We have been doing a bit of everything lately. Fishing, camping, heli skiing, couloir climbing, running, and even getting some sun tans. Stout has been passing out by 3p, and even by 10am on some weekend camping mornings after staying up until dark (11p on clear nights) and getting up again with the first light around 315p. He stalks the beach early, chewing sticks and playing with stranded star fish.
No Kings yet. I lost one on a day I was out by myself, but it should continue to pick up the next couple weeks.
A morning climb of the Mt. Jumbo Couloir out the backyard:
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| From the top of the couloir climb looking down. 1600 ft crampon climb in 35 minutes after an hour approach. |
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| Summit shot |
Cooking out at Eagle beach:
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| A beautiful day last weekend out the road |
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| Sam fades on the beach |
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| Stout played continuously with Barley |
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| Chilkats in background |
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| Swim time |
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| Lots of frisbee until our arms were tired |
Sheep Mountain heli drop:
We got a group of 5 together for a heli drop up on Sheep Mtn (4200 ft) last weekend. We skied and skinned to get a total of 4 runs in. Perfect spring corn snow! We hiked out Perseverance trail.
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| Prepared for take-off |
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| Ready to rip from the summit after the drop |
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| Home base |
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| Summit stash |
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| Me on the 3rd run |
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| Ski lines from Sam and myself |
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| Hillary on the first run of the morning |
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| Skinning back up |
Field sampling at Mendenhall glacier (work!):
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| First day of ice break-up was this week, so we were able to get the skiff out to sample the water coming off the glacier |
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| Not a bad morning to be on the lake |
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| Glacier outflow that we sampled at the terminus |
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| Working my way up to get water |
We boat camped with Sam, Marissa, Jackie, Pat, and Barley (Stout's friend) on Sat night. Lots of sun, huge driftwood fires, and some trolling.
This time of the year is just exhausting ...
