An Alaska Road Trip.

Susan and I drove to the Arctic Circle yesterday.

Denali National Park.
Denali State Park. Just south of the Alaska Range.

The Arctic Circle. A really long drive north.

Other sites along the way...

Wolf

Caribou





Momma Bear

Babies

Willow Ptarmigan

Rainer Crevase Fall a Few Years Ago

I have told several people about this accident I had on Mt. Rainier a few years ago and I don't believe the story can be told correctly without the photos shot by one of the people on my rope team. There are before and after photos of the crevasse that I fell into. The first photo shows another rope team ahead of us on the glacier. The location of the highest climber is about where I was when the collapse happened.
This second photo is the same shot a few seconds later.
The next three photos are of immediately after the collapse. I was standing just about where the guy in red at the top of the crevasse is. I was pulled backwards into the hole and hit the bottom of the crevasse. It was about 50ft from where you can see to the bottom.


rI walked away relatively ok. A few broken ribs, and a few broken teeth. I hope to not have this experience again.

Obviously these are not my photos. They were shot by one of my clients. Unfortunately I can not credit him because I don't have his contact info any more.

Summer in Seattle.

To celebrate the return of summer (and fat people carried by cruise ships) to Seattle I decided to post a couple of pictures of cruise ships in our ports. If only they would stop pumping their shit into the ocean I would have no problem with them.

Climbing at Index

Yesterday was one of those days when I truly love living in Seattle. An early morning start, a few pitches of climbing on some of the best rock anywhere, and back to the city by 3 to do some work in the yard. To cap it all off we had some margaritas in the evening. Photos from yesterday...

Fishermans Terminal

An evening at Fishermans Terminal.