A familiar sight

This is the moment every climber has come to know quite well, its the point in which it all becomes real and the impending trip is now upon you. Bags are packed, unpacked, packed until through that meticulous sequence every piece of gear has made a home tucked safely away in a stuff sack and whatever piece of gear doesn't make it hopefully can be purchased along the way.

And to think this is only a fraction of the gear that will make the flight to AK