpine C2C Missions https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f18b6ca51decc60cf5d426f/1599426451971-AF0QN9DE6YUYF05BSYW2/PSX_20200903_094820.jpg Gear - My Gear for Alpine C2C Missions https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f18b6ca51decc60cf5d426f/1599430613322-Q26SKBTNJBZ7KI0AMOW0/PSX_20200906_125117-01.jpeg Gear - My Gear for Alpine C2C Missions The reason we do those long approaches and bushwhacks https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f18b6ca51decc60cf5d426f/1599427072580-L7M7FRFFJSLIQ13I15MH/PSX_20200906_094903.jpg Gear - My Gear for Alpine C2C Missions https://www.natexploring.com/gear/beal-ghost-harness-review monthly 0.5 2020-07-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f18b6ca51decc60cf5d426f/1595461599159-JWA34NJNGN9BS7GCMP4X/IMG_20200614_173147.jpg Gear - Beal Ghost Harness Taking the Ghost out for a spin on 18 pitches of pure fun sport climbing overlooking Mazama, WA on the 1800’ route called Fly Boys https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f18b6ca51decc60cf5d426f/1595461659357-3XHVZ32TLEU55IXW00KP/AirBrush_20200721141457-01.jpeg Gear - Beal Ghost Harness https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f18b6ca51decc60cf5d426f/1595461325089-MDWD0V72RBKCB1OHN3RV/image-asset.jpeg Gear - Beal Ghost Harness Big pack, perfect harness. You want to make sure the gear loops of a harness aren’t bulky or else they’ll rub and cause unpleasant rashes/blistering. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f18b6ca51decc60cf5d426f/1595461818506-OJ4US3RGNNM914A3DROU/american.jpg Gear - Beal Ghost Harness - You can now for a limited time only get the Ghost in a white, red and blue design featuring the American flag. Note the back gear loop construction and lightweight dyneema attachment points, ensuring this harness is as strong as it is lightweight. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f18b6ca51decc60cf5d426f/1595461076813-AVNZPAB6E8JQD1JSW66A/IMG_20200623_130201-01-01.jpeg Gear - Beal Ghost Harness My typical pack for a long day in the alpine. Weight is always a concern since the small things add up, so I always grab the Ghost Harness to save weight while maintaining functionality. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f18b6ca51decc60cf5d426f/1595461392105-GXIXL3O4497NJKS0D4S4/IMG_4563+2.jpg Gear - Beal Ghost Harness I sized up to a Medium over a Small to fit both heavy-duty goretex and a base layer on the legs. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f18b6ca51decc60cf5d426f/1595460968930-U415M5Z8X43TPKNQ46M2/PSX_20200620_091414-01.jpeg Gear - Beal Ghost Harness For long days in the mountains where you want to forget you’re wearing a harness https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f18b6ca51decc60cf5d426f/1595461194164-HXB4KUPRFXDM3I09UNSL/IMG_9194-01.jpeg Gear - Beal Ghost Harness Transitioning from ice climbing up a snow gully to tackling the 13 rock pitches ahead with a double rack. 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Doesn’t this make you want to learn how to aid climb? https://www.natexploring.com/washington/kautz-route-mt-rainier monthly 0.5 2020-07-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f18b6ca51decc60cf5d426f/1595800747872-WCYE03ZX3FVAJGFTAJGN/IMG_0055_2_exported_0_1595783046177.jpg Washington - Kautz Route - Mt Rainier You know what time is? 7:30pm, also known as alpine bedtime. Using my rope as a pillow and my stuffed puffy as a cuddle toy https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f18b6ca51decc60cf5d426f/1595799252191-IS4ZNXDN8MMR9CD0ITAC/IMG_20200725_070439.jpg Washington - Kautz Route - Mt Rainier I linked together all the ice until it was walkable with no tools. I think it was about 90m of climbing since we simul-ed the first 30m. Placed 2 screws along the way and felt fine with that since the ice was super mellow (albeit a bit dinner-platey) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f18b6ca51decc60cf5d426f/1595800366332-9MZH1EQ5UUPIP49EY20G/image-asset.jpeg Washington - Kautz Route - Mt Rainier We ran into Porter McMichael (a guide on Rainier for IMG ) on our way down at Muir and he suggested we catch up over pizza and burgers. YES. No better way to end two days in the mountains. