Kikkan Randall... the girl knows how to ski.

Bobby Miller, originally from MN, gets a glimpse of the chugiak range while resting on a gradual descent.

Erik Flora

Kalysta Schmidt and Erika Klaar making water.

It's not ALL skiing up on the glacier. Due to the fabulous winter we had some wintry weather on the glacier (that's right, I mean we were kicking on HARDWAX). It also meant that the snow hadn't started melting into water yet so we had to make some. Luckily there's some very talented chefs in our group. That also means that I went five days without showering. Which, actually, I was fine with. I mean, showering is just one more thing to do during the day and if you can skip it without feeling guilty why not? At the same time though, the first stop after coming off the glacier was to a gas station where Taz & I practically ran into the bathroom... to turn on the faucets and wash our hands lengthily in warm, running water. For drinking though, there's not much better than fresh snow-melt! Things were starting to melt by the end of the week so next time we go up there should be lots of sun melted snow so we won't have to do any coaxing.

Peter Kling and Galen Johnston cleaning out a winter's accumulation of snow drift from the wax trailer.

Erika Klaar and Becca Rorabaugh heading out for a ski.

James Southam being followed and coached by Erik Flora.

I really do feel fortunate to have such a great group of teammates and coaches to live and train with at APU.