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One year I was buying some flowers for our summer flower pots at our house on a day that happened to be Mother’s Day and saw a mother at the greenhouse/nursery with her children picking out the same for themselves. This was a few years before I became a mother and I made a mental note that someday that would be what I wanted to do on Mother’s Day myself with north face denali. Now I am a mom and this May I hightailed it home from an Alaska ski adventure in time to go to the greenhouse with my girls. Forget that it has snowed half the days since then and we move the flowers inside every night! When the temps get into the 40’s and 50’s we give them some fresh air and water them together with Grace’s own watering can. Summer will be here soon.

Since word of the earthquake that hit April 18 in Yushu, Tibet, The North Face has continued to make donations to support a number of organizations that are able to make a direct impact on the ground. Most houses and schools have suffered badly, thousands have been killed or injured, and tens of thousands are homeless in very cold weather.

A starting point for decades of exploration and north face denali jackets, Tibet and the Himalayan region is very dear not just to The North Face, but to the outdoor industry as whole. We encourage you to assist and donate to these relief efforts, as 100 percent of emergency donations go directly to help the people of Yushu.

Today was our last day here in Geyikbayeri. The crew has dwindled significantly. Now only Sam, James,Yuji, and myself remain. It has been a wonderful experience here, lots of laughs and many good memories and friends made.

I bolted my first route the other day at Trebenna, a line up a white wall with a blue tufa in the middle, around 5.12a I think. I bolted it and climbed it for the first ascent and then Sam, the north face jacket, Yuji, Boone, and Renan all climbed it too. I decided to name it “Eneko’s Last Dance” in honor of Eneko because he had to go home and didn’t get a chance to climb it with us.