Steep Ice
Charlie leaves the bivouac site on day 2 after the storm
A sea of peaks beyond
Charlie ascends the Buttress to my belay with a sea of peaks in the Wrangell St Elias behind him.
Day four
Charile takes a moment to appreciate the vastness around him.
Through the towers
Charlie and I climb through a section of towers on the East Buttress
Through the Towers
Charlie looks back at me as he leads through a section of towers on the East Buttress
Bivouac
Charlie sits on the small bivouac ledge we have created on the top of a snow mushroom on the East Buttress
Summit Seracs
As Charlie leads towards the seracs protecting the summit of Univeristy Peak, we realize there is little option but to climb through the barrier.
Air Flight
On the summit of University Peak, our friends Paul Claus and Ruedi Homberger drop us a bag of provisions from the window of their super cub as they pass overhead.
Descent along the North Ridge
On the descent from the peak, we negotiated the highly corniced terrain of the North Ridge.