1. 2008

Archangel Valley - Veinous Wall

Putting up new routes in the rain.
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Rock dust flies as Kelsey drills a bolt, putting in the anchor on our new route.
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Rock dust flies as Kelsey drills a bolt, putting in the anchor on our new route.

AlaskaHatcher PassArchangel ValleyVeinous WallRock ClimbingKelsey Gray2008Matanuska Susitna Valley

  • Only a few hundred beats of the hammer and a bolt is drilled.  Kelsey takes his turn whacking the bit into the rock.
  • Rock dust flies as Kelsey drills a bolt, putting in the anchor on our new route.
  • Rain turns the rocks into a slippery slope as Kelsey works at installing new bolts.
  • Barefoot and warm even in the chilly rain, Kelsey drills bolts for an anchor on our new climb.
  • Water flows over Kelsey's toes as the work continues in the rain.
  • Tools of the trade hang at Kelsey's hip as he drills.
  • Shadowy forms loom through the mist, dimly outlining the shape of Archangel Valley.
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