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A Tour of the Eastern AK Range, Labor Day 2016

September 2, 2016by waynespences 1 Comment

After finishing the last (night) shift of the project “Repave Denali Park Road”, my ladyfriend Phoenix drove my car north to meet me.  I transitioned to day shift without sleep […]

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Three Days, Three Mountain Ranges, 42x Zoom

March 30, 2015by waynespences Leave a comment

I convinced a couple of Fairbanks AK Alpine Club members to slog up the Castner Glacier for a weekend. We woke up in a ping-pong ball and didn’t attempt any mountain, but the trip offered gorgeous views of the Matanuska area Chugach peaks, the Wrangells, the Alaska Subranges: Hayes and Deltas

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The Nature of Success in the Mountains.

February 28, 2015by waynespences 1 Comment

The Alaska Alpine Club holds a yearly tradition that serves as a graduation course of sorts for the spring mountaineering class. The students meet at 7AM sharp in front of […]

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Gettin’ high in the Deltas: 4/20 Silvertip

April 19, 2014by waynespences 1 Comment

Spring was once again upon the Alaska Range; school was winding up before the finals blow.  I was to lead a mountaineering trip to Silvertip as it’s the only Delta […]

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Journey to the Base of the Summit of Blackcap

March 19, 2014by waynespences 2 Comments

Spring Break was upon us UAF folk.  Galen had been playing the role of homeless climbing bum for a few months down in the warmer part of the US, but […]

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RE-Forgiveness

November 22, 2013by waynespences Leave a comment

The ice formation that lives far up Bear Creek, known as “Forgiveness”, is somewhat of a legend in the Fairbanks climbing community. In the unlikely year it forms, the line drips […]

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Silvertip in 23 hours

April 26, 2013by waynespences 1 Comment

After seeing a slideshow put on by the Alaska Alpine Club Wednesday, Grant postulated the idea of doing Silvertip, a 9400′ peak, in a day on Friday.  This particular Friday happened to […]

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The Weekend after the FE Exam: Skiing Michael’s Creek and Attempting Item Peak

April 20, 2013by waynespences 2 Comments

So, it’s been one week since I took the FE exam, an 8 hour intensive exam that is more important to engineers than their degree, and totally unknown to non-engineers.  You […]

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