Hatcher Pass 8/16/07-8/18/07
So I am finally home back in Alaska. The travelling has ended. Atleast that is what I thought when i stepped off the plane. I got in late and went and saw my friends, after a good night of sleep i was back up visiting them again. Then the real fun started. Less then 24 hours after stepping off the plane I was climbing on the Turnagain Arm with Shasta, John, and Richard. Theres a lot of travel history with Shasta and John and its always great to climb with them. I didn't bring my camera along for the climbs with me but you can see lots of fun pictures from that climb in John (coldclimbs) thread in the sport section called Climbing Again
Being home is surreal, everything seems larger then before. Yet it is still home and nothing seems to have changed. I stood ontop of a rock and opened my arms, the mountains spread out before me and the wind tickled my face. It was my home wind, this is the wind of Alaska. I never realized I could know the wind. We sat and watched the sunset it is magnificent when it sets here.
Read MoreBeing home is surreal, everything seems larger then before. Yet it is still home and nothing seems to have changed. I stood ontop of a rock and opened my arms, the mountains spread out before me and the wind tickled my face. It was my home wind, this is the wind of Alaska. I never realized I could know the wind. We sat and watched the sunset it is magnificent when it sets here.
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We were all excited to be at the last pitch, which John called a "Mine field of death". Rockfall was not just a possiblity but almost unavoidable here so we would climb cafefully making sure everyone was out of the way. Instead of going the way John did last time which ensured rockfall we headed up over this ridge and finished. Shasta here belays John who is well out of view about to finish the route. Can you spot both the climber and the belayer?
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