This is The Blue Tarp, stories from Alaska’s Northern Susitna Valley as told by those who lived them.  This will be our last episode for season five. As is often the case, we are going to close out the season with a few topics that we w...

This is The Blue Tarp, stories from Alaska’s Northern Susitna Valley as told by those who lived them.  So far this season, we’ve covered many aspects of climbing Denali, including how harrowing expeditions can be when they go wrong.&nbs...

This is The Blue Tarp, stories from Alaska’s Northern Susitna Valley as told by those who lived them.  This season, we’ve heard many stories about climbing Denali. Whether they were stories of triumph, tragedy, or something in between, ...

This is The Blue Tarp, stories from Alaska’s Northern Susitna Valley as told by those who lived them.  We are now past the halfway point in our season about mountaineering on Denali, North America’s tallest peak. Today, we’re jumping fo...

This is The Blue Tarp, stories from Alaska’s Northern Susitna Valley as told by those who lived them.  Unlike previous seasons of this program, the episodes so far have been primarily a chronological history lesson of mountaineering on ...