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f18b6ca51decc60cf5d426f/1595797094318-6Y960TKK7BVQYH37SCIG/VID_20200724_093336_exported_3584_1595782040260.jpg Washington - Kautz Route - Mt Rainier The first 4500’ vertical feet looked like this. It felt like we were climbing a never-ending snow slope with surprise crevasses that would sneak up on us (not hard since we could barely see 10 feet in front of us). Being able to read a topo map was essential for navigation and we got to the base of The Fan no issues. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f18b6ca51decc60cf5d426f/1595798304154-UFO7V2W3NLETVB4UUCDM/IMG_20200725_051508-01.jpg Washington - Kautz Route - Mt Rainier https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f18b6ca51decc60cf5d426f/1595799187149-7S9P8HI0BT92UXG4W20W/IMG_20200725_054928.jpg Washington - Kautz Route - Mt Rainier Rainier’s shadow at dawn with St. Helens off to the left https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f18b6ca51decc60cf5d426f/1595797785662-R5RQ88K9835PO6W8EHCZ/IMG_0019.jpg Washington - Kautz Route - Mt Rainier No more ping-ponging through clouds. That’s cause to celebrate https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f18b6ca51decc60cf5d426f/1595800325252-8ENYCY6CAPKF9TOS4G2Z/VID_20200725_173505_exported_3946_1595782901022.jpg Washington - Kautz Route - Mt Rainier Back at the parking lot with enough food and fuel to have lasted us another 2 or 3 days on the mountain (no, really. I had two giant sandwiches, 8 bars, 1 cup-o-noodle and a full ziplock of granola left over). But altitude made everything unappealing until we got back to the car. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f18b6ca51decc60cf5d426f/1595797589217-E2FHI7QMR2IPXJCFAFNC/PSX_20200726_094141.jpg Washington - Kautz Route - Mt Rainier https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f18b6ca51decc60cf5d426f/1595799786960-APKYMKVFWN1RTAF9ARQ2/IMG_0074.jpg Washington - Kautz Route - Mt Rainier Above the ice. Now a long 2000’ snow slog to get up and over. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f18b6ca51decc60cf5d426f/1595797920931-O4G7UOSTMFP5YROZCFUE/01.jpg Washington - Kautz Route - Mt Rainier Drinking a 30cal packet of miso soup and standing on clouds with views of Mt. Adams https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f18b6ca51decc60cf5d426f/1595798826698-1UM54OEZL2IS27FELPL3/IMG_0062%7E2_exported_10507_1595769801036-01.jpg Washington - Kautz Route - Mt Rainier https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f18b6ca51decc60cf5d426f/1595799940641-88M3CYLHF0FIP0QYB9WM/IMG_20200725_093521.jpg Washington - Kautz Route - Mt Rainier Crevasses that could swallow a semi-truck. These behemoths we had to traverse many hundreds of feet to find a snowbridge crossing https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f18b6ca51decc60cf5d426f/1595798106086-B7WK0OGQLK5W3EYB5G1V/VID_20200725_040637_exported_7381_1595781998234.jpg Washington - Kautz Route - Mt Rainier 7 hours later the alarm woke us up at 4am. Sleep did miracles for me. I woke up fresh, having actually slept (which never usually happens for me at altitude), and interested in some food. So I made the cup-o-noodle that was supposed to be half of my dinner the night before. