Lucas Onan

The group circles up at the first campsite after a long first day of hiking up a mountain bike trail on Mt. Helena. The first day and a half of hiking were spent on Mt. Helena on the way to Mt. Albert, and the group slept on a helipad that was made for users of the mountain bike trail to be dropped off on before going down the trail. (From left) Guide Lucas Onan, Chris Hachtman, Will Odom, Charlie Howell.

On the way up to the summit, it was the worst whiteout that Lucas Onan had ever seen in his two years of guiding. With only about 30 feet of visibility, he had to navigate the whole group based almost entirely on compass bearings. “On the way to the summit it was hard because you couldn’t see anything and I was hungry and I actually got into a little bit of a trance on the way up there,” Bryce Hooper said. (Photo: Davis Beasley)