By Robert Frohlich “You cannot be a good mountaineer, however great your ability, unless you are cheerful and have the spirit of comradeship. Friends are as important as achievement. Another is that teamwork is the one key to success and that selfishness only makes a man small. Still another is that no man, on a … Continued
by Robert Frohlich “The world was so recent that many things lacked names, and to indicate them it was necessary to point.” Gabriel Garcia Marquez, One Hundred Years of Solitude [Cerva Harbor – Antarctic Peninsula] The walls are singing. Small twangs and moans interrupt the early afternoon light and pulse up from the brash ice … Continued
As Doug & Co. prepare to cross the Drake Passage to the Antarctic Peninsula, those at home can get ready to follow the ship’s course online. The ship, the “Clipper Adventurer,” is outfitted with a GPS system that will track its progress throughout the course of the journey, and is denoted by the abbreviation “CPA” … Continued
The light is flat. High fast clouds scrub the blue out of the wide Patagonia sky. Keoki, Tim and I consider carving ego, swan-like turns down the lower coral-horned ridge of the big south-facing wall of terrain above the Glaciar Martial within the Provincia de Tierra del Fuego. Poles tapping their Braille dance, the breath … Continued
by Robert Frohlich The sun, pale and without rays, pounded down leaden heat in an indecisive light. It made me squirm as if I’d been prodded under the fifth rib. Hanging in Plaza de Dorrego, a spacious functioning outdoor market within the rakish barrio of San Telmo, I gathered why this section of the city … Continued
Come join the ICE AXE Crew for The AMAZON RAINFOREST Expedition Jan 24-Feb 6, 2010. ICE AXE led an incredible amazon Expedition in 2007 and returns this year for another exciting expedition up the Rio Negro fishing for peacock bass, piranha, and view some most amazing wildlife such as Tucans, monkeys and caimon. This expedition will be … Continued
Doug Stoup and Monica Westin hosted a fundraising party at the penthouse apartment of Brian Mehling on September 22, 2009. Dr. Mehling was extremely generous to donate the space to support the efforts of World of Hope International and the Ice Axe Foundation. It was a wonderful fall evening overlooking the beautiful Manhattan sky line. Attendees were United … Continued
Photos and story by Kristoffer Erickson On July 11th my partner Jamie Laidlaw and I ascended the North facing Adams Glacier route on Mt. Adams. We had originally planned to just ski the one route but found ourselves on the summit with hours to burn before conditions softened on the northern aspect. Instead of waiting, … Continued
The summer of 2009 is full of successful summits for the Ice Axe team. On June 25, 2009 Glen and John successfully summited Denali and celebrated with a fantastic ski descent down. Read more about their journey below. Skiing Denali 2009 Story and Photos by John Morrison When April hit this year I felt winter had … Continued
Doug Stoup has been working closely with Bob Baroza and Kids Talk Radio in Long Beach, CA. Doug and Bob are working together to bring students on adventurers to the Antarctic Peninsula and the Amazon Rainforest this coming fall and winter. The program will take students from Long Beach and Watts, CA to the Antarctic … Continued