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f18b6ca51decc60cf5d426f/1595800080446-Z041I0EC05OMENIGOENH/IMG_20200725_122635.jpg Washington - Kautz Route - Mt Rainier Seracs on the DC descent route https://www.natexploring.com/washington/north-ridge-baker-tr monthly 0.5 2020-07-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f18b6ca51decc60cf5d426f/1595531347082-56NTQMWINQUTLU9J0K7A/IMG_20200719_030748.jpg Washington - North Ridge Mt. Baker https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f18b6ca51decc60cf5d426f/1595531659098-US2O2JO1OXG2WOJX65WQ/IMG_20200719_062402.jpg Washington - North Ridge Mt. Baker Hitting the morning sun rays after some tricky crevasse meandering. Soon we were on the approach to the crux of the route (the part I was most excited for): the ice headwall. Kinda Games of Thrones-looking. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f18b6ca51decc60cf5d426f/1595531830761-SSQSTUR3LQYKDLWKSBY7/01EDVK4Q49N5S5XGC8JHBAQ13H.jpg Washington - North Ridge Mt. Baker Got my hips as far in as possible to keep my skis and pack from pulling me off. Went up and over the overhang without a hitch and the climbing was stellar. Gotta love glacier ice. Worth the thousands of feet of elevation gain and crevasse slogging. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f18b6ca51decc60cf5d426f/1595532682407-L6FOZ37QQXXC5XKU4UAU/1400600F-74D1-4B97-BB9F-82467F050291_1_201_a.jpeg Washington - North Ridge Mt. Baker Definitely a no-fall zone https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f18b6ca51decc60cf5d426f/1595533361097-U32JK0QBNFETCB3KDXJC/IMG_7350.jpg Washington - North Ridge Mt. Baker Back at camp. Quick break, pack up, ski to where the snow ends, throw the skis back on the packs and run down the trail to some beers and water. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f18b6ca51decc60cf5d426f/1595491145651-KBBMBFS8U892ZO6T6JIG/PSX_20200722_075600-01.jpeg Washington - North Ridge Mt. Baker https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f18b6ca51decc60cf5d426f/1595490730817-CLUSJEM4BKLTG0SI2K9J/PSX_20200720_212239-01+%281%29.jpeg Washington - North Ridge Mt. Baker - The Plan Three friends , t wo days, o ne pitch of ice https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f18b6ca51decc60cf5d426f/1595531521203-BOAP762GMHQWJN5TRGH7/IMG_20200719_045449.jpg Washington - North Ridge Mt. Baker Blurry alpenglow morning shots as we descended and then navigated onto the route (how I usually feel at 4am). Some pretty large crevasses to get over across the main drag https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f18b6ca51decc60cf5d426f/1595532257202-RUBR5WLGHWBBEE7CEFCO/IMG_7410+%281%29.jpg Washington - North Ridge Mt. Baker Note to self: when climbing an overhang with skis on your back, figure out a way to do a diagonal carry, because the tips kept hitting the ice anytime I so much as thought about looking down to find good feet. Live and learn. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f18b6ca51decc60cf5d426f/1595532519919-JNW9PAJN1CCX5KMWAM62/IMG_20200719_093131.jpg Washington - North Ridge Mt. Baker It’s not like this is a bad anchor, but it’s not like this snice is very good either. It held and was solid when my partners weighted the rope, I’m just used to my pure blue waterfall ice. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f18b6ca51decc60cf5d426f/1595533432368-Z0QIBY3UNS4C528Q6PCC/image-asset.jpeg Washington - North Ridge Mt. Baker Why does the pack always feel and look bigger on the way down? It’s a mystery of the universe. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f18b6ca51decc60cf5d426f/1595533194659-EAKBTN0K6BDTO323FBAD/F9F9FC86-7CBC-40C5-B743-AE01A4341954-01+%281%29.jpeg Washington - North Ridge Mt. Baker https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f18b6ca51decc60cf5d426f/1595529296438-1R1ZVLVF5PF3IDGS3PQK/6B197801-B6D6-4030-AFD5-25F40F2299BF_1_201_a.jpeg Washington - North Ridge Mt. Baker Small humans, big packs https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f18b6ca51decc60cf5d426f/1595533470370-F9BBHGZ9QKT4G5HFGRWU/IMG_7459.jpg Washington - North Ridge Mt. 