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It would be neat if someone could get hold of Fred's diaries and transcribe them for posterity.

Smoked salmon and dried coconut chunks (not shredded).

NOLS is also permitted to lead trips to Denali.

More summits in June than any other month.

Doug Geeting Aviation isn't flying anymore. Geeting is now a pilot for one of the other outfits. You might also consider Sheldon Air Service.

Jim Hall, Nick Lewis, and Paul Ramsden made the first recorded ascent on May 19, 1997, via the south face (see pages 220 and 221 of the 1998 AAJ). Sam Johnson and Jay Piggott climbed "Divine Providence" on the south face to the west of the Hall-Lewis-Ramsden route in late May 2004 (see pages 193 and 194 of the 2005 AAJ). In 2005 Kelly Franz and Ken Glover reportedly attempted the east ridge of Mount Providence. I don't know whether they were successful, though.

How much more information do you need? It's covered in Stan Justice's guidebook.

You wrote that from your high point atop the Isis Face you descended the lower South Buttress. Did this entail going over Peak 13050? Or did you skirt around it?

Sounds like a great trip. I think that was the second ascent of Mount Service (FA on May 28, 1968, by George Barnett, Russell Batt, William Bendy, Jurgen Meyer-Arendt, Lawrence Nielsen, Dan Reeder, Thomas Stengle, and Charles Warren - see page 382 of the 1969 AAJ), the second ascent of Mount Poletica (FA on May 19, 1968, by George Barnett, Jurgen Meyer-Arendt, Lawrence Nielsen, and Thomas Stengle - see page 382 of the 1969 AAJ), and the third ascent of Mount London (FA in 1990 by Hannes Arch - see http://www.hannesarch.com/about/highlights/1990-big-time-top-of-climbing-career.html - and second ascent in 1999 by John Baldwin, Matthias Jakob, and David Williams - see pages 116 and 117 of the 2000 Canadian Alpine Journal). Well done!

There have been a few ascents recorded in the AAJ and CAJ. Which peak is your objective?

I seem to recall that Marcin Ksok and Greg Encelewski climbed Redoubt Volcano in the spring of 2011. I think they published a trip report in the Mountaineering Club of Alaska's monthly journal. Wes.

What would Sarah do ?? Quit.

What year was the Roundtop ascent? And when are you headed to the Shaler Mountains? I'd love to read your report when you return.

I read the article in the Dutch Harbor Fisherman. I'm interested in your ascent of Roundtop Mountain on Unimak Island with Jeff Hancock. Can you tell us more?

http://www.adn.com/2011/04/30/1838187/climber-killed-in-avalanche-identified.html

Isn't the Yukon Territory's West Slaggard II the highest unclimbed peak in North America? Wes.

Hint: If you're trying to keep it a secret, avoid posting information about it in online forums. Not telling you to avoid posting, but you leave me feeling like I had blueballs after going at it with that really hot chick who then just got up and left. I don't like teases.

Wanted to figure out if it was in Canada or Alaska. Logan's in Canada, obviously, but this thread is posted in the Alaska section. Which glacier did you land on and where did you fly in from? I hear the pilot out of Burwash Landing won't fly in anything but bluebird weather, so you can burn a lot of time waiting on both ends of your trip. Wes

In relation to Logan, where is this peak?

I don't think the North Peak of Mount McKinley has an offical name. There is a lot wrong about that press release - the South Peak of Mount Hunter is not the highest unnamed peak in Alaska (some would say it already has a name, but if we're only to consider official names, the North Peak of Mount McKinley is more than a mile higher than the South Peak of Mount Hunter and doesn't have an offical name), the summit elevation of the South Peak of Mount Hunter is 13966 feet (not 13895 feet), etc.

The north peak is still Mount Hunter, but the name of the Middle Summit of Mount Hunter would sound rather odd without a South Peak of Mount Hunter.

Uh, there isn't a Gravina Island Bridge. I think it should remain the South Peak of Mount Hunter. No need to rename it.

I worked in Port Alsworth a few years ago, but I didn't have much time to get out and explore. I saw your photos of Holey Mountain and Tanalian Mountain. Did you climb any other peaks? I hadn't heard of Holey Mountain before. Was there any evidence of a previous ascent or was yours a first?

Map linky no worky, unless your climb was in the Lower 48.

Linky still no worky. Here's what comes up: http://classic.kodakgallery.com/AlbumNotFound.jsp Was your Mount Cecil on the south side of Cooper Landing overlooking Kenai Lake and Cooper Creek?