It's almost that time again... As the mercury drops, ice climbers dream of water trickling over rock walls, gradually growing from smears to bulges to big fat walls of ice. Paul forwarded me this excellent scientific report testing the strengths of various types of ice protection. It will always be a judgment call whether an anchor is solid, but empirical evidence is surely a painless way to gather knowledge. So if you're planning on swinging tools this winter, I'd give it a thorough perusal.
On that note, Paul, Clay and I will be braving the parks highway on Wednesday so that we can join our family in sacrificing a turkey. Friday will see Father and Sons racing together as the "Schauer Power" relay team at the annual Turkey Day Relays. Upon finishing, we will make our exodus to Ohana Cobana, our cabin near the Deltas. Early season ice climbing or late-season ice caving shall ensue. Expect updates next week.
Karl Schauer
I wrote these blog posts from 2010 - 2012 when I was living in Anchorage. During that time I raced for the University of Alaska Anchorage cross country ski team while earning my bachelor's degree in biology. I also got out for some fun adventures between racing and studying. Here you can find some of my old stories about ski racing and playing outside in Alaska.
Enjoy!
Enjoy!
Fun things I like to do:
- Play
- Travel
- Climb
- Ski
- Paddle
- Bike
- Race
- Hike
- Hunt
1 comment:
Wanna try to climb at Dragonfly on the way up? There has to be frozen water there by now, it has been -40 or so.
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