Blake Posted July 28, 2009 Posted July 28, 2009 Trip: Mendenhall Towers - Various Date: 7/28/2009 Trip Report: I recently had a great time in Alaska, climbing in the Mendenhall towers.They are the most distant peaks above my luggage here, photo taken at Juneau Airport. This is a range of granite peaks accessed via Juneau, which has seen very little alpine rock climbing activity. I was with my friend Jason Nelson, and we helicoptered in to the towers on July 9th. We were in there for 8 or 9 days, and it took two days to get back down to civilization on foot. While there, we climbed three new routes and repeated a route as well. All of our routes were grade IV or IV+, but the one rock route on the northern side of the towers is a grade V. The climbing was phenomenal. I drew up some very bad topos while tent-bound, which might or might not help future parties if anyone is interested in heading out there. I've got some more pictures, video, and tons of writing here: BlakeClimbs.Blogspot.com The AAC helped finance part of this trip through the Mountain Fellowship Grant, and I am very thankful for the help. Quote
ScaredSilly Posted July 28, 2009 Posted July 28, 2009 Cool, looks like you got some good weather. The 5.5 X pitch must have been terrifying. Quote
JensHolsten Posted July 29, 2009 Posted July 29, 2009 Those topos are works of art...nice work up north. Those towers look dreamy. Guess I'll have to add 'em to the list. Quote
olyclimber Posted July 29, 2009 Posted July 29, 2009 Great pics Blake! Congrats! 2nd that comment on the topos. Quote
Off_White Posted July 29, 2009 Posted July 29, 2009 Pretty damned splendid Blake. Nice blog too. Quote
Dannible Posted July 30, 2009 Posted July 30, 2009 Something about that second picture makes my spine tingle. Good job. Quote
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