Asylum on a sea of rock: - The Mountaineers

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Dylan Taylor
JOE STOCK’S idea of a good time typically
requires skis, high mountains, long distances,
and uncharted territory. Since 2006, Joe has
made 100+ mile traverses through Alaska’s
Chugach, Neacola and Tordrillo Mountains – all
involving more than 20,000 feet of vertical
respectively – and has skied off the summit of
Mount Chamberlain, the highest mountain in the
Alaskan Arctic. In the spring of 2010, he skied a
high and technical crossing of Alaska’s Wrangell
Mountains, a range noted for its high peaks,
rugged terrain, bears, and an alarming lack of
up-to-date cartography. During his little jaunts,
he calls a Hilleberg Nammatj home.
“I never know what I'm getting into on remote
Alaska ski expeditions: 75+mph winds, drifting
snow or even swarms of mosquitoes, but I always
know my Nammatj will handle the conditions.
It sets up fast in a raging blizzard, has plenty of
room for us and our gear, and it is bombproof.”
(For more, see www.stockalpine.com)
6 the mountaineer » july/august 2011
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