A super fast and lightweight trip to Alaska. After flying into the Kahiltna, we headed out on our Nordic racing skis. Notice the feed bag around my neck so we would not have to stop - take off packs and eat - we could just munch and keep going all day. Our tent ripped apart just before heading up the Valley of Death, and so the Cassin Ridge was out. We headed up the west buttress with the remnants of our tent, one stove and one pot, one toothbrush, one book, no rope, no climbing gear, one axe each and no puffy parkas or clothes ... Our theory was we were either moving fast and staying warm, or in our sleeping bags! Mark was nine days Bay Area-summit-Bay Area. I stayed on to wait for Michael Franklin and a new route on Thunder Ridge.
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