-
The Journey Continues: 2012 Alaska Mountain Wilderness Classic
My Classic in five words: I got scared and bailed. Explanation below. Roman Dial turns back from an attempt at fording an unnamed glacial creek in the upper Tasnuna drainage. The Tasnuna itself cuts left to right against the cliffs in the center middle-ground. Dick Griffith’s gorgeous house in the hills east of Anchorage, Friday…
-
June trip report contest voting
Making a selection this time was even harder than last autumn. A truly excellent crop of reports. In the end I picked three, all of which happened in places with which I have very fond associations. I visited the Trinity, King range, and Mattole area during a college intership out of Arcata a decade ago,…
-
Classic carnage
“I killed the classic.” -Luc Mehl “Yeah, but I don’t know what we achieved.” -Josh Mumm, in response to my congratulations on a “fine achievement” Luc was speaking, the other day after his finish in McCarthy, not about the latest in his increasingly gaudy portfolio of adventures, but about the abominable difficulty of this year’s…
-
The psychological taper
Enter the trip report contest, and win a rad pack! Seriously, my indifferent promotion of this has resulted in a very low number of entries thus far, so your odds are good. I get on a plane for Alaska, and the Wilderness Classic, in a little less than 30 hours. So I have a big…
-
Pack mods and rain pants
12 months ago I owned no waterproof pants. The Classic last year made me a believer when it showed just how much heat can be lost through soaked legs. Today I have two sets of rain pants, each meant for a rather different use. Shown above and below are my fully homemade sil/epic pants. The…
-
The pass at the pass
The cliche of like two ships passing in the night is itself easy to unjustly pass over, until you’ve been awake on a ship in the middle of a calm night, watching another well-lit island of humanity go the opposite direction. Logan Pass is another cliche of human experience; it’s difficult to strip away the…
-
Red Eagle Creek
When and if Glacier becomes a packrafting destination, Red Eagle Creek will be very popular during late spring and early summer. After the the previous two years’ explorations, I came into this summer with a two-tiered list of rivers and creeks; a must-do list, and a worth checking out list. There aren’t too many things…
-
Upper McDonald Creek
A Glacier packrafting classic for those few people tracking such things: McDonald Creek from just below Longfellow to Mineral (where the seasonal floating ban takes effect). Great, consistent action, not too severe, and as of today only one river wide wood jam and one serious rapid. Said rapid, comes in the obvious spot not far…
-
Absurd consequence
If there are many, they must be as many as they are and neither more nor less than that. But if they are as many as they are, they would be limited. If there are many, things that are are unlimited. For there are always others between the things that are, and again others between…
-
June trip report contest (!)
Summer, whatever that may mean in your particular locale, is right around the corner. Here in NW Montana the rain has stopped, for the moment, the sun is shining and the rivers are running high. Snow is melting and the fat season of long easy days, crampons and shorts, tourists driving foolishly, and wide open…
-
Subscribe
Subscribed
Already have a WordPress.com account? Log in now.
Bedrock & Paradox 
You must be logged in to post a comment.