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The Hutch Report
View Dawn's Photographs By Dawn Glanc Our trip left Seattle and headed to Glacier Bay National Park on June 13, 2008. Saturday morning, the day began with a long breakfast at the lodge. This would be our last meal...
Big Expedition Ends
By Kit Herrod The metaphor for cancer research is complete. There are more unclimbed mountains to challenge. Late on Saturday, our team of Farmer, Dawn, Kevin and Bayard on the Big Expedition for Cancer Research determined that they had reached...
Magical Alaska
View Julia's photographs from Alaska By Julia Niles There is something about Alaska that is magical. Alaska is a warm, gooey amoeba that envelops you sucking you in to great times and good people. Strangers are unreasonably friendly and...
In Times Square...
By Kit Herrod The Big Expedition, up in lights over NYC's Times Square....
A Visitor at Base Camp
On Monday, June 16, the four mountaineers on the Big Expedition for Cancer Research were on the Brady Icefield and picking up their pace toward base camp. Via satellite phone, Matt Farmer, who likes to be called Farmer, said that...
Shivering on Mt. Russell
Shivering on the summit of Mt. Russell. A few weeks ago, a reader sent us this photograph. Read about the climb--and the shiver bivy--on the Alaska Mountaineering School's blog....
Hanging Out on Kahiltna
View more photos By Freddie Wilkinson "There they are! She's almost to the second ice band.... wow! Is today their fifth or sixth day on the climb?" If being an alpine paparazzi is your thing, it's hard to beat...
Andrew's Photos from Alaska
Andrew McLean is back from Alaska. Enjoy a selection of Andrew's photos: Click here to view more photographs While Andrew and his team were camped out, they experienced a rather unpleasant storm. Andrew captured this footage with a small point-and-shoot...
The 2008 Yentna Expedition: Into the Range
Enlarge this image By Freddie Wilkinson There's a saying I've heard from hardcore Alaskans that goes something like this: "You live in Anchorage? Oh, that's is a nice city.... it's only five minutes from real Alaska." Ben Gilmore, Max...
Alaska's Mendenhall Towers
View More Photos from the Mendenhall Towers Sam Magro and Ryan Johnson, recipients of the 2008 Mugs Stump Award, tackled Alaska's Mendenhall Towers this spring. They completed the first ascent of the north face of the West Tower. Here's...
Fred Hutchinson Climb for Cancer
KING-5 (a local Seattle TV station) gives an overview of Dawn Glanc and Kevin Mahoney's upcoming Fred Hutchinson Climb for Cancer. The climbers will tackle an unclimbed peak in Alaska. Watch the video to learn about the peak's history and...
On Climbing Denali
By Bridger Root I have been climbing with my father, Brick Root, and John Culberson for as long as I can remember. My dad and I did all of the 14,000 foot peaks in Colorado before my fourteenth birthday,...
Mountain Hardwear Goes Heliskiing in Chugach National Forest, Alaska
Mountain Hardwear employees Micah Hinton, Brad Bates, and Derek Mitchell recently went Heliskiing in Chugach National Forest, Alaska. "I hope you all enjoy this video of the Mountain Hardwear boys getting after it in Alaska. Truly a great experience and...