August 9th, 2010
Just got down from my second glacier camp last night. I think it is safe, and accurate, to say that it was better than the July camp in pretty much every way. Decent weather, great snow, and lots of skiers able to absorb some big hours. So far, the only negative thing I could come up with was that we ran out of milk after four days, due to the heavy influx of cereal eaters. But we got to fire up the sauna, so it evened out.
When it comes to organizing the helicopter flights, Doctor Southam is the boss. I was making fun of him, so he put me on the last flight. By myself. With the gear.
Arriving at the Center in the beautiful Alaskan evening sunlight.
It was great weather to kick off the camp
"Uh, how much of this should I put on?"... either klister or sunscreen
Thats one mean, track-setting, gear-hauling machine
A sling-load heads out towards Girdwood
Holly leads a group of women on some L5 intervals
Wrecka leads another bunch
Some dudes gunnin for it... yes, I know its blurry
Mark busts out some pull-ups in the middle of our strength routine, while the girls supervise and work on the puzzle
Erik tirelessly tinkers with an athletes technique, here as the rest of us chow down on dinner
The boys gearing up for some pretty gnarly L4 intervals
Mark and I on the hike out... 6000 ft of vert with packs, and under 2 hrs
Following one of the ridges all the way down, from blue ice to rainforest plants
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