Climbing Mt. Dickey, Alaska

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July 10, 2006

Climbing Mt. Dickey, Alaska

Wes Napier, manager of our downtown Chattanooga store, recently returned from a month in the Alaskan wilderness. I've been bothering him for pictures ever since he got back, and here are a few to share with you.

Here's the quick story in Wes' words: "The 2 climbing pictures are on Mt. Dickey, one going up, one on the way down. we climbed the west face route on the west ridge variation.... visability was shit so we hugged the true ridge on some steep and somtimes really exposed snow climbing. climbing a small ridge knowing the ground to your side is about 4000' away can get a little interesting to say the least.

the other is just me hanging out in the Ruth bundled up after rock climbing for the day.... the sun is hot, the shade is cold. You will be racing for your shade hat, sunglasses and suncreen in a short sleeved shirt.... if a small cloud covers up the sun, you immediately run for the puff jkt. there is a learning curve to climbing in AK."

We're glad Wes made it back safely, and look forward to seeing more from the trip. We'll post more as we hear some details from Wes.