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Classic PNW https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f18b6ca51decc60cf5d426f/1595530607335-Q535R3EYHC6GN8UC0IPT/IMG_20200718_204240.jpg Washington - North Ridge Mt. Baker - Bivy bag life I lost my blow-up sleeping pad somewhere, so for this bivy I used a foam z-rest, a Mountain Hardwear Phantom Alpine 30F sleeping bag and my down belay puffy. Stayed warm all night and even slept through a couple of the groups making noise at midnight and 1am for the Coleman-Deming ascent. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f18b6ca51decc60cf5d426f/1595530291410-8IVT1M5Y5VPPH2PHOUS6/733E6A4C-8732-48EE-8B4F-29899D183BEB_1_201_a.jpeg Washington - North Ridge Mt. Baker - We made high camp with plenty of time to spare to do a few crevasse rescue refreshers, drink tea, eat ramen and relax. We brought two tents and a bivy bag for the 3 of us (guess who had the bivy bag and was envious of the other two…). Melting snow, eating food, laughing about life https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f18b6ca51decc60cf5d426f/1595532988387-DVACW6BEG6CELG7FF631/F1E94A64-C1A3-432A-9281-15F59C248503.jpg Washington - North Ridge Mt. Baker “Can I take the bunny slope guys?” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f18b6ca51decc60cf5d426f/1595533625786-39LGZ1PJ9LGW6LREKI02/IMG_20200719_125952.jpg Washington - North Ridge Mt. Baker https://www.natexploring.com/washington/west-ridge-prusik-peak-c2c monthly 0.5 2020-08-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f18b6ca51decc60cf5d426f/1596386096751-YP6RAN9M3NAKYEBJKRQ4/IMG_1433.jpg Washington - West Ridge - Prusik Peak - C2C https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f18b6ca51decc60cf5d426f/1596385670209-1P6ZFLKXVBAXNXDIVIDT/IMG_20200621_125233.jpg Washington - West Ridge - Prusik Peak - C2C Snow was soft on the approaches and we only brought trail runners, which made our packs weigh little and our feet feel light. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f18b6ca51decc60cf5d426f/1596385577540-1EN7AP8AV4470O5DN6JB/IMG_1686.jpg Washington - West Ridge - Prusik Peak - C2C Questineering up the first couple pitches. I linked a lot of them/simul-ed and I think we ended up doing the whole thing in 3 pitches? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f18b6ca51decc60cf5d426f/1596385768503-BPNRQJJ56A8Y0KVK85GO/IMG_0568.jpg Washington - West Ridge - Prusik Peak - C2C A pitch of some real climbing. Could’ve probably brought 3 cams instead of 7 and gotten away with it to be honest. 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Time to fly home to dry socks, burgers and beer. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f18b6ca51decc60cf5d426f/1598382843082-D6UKTJL9Y4P51BSMWJH6/IMG_4512-01-01.jpg Alaska - Arrigetch Peaks Climbing - Brooks Range https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f18b6ca51decc60cf5d426f/1598385812387-WUUTX1V59MKDVYKO4M3U/PSX_20200819_091102.jpg Alaska - Arrigetch Peaks Climbing - Brooks Range https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f18b6ca51decc60cf5d426f/1598382911290-6JUI2ID0SWELPFRZH3CA/arrigetch+peaks.jpg Alaska - Arrigetch Peaks Climbing - Brooks Range The Arrigetch Peaks are located in the Far North of the Brooks Range and require two bush plane charters to access since the nearest road is hundreds of miles away https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f18b6ca51decc60cf5d426f/1598383280722-PAGAJBJPS0J31DTUSE4T/PSX_20200824_114351.jpg Alaska - Arrigetch Peaks Climbing - Brooks Range https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f18b6ca51decc60cf5d426f/1598383868453-R8VELIIGIIGCI3LWRC4L/PSX_20200819_093440.jpg Alaska - Arrigetch Peaks Climbing - Brooks Range Landing on the oxbow lake, our dropoff location from where we would need to bushwhack up a drainage swamp to get into the granite