Updates From the Field

Back in Talkeetna after an amazing experience on Hunter. I'm still quite exhausted and sore from the long ski in and push up the...

Yesterday, Lonnie attempted the crux. He made it to approximately 11,000 or so when the new route became simply too risky to solo climb....

Sometimes the forecast is not fully accurate. A windy day was forcasted for yesterday with winds to 20mph. Lonnie had decided to wait...

On the morning of Day 4, the couloir that Lonnie was going to climb avalanched. The powder cloud really shook his tent despite his...

Lonnie calls in from the Kahiltna Glacier. Shorter day due to whiteout as he is approaching an area that is heavily crevassed. ...

On each difficult expedition, though I don’t allow myself to think of it much, I miss my life next to the wood stove, in a warm bed and...

Going to need these again very soon. Anti-crevasse skis I developed for glacial travel. I used them on most of my winter climbs in the...

My hands after climbing Denali alone and in the winter. My fingertips froze, thawed and re-froze so many times, forming water and blood...

A past mountaineering photo from the Himalayas and a reminder of why it is important to acclimate properly for altitude. Thinking I had...