Colin and I headed to Alaska just after the official start of Spring. We were the first climbing party to fly in this season (other than the winter big-mountain soloists). We didn't get anything done besides taking our gear for a walk a couple times... unfortunately it took two airplane rides and a car rental to get our gear to the glacier so we could walk it.
I can't really describe how cold it was except to stay that everything froze, quickly. It was a big effort for us to stay warm in base camp and it was impossible to stay warm while climbing, alpine bivying or belaying. The results of the trip are still disappointing and will probably cut even deeper as temps improve and people start sending climbs.
Though a complete failure from a climbing standpoint we did get to spend a week in one of the most beautiful places in the world, explore some potential new lines and see an amazing show of the aurora borealis.
We'll both be back to Alaska... but not in March.
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| Looks warm in the sun, but I don't think we felt north of zero |
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| Skiing toward Mtn. House from Peak 11,300 |
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| What we did in the 10 hours we weren't in sleeping bags |
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| The morning after a miserable night |
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| Flying out of the Ruth Gorge |
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