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Thanks for your interest in our adventure on Denali in 2011.  If you'd like to read the trip report, or about our other adventures, please check out our new site:  Full Show Alpinism.

Cheers
Max and Jacon

Trip Report / Moonflower Buttress

It's not that we're the sort who make promises and fail to keep them: there really is a detailed trip report (with photos) forthcoming.  The AAC is apparently doing a blog post about our trip, and that's making me feel fairly guilty about never posting writing the report for this blog.  It's possible also that I'm a bit embarrassed about my photos - it was very cold, and I didn't get the really good shots that I expect of myself, and which I am proud to show off.  Anyway.

What's next for Max and me?  We think Moonflower Buttress, 2013.  It's nicely low-altitude, compared to the Cassin, and we found that altitude turns Type II fun to Type 0 fun pretty damn fast.  Also next time we're bringing a posse.  Who's with us for Alaska Range 2013??

AAC Trip Report/Summer Update

Hey all!

Thanks for continuing to check in on us. I'm working like crazy, really no time off heading up the wilderness trips department of a summer camp. Working hard to pay off all the debt from the trip (completely worth it)

Also working on writing a trip report for the American Alpine Club, as soon as that's finished I will be posting it up here as well.

Again, a truly heartfelt thank you for everyone that made the trip possible, and everyone that we met that made the trip bearable. I'm not going to go through everyone because Jacon has covered that, and, well, you know who you are.

Truly thank you so much, and thanks to Jacon for not wringing my neck, though I'm sure there were times he would have liked nothing else.

AAC trip report to come soon,

Luego

THANK YOU

So, clearly, the trip report has not been forthcoming. Max is in the woods 4 days a week, and the rest of the time he either yelling at children or flirting with co-counselors. I'm on Long Island, racing/fixing/cleaning/moving/etc. sailboats, at about 70 hours a week. You'll just have to wait - all I can promise is that when it comes, it will be worth it.

In the meantime, we would like to extend our heartfelt thanks to the people and organizations that made this possible.

Thank you to Michelle, Trine, Robert, Kei, Nobu and the crew at basecamp. We had a blast. Definitely Type 1 fun.

Thanks to Brian, in Anchorage, for his incomparable hospitality. You got our trip off to a great start.

Thanks to Rob Shaul and Mountain Athlete - your program was brutal, and it prepared our bodies and possibly our minds.

Thanks to the American Alpine Club and to the Cabot cooperative, for your generous grants.

Thanks to Kevin, Joe, Mark and everyone at the NPS for your extreme professionalism, hospitality, and helpfulness. You guys set a very high bar for the rest of the NPS, and you took care of us at 17.

Thanks to Ryan, Ryan, Sarah, Alyse, and dad, for letting us invade your space at 14,200 for not one, but four long, windy days. Your generosity preserved our sanity.

Thanks to Andreas, Magnus, Will, John, Jeff and Ed for all the good times on the mountain and in Talkeetna. You fellas saved us from each other.

Thanks to our friends, for supporting us, and our families, for tolerating us. (Kidding, our families were very supportive).

And finally, most importantly: thanks to Lisa Roderick and Julie Wolf. Lisa, you made our whole trip possible. It was so nice to feel immediately welcome on the mountain, and even up high, we knew you had our back. JWolf - you inspire us to live our dreams, because that's all you ever seem to do.

Denali Pro Pins

The NPS has awarded Max and I Denali Pro Pins.  Very nice of them. 

Clarification / Trip Report Teaser

Thanks for all the positive support we've been getting.  Just a quick clarification: just because we failed at our goal (climbing the Cassin) does not mean we consider ourselves or the trip to be failures.  We did not manage what we set out to do - that's all I intended to convey.

We're back in VT, sorting gear and lives.  I'm still working on all the photos and video for the trip report, but here's a teaser for you:

Failure. Wrecked.

Glacier is possibly the harshest environment on earth.  After 34 days on the glacier, we're back in Talkeetna.  Thanks to everyone for the positive vibes.  We did not summit.  We did not get on the Cassin.  Full trip report to come.