Hello everyone!Today the team took a rest day in Basecamp, and continued to fuel and hydrate in preparation for tomorrow. There was even a group yoga session to stretch everyone out! Everyone is excited to move higher, and we will spend our first night in Camp 1 tomorrow night. Updates on the upper mountain will be via the satellite phone and I will be calling in each day to update you! Thanks for following along, you’ll hear from us tomorrow!
by Bobby Cosker Things to consider when packing for bigger objectives. Martha Stewart once said, “life is too complicated not to be orderly.” The same couldn’t be truer when discussing the topic of what to consider when packing your backpack for alpine climbing in the bigger mountains. Being thoughtful and orderly in how and what […]
by Jessica Flandro When I, a member of the logistics team, first arrived at the Alpine Ascents office in Talkeetna, Alaska to begin preparing for the upcoming climbing season there was an unseasonable amount of snow still on the ground and more winter storms forecasted over the coming weeks. Ever the optimists, we assumed the […]
By David Shuer After seeing Tahoma (Rainier) from your flight into SeaTac, or reading Into Thin Air, or living in the Pacific Northwest looking up at the volcanoes that dot the skyline, you’ve got the bug and want to climb some glaciers. The options are endless in the PNW; ranging from small pocket glaciers and […]
