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Fred Becky’s Hands

Published on October 7, 2009 in Commentary. 6 Comments Tags: .

In the process of scanning 80+ photos today, the two that really stood out for me were photos I took of Fred Becky’s hands in 2003 at the West Rib Grill in Talkeetna, AK.  We had just skied Mt. Hunter via a line that Fred had pioneered 48 years earlier and Fred seemed to remember more about it than we did, despite the fact that we were there only a few days before, whereas Fred was there almost half a century earlier. Continue reading ‘Fred Becky’s Hands’

Photo Gallery – 2002 Baffin Island

Published on August 30, 2008 in Trip Reports. 5 Comments Tags: , .

I’m slowly organizing my photo galleries and just got around to adding one of my all time favorite trips to StraightChuter.com – Baffin Island 2002. This was a great trip in a lot of ways. For one, we had no idea what to expect for skiing, and it turned out to be some of the best couloirs ever. We were also experiementing with kites (theme of the moment) and they worked out perfectly. Plus, I had a great time with Brad, the scenery blew me away and it was a special treat/honor to meet the Inuits, both in Clyde River and out on The Land.

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Sunday Photo – Tasman Glacier Icefall, New Zealand

Published on June 29, 2008 in Sunday Photo. 0 Comments Tags: , .

This classic photo by Chris Figenshau has a funny background to it.

Wandering through the icefall

Steve Romeo, Chris Figenshau and I flew down to New Zealand to do some skiing in the Mt. Cook National Park with Kiwi local, Grant Guise.  We were flown into the Tasman Saddle hut and as we were shuttling our gear to the hut, a bag of pasta slipped out and shot down a blind couloir.  It wasn’t life-threatening, but later Grant and I skied down below the hut to look for it and found the couloir got steeper and steeper, then ended in a giant open maw of a crevasse!  The pasta was one with the glacier.

On the way back up to the hut, Grant and I decided to go right through the icefall as it was fairly short and we had ropes and plenty of time.  Chris was able to watch us from the top, and being a photographer, took a bunch of photos, but didn’t quite get what he was looking for, so he asked if all of us might want to do it again, which we did.  This time we had radios, so Chris was able to direct us through an outrageous path up the center of the icefall which we probably never would have found without his bird’s-eye view.  He shot this photo looking down from the hut, which is perched on a rock outcropping and falls away 100′s of feet on three sides.

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