26 Sep First ascents in Alaska’s Hayes Range – Video

 
In June we have given the new  about   Ryan Hokanson and Samuel Johnson’s  first ascent of  two new routes (the second ending  just below the summit due to a lightning storm) in the Hayes Group in the eastern Alaska Range.
 
Original objectives – a new route on Mount Hess or on Mount Deborah – proved impossible because the conditions were quite warm on both objectives, so they moved to Hayes Glacier where conditions were better: here the duo first completed in a single-push the ascent of the direct west face of Mt. Hayes. The route is 6,500-foot, V AI3 R. They did 16 rappels and 1000m descent following a different line farther to the north. 
 
After a rest day, the duo climbed a new route on the NE wall of Mount Balchen 3395 m, 3,500-foot V AI4 M6.  
 
Here the video in Back Diamond website