Tonight I am proud to be a guest of In Ice Axe We Trust, a mountaineering podcast where i’m telling my story of our Mt. Elbert winter attempt in which we faced wolves, freezing temperatures, and snow which resulted in a turn around just 1,000 feet under it’s 14,400 ft summit. As a companion piece to the show (which will air tonight at 8 pm PST and 11 pm EST) which I will post in the morning, I am posting the photographs taken by my climbing partners Manuel Castro and Ivan Flores.
Our tent under the stars. (Photograph by Manuel Castro)
The stars and the milky way from our campsite (Photo by Manuel Castro)
Our gear packed up before heading to Elbert. (Photo by Ivan Flores)
The wolf tracks we found around our campsite. (Photo by Ivan Flores)
The wall of snow just above twin lakes as we were leaving. (Photo by Ivan Flores)
The snowstorm we hit between Leadville and Avon after leaving Elbert. (Photo by Ivan Flores)
Mt. Elbert and Mt. Massive seen from the trailhead. (Photo by Michael Restivo)
WRITTEN BY GUEST CONTRIBUTOR: Michael Restivo. Check out his blog Mike Off The Map
