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svalbard norway part 1- longyearbyen

Alaska,Blog,Svalbard

Spring means 2 things, spring expeditions! The past several years have been to Alaska and I was planning on returning to do a sea to summit expedition with Nick Devore and Andy Jacobsen. We kept an eye on conditions and…

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expedition-kitchen

Blog,Gear

In preparing for my trip to the Arctic Circle I’ve been geeking out trying to get my cooking gear dialed in. Here are some of the helpful items I’ve picked up, or modifications I’ve made to existing gear. The goal…

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arctic circle

Baffin Island,Blog,Gear,Svalbard

I’ve only been north of 66 degrees once before and I would have to agree with the tag line ‘where the good stuff is’.  As for the restaurant, I’ve been there and I think they are full of shit. Several…

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ne pfeifferhorn

Blog,Gear,The Chuting Gallery

On April 1st 2011 I skied the NE Face of the Pfeifferhorn with Andy Jacobsen and Andrew McLean. This closes the book on a 13 year project to ski all the lines in Andrew’s skiing guidebook ‘The Chuting Gallery’. I…

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great white icicle

Blog,Gear

GREAT? As an ice climb, yes. WHITE? Not really, more yellow and brown at this time of year. ICICLE? Yes there was still some ice and a tiny bit of snow. When Andy Jacobsen was 17 or so, he climbed…

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ciochetti’s ribbon

Blog,The Chuting Gallery

The original post on this outing was deleted in the transfer of servers, so here is an updated version. When I first saw Andrew Mclean’s book ‘The Chuting Gallery’ I was dumbfounded. I was peacefully enjoying the powder bowls of…

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The Revelations Revealed

Alaska,Baffin Island,Blog

I first heard about the Revelation Mountains while reading a book on climbing in Alaska. For some reason they just stuck in my head as a place I wanted to visit. Maybe it was my Religious upbringing and the mystery…

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Northwest Couloir of the Pfiefferhorn

Blog,Gear

Too much time spent staring at the Pfiefferhorn and the mind does wander. Before ticking of PLINKO a few weeks ago, I was interested in this little ramp variation that would skirt around the standard rappel route. So Jim Harris…