Significance of Kamchatka Ski Exploration 2008: The Kamchatka Peninsula is a fascinating destination. Known as the land of fire and ice – it is a narrow piece of land separating the Pacific Ocean from the Sea of Okhotsk in Russia’s Far East. Its main point of entry is the coastal port and city of Petropavlovsk [...]

It was sweet, we were jazzed and can’t wait to go back -
May 17 – flew out of Seattle
May 18 Traveled from Tbilisi to Ushguli
May 19 we did 2 carries that day bringing supplies from Ushguli (about 7′400) up to about 9′200 Spent the night with our host family for a second night.
May 20 Left Ushguli and [...]

The Tordrillos are well-documented in Tordrillo—Pioneer Climbs and Flights in the Tordrillo Mountains of Alaska by Rodman Wilson and Paul Crews Sr. The most significant traverse in that book was by the burly team of Scott Woolums and Mark Jonas in March 1982. Aiming for tower climbing in the Kichatna Mountains, they left from Beluga [...]