spires https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f18b6ca51decc60cf5d426f/1598389788354-CRW2RF2T42FAKTDG1Z9L/IMG_20200809_113837.jpg Alaska - Arrigetch Peaks Climbing - Brooks Range https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f18b6ca51decc60cf5d426f/1598384869878-5EGN0IJUEB3LDH93OIDU/IMG_20200812_135916-01.jpg Alaska - Arrigetch Peaks Climbing - Brooks Range https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f18b6ca51decc60cf5d426f/1598384934601-A934GJMJIRJMZ7M9M1ZW/IMG_4328-01.jpg Alaska - Arrigetch Peaks Climbing - Brooks Range Racking up at camp for the next day’s adventure https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f18b6ca51decc60cf5d426f/1598386533216-YPSYS9NI89ECTZQ7XJFO/IMG_4873-01.jpg Alaska - Arrigetch Peaks Climbing - Brooks Range https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f18b6ca51decc60cf5d426f/1598386143528-LI7NANGS4IMK0OYQ5V61/PSX_20200818_155921-01.jpg Alaska - Arrigetch Peaks Climbing - Brooks Range https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f18b6ca51decc60cf5d426f/1598389353484-8F13Q0ZVGV2YGA73XUMD/IMG_4754-01-01.jpg Alaska - Arrigetch Peaks Climbing - Brooks Range https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f18b6ca51decc60cf5d426f/1598386051270-RZYVGT09TM8W4H7P9R0Q/IMG_4463-01.jpg Alaska - Arrigetch Peaks Climbing - Brooks Range https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f18b6ca51decc60cf5d426f/1598386208509-F12ARLRLHBL73JX31RI8/PSX_20200819_092546.jpg Alaska - Arrigetch Peaks Climbing - Brooks Range The bushwhacking took its toll on our legs. The branches would whip our shins and poke our backs. Wearing glasses was a necessity to make sure our eyes weren’t poked out by branches. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f18b6ca51decc60cf5d426f/1598384716770-3AYIM4V98Q4XSLWKQGW0/PSX_20200818_164327.jpg Alaska - Arrigetch Peaks Climbing - Brooks Range https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f18b6ca51decc60cf5d426f/1598388003860-8Q0N4JMHNFKCFT4K3Q1Y/IMG_4300-01-01.jpg Alaska - Arrigetch Peaks Climbing - Brooks Range We rarely carried water and instead opted to use AJ’s cup whenever we’d pass a stream to quickly rehydrate. Quick, light and efficient! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f18b6ca51decc60cf5d426f/1598386302777-SD1N04IUKFSJYLLE5EEH/IMG_20200814_135606-01.jpg Alaska - Arrigetch Peaks Climbing - Brooks Range https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f18b6ca51decc60cf5d426f/1598384384504-GEZPMSVWR0CQ2F5L9G7V/PSX_20200821_123425.jpg Alaska - Arrigetch Peaks Climbing - Brooks Range Our luxurious riverfront basecamp with views and a dry piece of tundra https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f18b6ca51decc60cf5d426f/1598384664249-5F79HUY4E60YW7O2TDDE/IMG_4448-01.jpg Alaska - Arrigetch Peaks Climbing - Brooks Range https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f18b6ca51decc60cf5d426f/1598383803859-5JTCKXMS3CMR77N1JOBT/PSX_20200818_164622-01.jpg Alaska - Arrigetch Peaks Climbing - Brooks Range Unbelievable views from our bush plane over the tundra https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f18b6ca51decc60cf5d426f/1598384125250-P65RLPAML3563XFZ2SJW/IMG_20200810_093053_1-01.jpg Alaska - Arrigetch Peaks Climbing - Brooks Range https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f18b6ca51decc60cf5d426f/1598384813986-N79H6JG7FDCOXDOU1PYF/IMG_4490-01.jpg Alaska - Arrigetch Peaks Climbing - Brooks Range https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f18b6ca51decc60cf5d426f/1598384239443-F0MREFTKCITNQSTLQWFG/IMG_20200815_163601-01.jpg Alaska - Arrigetch Peaks Climbing - Brooks Range https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f18b6ca51decc60cf5d426f/1598384451213-3MKKFW74BLJ6TETJEJKA/PSX_20200818_165436.jpg Alaska - Arrigetch Peaks Climbing - Brooks Range https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f18b6ca51decc60cf5d426f/1598383061109-S33F9FQCR4QI7OEWTAVB/IMG_20200810_173031-01.jpg Alaska - Arrigetch Peaks Climbing - Brooks Range Our rad crew for this trip. Daphne and I were introduced through our mutual sponsor Arc'teryx a few months ago. AJ I met for the first time at the Fairbanks airport! