Ice Climbing - Kid Around the Corner

This past Sunday Joe, Bryan and I braved the -10 degree cold and went and did "Kid Around the Corner" up in the Caribou Creek Canyon. The river wasn't completely frozen over so we had to hike up to the top and rappel down from the top. It was 4 main pitches and 3 of the four were frozen solid. Only 1 was still really wet. Luckily it was the top one, so we didn't get wet until we were about to leave. Running water is always a mystery when it's -10 and it's flowing over a frozen ice-waterfall. The most bizarre part is that the water is technically below the temperature of freezing. Anyways, here are a few pics. We didn't take many because it was too cold to get the gloves off and pull the camera out.

Hecla's Greens Creek Mine - Juneau, Alaska

 

This past week I had to pleasure of going with Joe to Juneau for two days to shoot at Hecla's Greens Creek Mine. Wow! What an experience! I learned so much about mining and got to shoot in one of the coolest environments I have ever been in. It was on an island off the coast of Juneau which meant that when we got there we had to take a float plane to the island. That night we caught the ferry back to Juneau with the crew. We rode both ways the next day with the ferry (5am departure, 5pm return). 4am wake-ups are always fun! I can't express what an amazing two days it was. Joe and I had to keep reminding each other that we were hundreds of feet below ground in a working MINE! Here are some behind the scenes shots.