The Alaskan Ascent | A 70mile Quest for First Ascents

Many great mountain trips begin with a dream, countless nights of research, hours of training and months of preparations. Yeaaah, we didn’t do that.
With about three days prep, Cameron Jardell, a Juneau Alaska local, and Vinny 2 Crocs, from Squamish BC, teamed up for a 76 mile glacier traverse across the Juneau Icefield, from the US to Canada, on a quest for rock climbing first ascents.
Loaded up with Costco’s finest previsions, 5lbs of pre-cooked bacon and two decked-out plastic kiddy sleds, the morning of July 9th, 2023 saw the two of us Heli into Death Valley on the edge of the Juneau Icefield. Chaos ensued...
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WILDERTAINMENT MISSION: Bringing you Entertaining Wilderness Adventure Stories from military helicopter crashes in the Mountains of Utah, to mountaineers falling 6-story deep into a glacier crevasse in New-Zealand. Join the adventures with Vinny 2 Crocs as he shares hilarious wilderness/outdoor adventure stories, inspiring adventure sports accomplishments, and grueling survival tales (including animal attacks/bear attacks/mountain lion attacks). So whether you're a climber, mountaineer, resort skier, backcountry skier, god forbid a snowboarder, hiker, kayaker or whether you love ice climbing, or bouldering, join us in the backcountry for some funny, humorous, and hilarious Wilderness Entertainment!

[@wildertainment]

Twas never our intention to make a film about this silly odyssey, but upon helicopter landing on the icefield, I noticed Cam was taking footage with his phone held horizontally to which I asked: “wait, are we making a movie about this?”, “I mean why not?”. To my cameraless chagrin as a filmmaker having only brought an outdated phone and an old drone, this was the best I came up with. 😅

[@hasanmaharoof]

Holyy what a hidden gem, two guys just making history and vlogging it, love this

[@christopherdesantis9876]

When climbing and mountaineering has gotten to serious for it's own good; you guys restored the fun of what it's really all about ! Thank you for being real humans ! AWESOME VID !

[@Beacon.Shovel.Bearspray]

Thoroughly enjoyed this. Worked for Alaska Mountain Guides 15ish years ago and lived in that yellow house. Nice to see the front yard scene living on ….

[@matbolduc]

Great adventure between good buds! KZbin needs more wholesome epic adventure content. Well done!

[@chrisdorsi3628]

Holy heck gentlemen, you crushed it! So glad to see that someone keeps alive the tradition of crazy mountain stokage. Congratulations!

[@wildertainment]

hehehe thank you! 🙏 Going to climb in Cordillera Blanca, Peru in a month actually, though this time we may not make a silly film about it 😆

[@RescueSwimmerMindset]

Cool to see a helicopter rescue swimmer veteran still doing rad adventures! LOVED THIS GOOFY FILM!!!

[@lonniecarlson8866]

Loved the commentary and great shots. Had me laughing my ass off. Thanks 😊

[@hasanmaharoof]

your personas constrasted with how serious and dangerous this is, makes this genuinely so entertaining. amazing filmwork honestly unbelievable this is the work of 2 people.

[@lukeshacter5832]

If this isn't the best film I've seen in a dang while, was grinning the whole time!! Sick as gents!

[@wildertainment]

"sick as" what?...apple pie? 😜🥝

[@CedarWright]

That Chicken Wing Desert dream sequence was pretty on point.

[@virgilei.8264]

What a fun adventure and fun storytelling!!

[@shanejolin8657]

Just happened to come across this video, good stuff, very entertaining!!

[@wildertainment]

mightchu even say: WILDERtaining 🤓

[@Kevin-ib3io]

Holy shit! The magic of the internet has provided. 1st the film is wonderful! Seriously, it's so good! Funny and it has good storytelling and substance. 2nd... Cam is my neighbor!? Have the algorithms have gone too far? I don't know but I'm glad KZbin suggested this. 3rd what an epic trip! Hi neighbor 👋

[@robbyparsons4772]

The dance party on top of the summit was epic!! Such an amazing adventure for you both. Well done!

[@michaelpuett6358]

this is well produced and hilarious! Well done laddies!

[@mattcallahan5093]

Nice work!

[@christian.e]

Very cool to watch. Great storytelling!

[@markdeming8900]

You had me at bacon 😂

[@ericsanderson1146]

Need me one of them "cocktails" featured at the end....looks delicious!

[@BrunoPisaniAdventure]

amazing film!

[@rickallen8743]

Well done! Reminds me of escapades in the Wind Rivers 50 years ago. It’s on the save list for sure, THANKS.

[@averageandrew82]

Great adventure, banter, and overall experience!

[@jonbrown314]

Good film guys. Thank you. Really makes me want to move to Alaska.

[@BejcarSkater]

A cool AK sufferfest, definitely some inspiration for some more grassroots adventures

[@venky8230]

Loved this 😂

[@SeekOutTheAdventure]

well done.

[@wildertainment]

Cheers! Thank for watchin!

[@user-hx3gx9ke7c]

Love the duality of this goofy film vs the last darker mental health film.

[@oswindrahermanu9700]

as a fellow recreational mountaineer i aspire to be like this. Bravo!

[@TheClimberLife]

Fuggin' EPIC! Although, may need more dancing next time. Miss ya dude, keep killing it.

[@vlocity3]

Sweet adventure dudes! Curious, what type of rope were you using ? Looking to pick one up for my next outing. Thanks in advance.

[@wildertainment]

Mammut 8.0mm 60m half ropes. but don't get the pink one...it severes into 5 pieces too easily 😜

[@vlocity3]

I heard the blue one stronger but the yellow much fast, can you confirm ? apologies my english is new.