{"id":49626,"date":"2026-06-17T14:46:59","date_gmt":"2026-06-17T20:46:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.alanarnette.com\/blog\/?p=49626"},"modified":"2026-06-17T15:32:02","modified_gmt":"2026-06-17T21:32:02","slug":"denali-2026-coverage-podcast-with-summiteer-john-bartlic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.alanarnette.com\/blog\/2026\/06\/17\/denali-2026-coverage-podcast-with-summiteer-john-bartlic\/","title":{"rendered":"Denali 2026 Coverage: Podcast with Summiteer &#8211; John Bartolic"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Denali 2026 season is well underway, with a dated climber report as of June 1, 2026, of 513 climbers, mainly on the West Buttress route. 97 climbers have completed their trips, and 381<b> <\/b>are left to check in and begin their climbs. One team that did summit was one from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.alpineinstitute.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">American Alpine Institute<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.summitcoach.org\">Summit Coach<\/a> client, John Bartolic<\/p>\n<p>John, a Southwest Airlines pilot living in Dallas, Texas, is relatively new to mountaineering, with a Rainier summit last year and a Pico de Orizaba summit a few months ago. His next includes Kilimanjaro and Everest.<\/p>\n<p>We discussed everything from motivation, training, gear, clothing\u00a0and weather\u00a0to logistics and had a special remembrance of Mayor Stubbs of Talkeetna, Alaska, who died in 2017. I met Stubbs in 2007 on a climb.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_49627\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-49627\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-49627 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/www.alanarnette.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Mayor-Stubbs-640x480.jpeg\" alt=\"Talkeetna's Mayor Stubbs\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.alanarnette.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Mayor-Stubbs-640x480.jpeg 640w, https:\/\/www.alanarnette.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Mayor-Stubbs-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.alanarnette.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Mayor-Stubbs-225x169.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/www.alanarnette.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Mayor-Stubbs-1536x1152.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/www.alanarnette.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Mayor-Stubbs-1000x750.jpeg 1000w, 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Simply search for &#8220;Alan Arnette&#8221; on your preferred podcast platform.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">Book Pre-Publishing Notification:<\/h3>\n<figure id=\"attachment_20147\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-20147\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-20147\" src=\"http:\/\/www.alanarnette.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/IMG_2535-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Alan and Ida on the sumit of K2, July 27, 2014\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.alanarnette.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/IMG_2535-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.alanarnette.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/IMG_2535-225x169.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.alanarnette.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/IMG_2535-640x480.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.alanarnette.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/IMG_2535.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-20147\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Alan and Ida on the summit of K2, July 27, 2014<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>If you would like to be notified when my memoir, &#8220;Hard or Impossible? Summiting K2 for Ida is available \u2013 I&#8217;m still looking for an agent. Complete the form at the bottom of this introduction <a href=\"https:\/\/www.alanarnette.com\/memoir\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">page<\/a>:\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Denali 2026 season is well underway, with a dated climber report as of June 1, 2026, of 513 climbers, mainly on the West Buttress route. 97 climbers have completed their trips, and 381 are left to check in and begin their climbs. One team that did summit was one from American Alpine Institute and Summit Coach client, John Bartlic<\/p>\n<p>John, a Southwest Airlines pilot living in Dallas, Texas, is relatively new to mountaineering, with a Rainier summit last year and a Pico de Orizaba summit a few months ago. His next includes Kilimanjaro and Everest.  We discussed everything from motivation, training, gear, clothing\u00a0and weather\u00a0to logistics and had a special remembrance of Mayor Stubbs of Talkeetna, Alaska, who died in 2017. I met Stubbs in 2007 on a climb. #Denali2026<\/p>\n<p>If you would like to be notified when my memoir, &#8220;Hard or Impossible? Summiting K2 for Ida is available \u2013 I&#8217;m still looking for an agent. 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