It has been a cold, cloudy summer. The temperature has not even hit 70 degrees yet! I have been burning through our supply of wood pretty quickly. At this rate, we will have none left for winter. Now that Tim has finished his resume, he will be busy chopping more. Poor Tim!!!
Finally, after all this cold weather, the first of July dawned clear, blue, and warm-the first day of summer! Tim and I headed up Crow Pass for a beautiful hike with a group from the Alaska Mountaineering Club. I really hope summer has finally arrived and we have many more days like this over the next couple of months!
Tomorrow, we will be heading to Seward to cheer Barney in another mountain race, Mt. Marathon. This race started formally in 1915 after it was run in 1908 as a bet; can you get up that mountain and back in less than an hour? That year it took the man who made the bet 62 minutes, but now the winners usually finish in around 45 minutes. It is about 3 miles round trip, 3000 foot elevation up and then back down. Average speed going up is 2 mph, coming down is 12 mph. Some of the racers get out of control coming back down and many end up quite bloody from slips on the rocks! Barney turned 50 this year and is trying to set new records for the 50 to 59 age group. He succeeded on Bird Ridge, now we are rooting for him to blow away the record on Mt. Marathon tomorrow!
Looking down towards Eagle River Valley.
Raven Glacier.
Tim sitting on the outhouse roof at Crow Pass. In July, the snow is still really deep in places!
Looking back from the pass. If you can find the people crossing the snow field, it really gives you a sense of scale.
New Growth
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