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f18b6ca51decc60cf5d426f/1598387858929-YO56DUSAN88DDOENWE44/PSX_20200809_080318.jpg Alaska - Arrigetch Peaks Climbing - Brooks Range https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f18b6ca51decc60cf5d426f/1598389723904-HGOFKYITOUYTEVTB0JNX/IMG_20200809_112328.jpg Alaska - Arrigetch Peaks Climbing - Brooks Range https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f18b6ca51decc60cf5d426f/1598387350836-CYKHX8WQUFKFPPU4FR4X/PSX_20200824_114744.jpg Alaska - Arrigetch Peaks Climbing - Brooks Range There was a lot of this https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f18b6ca51decc60cf5d426f/1598385882912-3BTS8E3SCWZQT2DAFFLS/PSX_20200818_170732-01.jpg Alaska - Arrigetch Peaks Climbing - Brooks Range https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f18b6ca51decc60cf5d426f/1598383753158-ZJ7JMUTSJ5IAH863L8ZH/PSX_20200819_092327.jpg Alaska - Arrigetch Peaks Climbing - Brooks Range The De Havilland Beaver. Only 1657 were ever made between 1947–1967 by the Canadian military. Many of them are the workhorse bush planes for flying into the most remote regions of Alaska. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f18b6ca51decc60cf5d426f/1598389437202-S4FTPMLWKI7DGF2PUC11/IMG_20200811_072533_1.jpg Alaska - Arrigetch Peaks Climbing - Brooks Range Nutella for lunch every day. A kid’s dream. [Note: eating Nutella every day will diminish your love of Nutella. You’ve been warned] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f18b6ca51decc60cf5d426f/1598388499527-21OANR27ZARN6GIHS96Z/PSX_20200819_091731-01.jpg Alaska - Arrigetch Peaks Climbing - Brooks Range Worth the 12lbs weight to be able to do full warrior pose? Mayyyyybe not. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f18b6ca51decc60cf5d426f/1598389178002-DJN6222N8TRESEMVLKWV/IMG_4821-1-01.jpg Alaska - Arrigetch Peaks Climbing - Brooks Range https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f18b6ca51decc60cf5d426f/1598385990152-0S2C9AS4F4PTA2ZXVXYD/PSX_20200821_122143.jpg Alaska - Arrigetch Peaks Climbing - Brooks Range https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f18b6ca51decc60cf5d426f/1598386746555-7YZCPX0Q39KZY8XMD9BD/IMG_4636.jpg Alaska - Arrigetch Peaks Climbing - Brooks Range https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f18b6ca51decc60cf5d426f/1598386094096-NI0PV1M6RD0V8PFBXUX8/IMG_4722-1-01.jpg Alaska - Arrigetch Peaks Climbing - Brooks Range https://www.natexploring.com/alaska/early-season-ice-chase-wrangells monthly 0.5 2020-08-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f18b6ca51decc60cf5d426f/1598371152008-Q5LX0ASSC7NDLEGJ63C3/IMG_20191201_135617.jpg Alaska - Early Season Ice Chase - Wrangells Matanuska Glacier on the drive out (also known as ‘The Mat’, where I spent 5 months working and living out of a 2 person Walmart tent a few years back. Good memories in this beautiful country https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f18b6ca51decc60cf5d426f/1598369929096-JX0BF20MQ0DJ1EMR0BUR/IMG_20191130_204354.jpg Alaska - Early Season Ice Chase - Wrangells There is a communal Coleman Stove in the cabin that’s a bit finicky, so we often finished off our cooking on the wood-fired stove https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f18b6ca51decc60cf5d426f/1598332483544-JN0I6SILKFKEUUYO27LA/IMG_20191130_111640-01-01.jpeg Alaska - Early Season Ice Chase - Wrangells https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f18b6ca51decc60cf5d426f/1598332904889-2M8NMGNCALGXNT64KHOH/phone_screenshot.png Alaska - Early Season Ice Chase - Wrangells https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f18b6ca51decc60cf5d426f/1598332985945-BFPRLLL6BJPBIIW97BPQ/Screen+Shot+2020-04-26+at+10.41.06+AM.png Alaska - Early Season Ice Chase - Wrangells Every good trips starts with a thorough Google Maps exploration https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f18b6ca51decc60cf5d426f/1598333247014-1NU0NKV9HQP0DDU21FAD/IMG_20191129_104152.jpg Alaska - Early Season Ice Chase - Wrangells Public use cabin maintained by the National Park Service. Great as a basecamp for an ice climbing trip https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f18b6ca51decc60cf5d426f/1598370043966-472OQ2J7G5BVWZZSQNE2/IMG_20191130_095055.jpg Alaska - Early Season Ice Chase - Wrangells Human trail or well-tracked moose trail ? Notice how even though this was taken at 11am, it’s still sunrise https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f18b6ca51decc60cf5d426f/1598370174606-51QEK6UVVOCD4UMRK642/IMG_20191129_134007.jpg Alaska - Early Season Ice Chase - Wrangells The obvious weakness up and right, climbs up a couple more tiers before topping out https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f18b6ca51decc60cf5d426f/1598370536675-MJ7K2I3GO057BDZECU4N/IMG_20191129_104300.jpg Alaska - Early Season Ice Chase - Wrangells Our little home on the tundra prairie for the week https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f18b6ca51decc60cf5d426f/1598333081680-DV5S8QS8FM5OTOTIF0J8/IMG_20191130_115047-01.jpg Alaska - Early Season Ice Chase - Wrangells The valley on the north side of the Wrangells where the ice climbing is located https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f18b6ca51decc60cf5d426f/1598370298746-IYW8STKFYDDJ8A4FSW7X/IMG_20191129_134155.jpg Alaska - Early Season Ice Chase - Wrangells One of the lines we deemed not in condition (or until I get stronger at mixed climbing) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f18b6ca51decc60cf5d426f/1598371010426-4RISOL5FLIEQOUH9R4YE/IMG_20191129_121608.jpg Alaska - Early Season Ice Chase - Wrangells https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f18b6ca51decc60cf5d426f/1598333204225-O66DKDO98Z2QIE18MPJJ/IMG_20191126_132508.jpg Alaska - Early Season Ice Chase - Wrangells The flat-white twilight zone tones of Alaska in November near Hatcher Pass https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f18b6ca51decc60cf5d426f/1598333153553-LWQB568QFL31GGXPC7QA/AirBrush_20191203165614.jpg Alaska - Early Season Ice Chase - Wrangells We made it! Alaska is very big https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f18b6ca51decc60cf5d426f/1598369839671-DUISBVPYOZ5T790YK8PF/Screen+Shot+2020-04-26+at+12.53.39+PM.png Alaska - Early Season Ice Chase - Wrangells All water had to be melted https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f18b6ca51decc60cf5d426f/1598370249314-XXQ9Y6SVL31W745TBWVT/IMG_20191129_141927-01.jpg Alaska - Early Season Ice Chase - Wrangells What blue ice dreams are made of. Step after step of flowy ice https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f18b6ca51decc60cf5d426f/1598369889511-ER4OTPANPWGKBBD57XB4/IMG_20191201_081757.jpg Alaska - Early Season Ice Chase - Wrangells My home away from home. No electricity in the cabin, so bring your own light source (mine is a solar-powered blow-up light) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f18b6ca51decc60cf5d426f/1598370903055-DQWHVGN48QEA3OBKF55N/Screen+Shot+2020-04-26+at+2.57.31+PM.png Alaska - Early Season Ice Chase - Wrangells Dinner of champions https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f18b6ca51decc60cf5d426f/1598370488864-9TMJXKO6JWIJVDL0YNCJ/IMG_20191129_161244.jpg Alaska - Early Season Ice Chase - Wrangells Darkness falls. The climbers press on. Fueled only by a family pack of Fruit Roll-Ups and one Clif Blok Energy Chew