We did it, and are alive to tell about it! Cody, Nick, Sabino and I completed the 23 mile trek from Girdwood to Eagle River this weekend. We figured we hiked for 18 hours total (wasn't going for any record here). We set off from Girdwood around 1 pm Sunday, and made it to the Eagle River Nature Center at 6 pm Monday. Here are a few pictures:
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| Wilson 'helped' with some of the packing |
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| At the trailhead in Girdwood, rearranging a few things and applying bug spray |
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| The boys, just starting out |
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| View of the valley leading up to the pass |
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| The trail up ahead |
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| And we reached the top: beautiful clear skies and magnificent views |
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| Sabino's pose |
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| Christmas card photo...? |
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| Enjoying a brew that Nick packed all the way up there, was even good warm |
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| The Crow Pass! |
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| Sabino and Raven Glacier |
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| The group in front of Raven Glacier at Crow Pass |
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| View of the valley below |
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| This snow ledge made me very nervous, but we did it! |
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| Thunder Gorge |
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| View from our 'campsite' |
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| Dinner! Noodles with smoked salmon pesto sauce |
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| Our tent and view back from along the hike |
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| The guys' tent and view forward |
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| Dinner clean-up |
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| We hikes 1.5hr that morning for reach the river crossing: this view is what we have to look forward to |
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| Crossing tips |
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| Nick leads us in |
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| And taking a break to warm back up and enjoying the scenery |
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| Wilson did pretty well across, Sabino and Cody led him along without incident |
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| Up the trail aways, this was one of the stream crossings |
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| Twin falls, or Heritage falls. At this point, we were just hoping we'd be at the Nature Center soon |
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| This was our 15'er before our final push to the end |
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| Wilson was so tired, he fell asleep nearing every place we stopped |
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| Felt so good to see this place! |
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| The group at the end! |
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| Wilson had to share his backseat, so he improvised. |
