Carrie Wang illustrates the proper technique for a Butterfly Knot.

Photo by Wayne Todd.

A Brocken spectre is the apparently enormous and magnified shadow of an observer, cast upon the upper surfaces of clouds opposite the sun.

Photo by Wayne Todd.

Snow travel school at the MCA's Basic Mountaineering School.

Photo by Brian Aho.

St. Elias mountains from Mt Bear area. St. Elias National Park.

Photo by Wayne Todd.

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