Mount Brooks, North Ridge, Alaska Range. While Toby Wheeler and I were waiting on the Muldrow Glacier for the other members of our McKinley group, we were attracted by the beautifully contoured north ridge of Mount Brooks* silhouetted against the sky. On April 19 we started at four A.M. from 5400 feet on the Muldrow at the foot of the ridge in our one-day bid for the summit. At first we waded in crusted snow to our knees but soon were on wind-blown rock, hard snow and ice. Though the climbing was easy, we belayed and cut steps in places. Where the ridge was heavily corniced we climbed along the west side of the ridge. The views were spectacular. At two P.M. we reached the 11,940-foot summit.

Brian Okonek, Unaffiliated

* The summit of Mount Brooks was reached on August 20, also by the north ridge, by Jim Bergdahl, Roger Fuiten, Sandy Mapes and Andy Reynolds.