Return to Mt. Princeton

Matt and I returned to the Mt. Princeton road again, but this time with Denali teammate Melissa Archey. She was trying out her Mountainsmith sled for the first time and of course Matt had his Mountainsmith. All I had was Old Blue--the Wal-Mart special. The weather was not quite Denali-like. There was little wind and it was warm.







Matt lounged at Beach Camp (10,890 ft.) after our climb of the Princeton sub-peak "Tigger." We did not summit Princeton or Tigger, but the training and team building was highly valuable. Melissa's dog, Haley, made the trip with us. Too bad Haley cannot come to Denali. It was fun having a dog around.







We enjoyed the two-day trip as we dragged our loaded sleds up the road. The snow cover is shrinking quickly and soon it will be hard to find places to drag our sleds for training. I guess we will have to drag tires through our neighborhoods!

Team Powersauce is Official

We have finally set our team for our expedition. Team Powersauce is comprised of Matt Walsh, Melissa Archey, Glenn Strouhal, and Bernie Hohman.

Atlantic Peak via The West Ridge

On March 1 Matt Walsh and I headed back out to Atlantic Peak to finally climb the West Ridge route. It also gave us a chance to check on the igloo we built in Mayflower Gulch a few weeks ago. It was mostly drifted over, but appeared to be intact.


It was quite warm but extremely windy up high on the ridge. We dragged our heaviest sleds yet for training purposes. The summit was actually pretty calm. It was a great climb with a truly apline feel. Check out the full gallery of pictures at The Summit Ridge.