arrigetch peaks: link to mikey schaefer slideshow

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hooblie

climber
from where the anecdotes roam
Topic Author's Original Post - Oct 19, 2010 - 09:46pm PT
http://mikeyschaefer.photoshelter.com/gallery-slideshow/G00006R20BKNSPxo/?start=

survival

Big Wall climber
A Token of My Extreme
Oct 19, 2010 - 10:53pm PT
Amazing link!!

Sometimes I miss Alaska a ton.

Thanks for sharing the great photography!!!!
mike m

Trad climber
black hills
Oct 20, 2010 - 12:08am PT
That place looks amazing. David Roberts has some very good writing about that place.
roadman

climber
Oct 20, 2010 - 12:32am PT
Just goes to show, not only is Mikey the nicest guy in the world...he's one of the best photographers too!
crøtch

climber
Feb 27, 2015 - 04:42pm PT
Bump

Anyone have a working link to Mikey's Arrigetch slideshow?

I'm feeling nostalgic.
coolrockclimberguy69

climber
Feb 27, 2015 - 07:27pm PT
http://mikeyschaefer.photoshelter.com/gallery/2009-08-11-Arrigetch-Peaks/G00006R20BKNSPxo

blog link on page is dead, though.
Peter Haan

Trad climber
Santa Cruz, CA
Feb 27, 2015 - 07:40pm PT
Mikey has a wonderful site and is a remarkable photographer.
crøtch

climber
Mar 1, 2015 - 09:42am PT
Yes, Peter, he's an amazing photographer with the know-how to get to some amazing places. And unlike many of us who put the camera away when the climbing gets difficult and we are facing impending darkness or bad weather, Mikey pulls out his camera when the going gets tough.

Thanks for the link cool69. I found the gallery prior and was wondering what they climbed. From the photos it looks like one of the Maidens or something in that vicinity based on the photo of three huddled around a map. And maybe Caliban or the Tusk based on another photo with Xanadu and Albatross in the background.
Clint Cummins

Trad climber
SF Bay area, CA
Mar 1, 2015 - 01:13pm PT
Here's an archived version of Mikey's Arrigetch blog post:
http://web.archive.org/web/20110314044239/http://mikeylikesrocks.com/blog/?p=92

The descriptions in Mikey's blog post shows Mikey and Kate climbed:
 E Ridge of E Maiden (starting from the North side)
 W Ridge of Citadel
 Caliban (W Ridge?)
 part of NE Ridge of Parabola

P.S. I updated the references on my web page to add links to this and to AAJ articles from 2003-2012. http://web.stanford.edu/%7Eclint/arrig/index.htm
Still need to update the route list, though.
norm larson

climber
wilson, wyoming
Mar 1, 2015 - 01:33pm PT
Nice to see the Arrigetch getting some press. I've been there twice. Incredible place. First trip there we floated out the Alatna river to exit after our 3 weeks of climbing. If you ever go don't miss the North Prow of the Maiden. One of the best routes anywhere.
crøtch

climber
Mar 1, 2015 - 05:42pm PT
Thanks for the link and the website update, Clint!

Norm, did you get to climb the North Buttress of East Maiden? I spent the better part of two trips waiting for that line to dry out. Those trips were June and July, perhaps a bit too early in the season. The June trip we made an attempt and found iced up chimneys on a direct start. The July trip it rained a bunch and the wall was very wet. We never could figure out where the starting ledge system was that traversed in from the right. It might have been covered in snow.

As you would expect for such a sparsely documented area, there seems to be some confusion about the naming of some of the peaks, particularly the Camel and Maidens. Are there two Maidens and a Camel, or three Maidens, or three Maidens and a Camel? I think two Maidens and a Camel.
norm larson

climber
wilson, wyoming
Mar 2, 2015 - 05:05am PT
We did get up the North Prow on our second trip. We started up a direct line but got shut down. Hiked up the talus a bit to the right and traversed in to a corner system that led to the prow. Both trips were in mid to late July. Lots of bugs and bears on our first trip, none the second. The prow is 20 60m. pitches up to 5.9 or 10-. Really spectacular. To descend we hiked all the way over the Maiden to the Ayagomahalla valley and back around another valley to east. Epic hike. Luckily the blue berries were happening. I think 2 Maidens and one Camel.
zBrown

Ice climber
Brujò de la Playa
Mar 2, 2015 - 07:10am PT
I had some trouble getting there, but this worked

http://mikeyschaefer.photoshelter.com/#!/index/G0000KCGWa50t.lU/I0000.S3q8GcOlP0


BLOG

http://mikeylikesrocks.com/blog/
Clint Cummins

Trad climber
SF Bay area, CA
Mar 2, 2015 - 01:52pm PT
I think 2 Maidens and one Camel.
I agree.
I'm in the process of updating my page from the 2003 version.
Scoured the web for photos last night, and found lots of good ones.
Here are a few of the best photo sets I found (besides Mikey's who didn't have much luck with sun):
http://www.supertopo.com/climbers-forum/934069/Arrigetch-Peaks-TR
http://www.kelseygrayphotography.com/keyword/Arrigetch%20Peaks/
http://www.subzerophotography.com/Alaska-Destinations/Arrigetch-Peaks/
norm larson

climber
wilson, wyoming
Mar 3, 2015 - 03:57am PT
Clint I have some slides of our trips there I could scan, as well as a map with peak names I could get you.
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