2. 2007

Highway and Hatchers - Late Season Climbing

An afternoon on the Seward Highway, followed by an overnighter and climbing in Archangel Valley on Toto 5.10
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A photographer has to keep his camera handy or he'll miss the good shots. Kelsey Gray belays Richard on the last pitch.
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A photographer has to keep his camera handy or he'll miss the good shots. Kelsey Gray belays Richard on the last pitch.

AlaskaHatcher PassArchangel ValleyToto buttressRock ClimbingKelsey Gray2007Matanuska Susitna Valley

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  • Shasta Miller eyes her next move.
  • The Cook Inlet drops away underneath Kelsey Gray as he works a route.
  • Shasta watches the sun go down from the top of the cliff.
  • Sunset over the Cook Inlet.
  • Morning found us greeting another bright and sunny day from a cabin in hatcher Pass. We set out to climb <i>Toto</i>, a six pitch 5.10 and an area classic. Here Kelsey nears the belay as Shasta and I set out on the next pitch.
  • We deviated from the route to climb what looked like a beautiful splitter from below, but turned out to be a splitter offwidth, heinously difficult and completely unprotectable with the gear we had. Not to be turned back, we climbed it anyway. Here's Shasta losing some skin behind me.
  • Richard Harrop tops out on the offwidth section and greets Kelsey and Shasta at the belay.
  • A photographer has to keep his camera handy or he'll miss the good shots. Kelsey Gray belays Richard on the last pitch.
  • Snapping shots with his hand still on the brake, Kelsey belays Richard up the last pitch.
  • Richard Harrop reaches the top of <i>Toto 5.10</i>.
  • Shasta Miller creeps along the final ridge on the route.
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