A Tour of the Eastern AK Range, Labor Day 2016
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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Gettin’ high in the Deltas: 4/20 Silvertip
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 […]
Silvertip in 23 hours
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 […]
The Weekend after the FE Exam: Skiing Michael’s Creek and Attempting Item Peak
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 […]
