Thursday, 3 May 2012

Twid Turner: Middle Triple Peak

ME Pro Partner Mike'Twid' Turner and fellow climber Dave Gladwin are heading out to Alaska on the 8th May to attempt the First British Ascent - via a new line of Middle Triple Peak, in the remote Alaskan Range of the Kitchatna Spires.

Twid, Baffin Big Walls expedition in 2010

The team have their eye a new line which involves over 1200m of mixed, ice and rock that takes a strong feature on the right hand side of the West Face. Portalegdes will possibly be needed as most of the climbing is steep technical ground, involving 'Big Wall' skills on top of an ice line. ETA on summit may be around a week. There is a possible unclimbed summit along the summit chain which the team also hope to snatch.


Triple Middle Peak

The Kichatna Spires are as remote as you can get, an hours flight by light aircraft will land the team on the Tatina glacier where the climb will begin. In 7 previous Expeditions to this amazing area, Twid has only ever seen one other team. The range is often referred to as the 'Patagonia' of Alaska. Stunning granite spires clustered around a tight area of deep glacier valleys and as Twid says "There's certainly no pizza delivery in this part of the world"

You can read more about Twid and the trip at the Middle Triple Peak blog here