https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f18b6ca51decc60cf5d426f/1598370130494-R1TJXKG3JPAUTLIJFKGQ/IMG_20191130_114302.jpg Alaska - Early Season Ice Chase - Wrangells Somewhere out there is the route we’re looking for… https://www.natexploring.com/alaska/ice-core-climate-research-barrow monthly 0.5 2020-08-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f18b6ca51decc60cf5d426f/1598330943036-06QW3GHZGT37KQYX4UW6/DSCF1414.jpg Alaska - Ice Core Climate Research - Barrow Evaluating a first-year sea ice core for brine channel formation in Barrow, AK https://www.natexploring.com/alaska/ruth-gorge monthly 0.5 2020-08-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f18b6ca51decc60cf5d426f/1598321072254-F680L119ZYE6GBRFG0XE/ruth+gorge.jpeg Alaska - Goldfinger - Ruth Gorge https://www.natexploring.com/alaska/category/Trad+Climbing monthly 0.5 https://www.natexploring.com/alaska/category/Polar+Exploration monthly 0.5 https://www.natexploring.com/alaska/category/Ice+Climbing monthly 0.5 https://www.natexploring.com/alaska/category/Expedition monthly 0.5 https://www.natexploring.com/alaska/category/Citizen+Science monthly 0.5 https://www.natexploring.com/alaska/category/Alpine+Climbing monthly 0.5 https://www.natexploring.com/alaska/tag/Rock+Climbing monthly 0.5 https://www.natexploring.com/alaska/tag/Trad+Climbing monthly 0.5 https://www.natexploring.com/alaska/tag/Alaska monthly 0.5 https://www.natexploring.com/alaska/tag/Ice+Climbing monthly 0.5 https://www.natexploring.com/alaska/tag/Expedition monthly 0.5 https://www.natexploring.com/alaska/tag/Alpine+Climbing monthly 0.5 https://www.natexploring.com/africa daily 0.75 2020-08-25 https://www.natexploring.com/africa/shark-research monthly 0.5 2020-08-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f18b6ca51decc60cf5d426f/1598331779501-MIB1KI2RILB2SL27VFAS/sharkselfie.jpg Africa - Shark Conservation Research - South Africa Selfie while holding down a shark we were tagging https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f18b6ca51decc60cf5d426f/1598331849344-W8RHBEWNI2Y3T869LY9S/image-asset.jpeg Africa - Shark Conservation Research - South Africa Mike Horn’s expedition vessel we used as our base for the duration of the research project https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f18b6ca51decc60cf5d426f/1598322572754-USEQR0LZH2GT5L1PKVON/DSC_6288-1.jpg Africa - Shark Conservation Research - South Africa We implanted satellite tags in over 20 sevengill sharks over the course of the project https://www.natexploring.com/africa/morocco monthly 0.5 2020-08-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f18b6ca51decc60cf5d426f/1598321872430-W2FH84KZJK6L4VMGZ8F7/todra.jpg Africa - Todra Gorge Climbing - Morocco https://www.natexploring.com/africa/category/Rock+Climbing monthly 0.5 https://www.natexploring.com/africa/category/Trad+Climbing monthly 0.5 https://www.natexploring.com/africa/category/Africa monthly 0.5 https://www.natexploring.com/africa/category/Marine+Exploration monthly 0.5 https://www.natexploring.com/africa/category/Citizen+Science monthly 0.5 https://www.natexploring.com/africa/tag/Rock+Climbing monthly 0.5 https://www.natexploring.com/africa/tag/Marine monthly 0.5 https://www.natexploring.com/africa/tag/Morocco monthly 0.5 https://www.natexploring.com/africa/tag/Trad+Climbing monthly 0.5 https://www.natexploring.com/africa/tag/Africa monthly 0.5 https://www.natexploring.com/africa/tag/Citizen+Science monthly 0.5 https://www.natexploring.com/contact daily 0.75 2020-07-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f18b6ca51decc60cf5d426f/1595465070953-0RA0YV5Q1Q4WGO3TEBWB/writing.jpg Contact - If you have gear questions, need beta for an upcoming trip, are interested in hosting her for a speaking engagement or have questions of any kind for please feel free to get in touch below. 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