The uniqueness of this Alaska adventure is that there are no roads and you will see no other people. It was only by chance that I teamed up with Jason Stuckey, a Fairbanks climber, an upcoming alpinist Angela VanWiemeersch, to climb the east face of Mt.
During the May-June climbing season we offer climbing charters to many seldom climbed and first ascent routes in the Eastern Alaska Range.
That said, our chosen route, Ham and Eggs, is pretty tall and has some good cruxes. Sanford, Mt. Stopped by unusually icey conditions on the east ridge. Not to be overlooked is the massive Wrangell – St. Elias National Park with its well-known and world famous objectives. Props to Steve Baker for getting this trip together, Blue for the chance to row rapids in his raft, and Nemo for a sweet tent. We spent 17 days on the West Buttress and reached almost 19,000 feet, but bad weather turned us around and we called it a trip. First off was floating 150+ miles of the Grand Canyon, in March, over nine days. Kimball, (10,300’), saw its first ascent in 1969, yet remains an elusive objective for mountaineers today. Not able to see each other, or the ridge, or anything else for that matter, we called it a few hundred feet short of the summit and rappelled 18 pitches in a blizzard. There are also FBI files that contain UFO encounters in Alaska in the period of 1947-1950. It only took one photo to convince me that this would become the next big trip. With no more routes to climb (the other one had pretty much fallen off while we were there), we flew out after only three nights in the range, hence the term "semi expedition." Under . This is one of the wildest and most awe-inspiring landscapes anywhere, and it's right here our backyayds!! Jonathan Crabtree and I attempted the East Ridge from the Trident Glacier in early April, just after a party had called for a rescue and was plucked by helicopter from 11,000 feet on the route, leaving two camps on the mountain. Despite killer weather during most of the trip, the one time it wasn't was precisely when we were heading from the top of the climb to the summit proper, along a corniced ridge. Arranging to climb this renowned mountain requires previous mountaineering experience and planning. The Icefields...what place even compares? Hayes in April of 2018. In the Hayes sub-range there are endless possibilities including Mt.
Blue Eisele and I made what is likely the first alpine style ascent of the mountain from its north side and may be one of just a few overall alpine style ascents of the mountain. Over about 10 days, Jon and I managed to make the first ascent of the South Face of Lowell Peak, near Mt.
And the rapids keep you on alert; even though it's just water, plenty can go wrong. That was in 2001, while I was an intern at Climbing Magazine, spending spare time browsing mountaineering books. During the May-June climbing season we offer climbing charters to many seldom climbed and first ascent routes in the Eastern Alaska Range. It's pretty luxurious. Enjoy! Alverstone NE 5 and an attempt on a sub-peak on Lowell, while Eli and Charlie attempted the second ascent of the West Ridge of Lowell. There's more content like this on Photobucket scattered throughout various links on this site, for both the cragging images and for the expedition images. We then spent 10 days working our way off the ice cap through terrain we believe no humans had ever visited. Bona, and Mt. A picture of Ellesmere Island's interior ice cap represented one of the most remote, aesthetic and inspiring places I'd ever seen.
This is a trip that will always bring mixed emotions.
By 2004 I felt I had the skill set and motivation needed to approach some of the biggest and steepest unclimbed big walls in the world -- the granite faces of Baffin Island, in the Canadian Arctic. Imaging Mount Hayes under nocturnal conditions. Hayes (13,832’). Mount Hayes, Alaska, is suspect of housing a DUMB (Deep Underground Military Base) that is alien in nature. current conditions onboard the ISS, NASA is ISO 51200 (or less). Alaska, Hayes Range.
Bear. Blue Eisele and I spent about two weeks approaching, climbing, and descending this peak in late 2005. For my mission, I looked @ the technology used by NASA in Space.