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By "Wickersham Wall" do you mean the Wickersham Face - the N face of Denali? If so that would hardly qualify as a wall... it's even been skied.

What's up with all that blue sky? I live here and have yet to see it. You're posting nothing but propaganda. Visitors be warned -- it's never this nice!

Is that Heavens Peak?

Send it to North Face. They may or may not cover the repair as warranty -- but even if they don't the price they bill you will be fair. I've done this numerous times with old tents / bags and have been happy with the work and price.

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Wow -- amazing photos Alasdair!! And pretty cool to see a lady high altitude porter! My wife always complains about the lack of women she sees out climbing - I'll show her your photo!

Or when the water rises and your beer floats away.

I think I saw that movie. [video:youtube]

Yeah - there are so many fish in the river that you just leave the net in the water till you feel a bump and jerk it out. It usually takes us about 12 hours to get our limit --- although I've heard tales of people catching 50 fish in 3 hours. The Kenai also has a dipnet fishery -- and that's the place where 50,000-80,0000 fish can push through in a single day. I've heard tales of people on the Kenai catching 50 fish in 30 minutes.

Copper is normal; the Kenai is predicted to be low this year.

Copper river reds seem to last longer in the freezer than other reds -- so we freeze everything we catch dipnetting (usually around 30 fish). Everything else caught the rest of the summer (usually another 20-30 fish) is smoked.

Well... you see that huge net? That's what I caught it with --- so it took all of 1 minute to jerk the net out of the water and scramble up the wet slab to the shelf where the baseball bat is kept. This isn't really fishing... it's harvesting and as an Alaska resident you can dipnet 30 reds and 1 king per season. If you want to see more dipnetting pix check out this link: http://www.akmountain.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=home.tags&tag=dipnet Here are some more pix:

After dinner and before breakfast.

I find this uber-annoying as well. I think it should be changed on onclick which would be a little less annoying. Here's the info: https://www.addthis.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=7427&start=0&view=print

Wow... wine, women, beaches, cragging and alpine routes... the French have it figured out.

when'd puerto rico become a state ms. palin? D'oh!... sorry I meant Guam!

48 US Highpoints? Hello.... you left out 2... where's Puerto Rico and Hawaii?

The experts say you should drink alcohol until you're fully recovered. Someone was just watching out for you.

Because tying a clove hitch in the dark with gloves on when you're half frozen is not as easy as clipping a biner. Likewise when you're rapping down a route you are not tied into the rope.

From what I understand this wasn't a newbie climber or someone who didn't understand how their gear worked. Instead of dissing the accident as a lackadaisical approach to climbing maybe you could learn something from it. Climb long enough and the one thing you'll learn is that anyone can fuck up.

I believe this is the first fatality at the New River...

What's a "real" climbing accomplishment? In my opinion hyping up a climb for sponsors is just as banal as putting a kid on top of Everest.

He was climbing with Summitclimb. Details here: http://www.everestnews.com/everest2010/summitclimbeverestnorth06012010.htm That said -- being on the Summitclimb team doesn't necessarily means you're guided... Summitclimb offers tired services to the Himalayas. The base price is peak permit and yak/porter support to BC, then you add on what additional services you want like O2, usage of fixed ropes, personal porters etc..

Great pictures Pat - You guys had awesome weather! That place is really fun --- but hitting it the right time of year is tough. The rock climbing conditions are better the longer into summer you wait but the chance of precip goes up after mid June.

That story floats around every campfire... the version I heard went something like... he mantles onto the ledge and his belayer heard a "SKUUUUULLLLLLLLL" just as the head hurtled past him.