{"id":6293,"date":"2011-06-28T09:48:34","date_gmt":"2011-06-28T15:48:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.alanarnette.com\/blog\/2011\/06\/28\/the-talkeetna-hang\/"},"modified":"2011-12-03T18:26:36","modified_gmt":"2011-12-04T00:26:36","slug":"the-talkeetna-hang","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.alanarnette.com\/blog\/2011\/06\/28\/the-talkeetna-hang\/","title":{"rendered":"The Talkeetna Hang"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A quick update from Talkeetna. We arrived yesterday for the NPS briefing and were ready to fly but low clouds and snow on Denali stopped all the flights. So we spent the night at the Road House.<\/p>\n<p>Had Half Standard; a Full would have caused me to exceed the weight limit :). Weather good in Talkeetna this morning. Hopeful for the Glacier. We are on 1st flight this AM.<\/p>\n<p>Lots of commercial teams here so the Mountain will continue to be crowded as we enter the late season.<\/p>\n<p>I will continue to send my location via SPOT and a voice dispatch one we get to the Glacier.<\/p>\n<p>Climb On!<br \/>\nAlan<br \/>\nMemories are Everything<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.alanarnette.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/20110628-074804.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.alanarnette.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/20110628-074804.jpg\" alt=\"20110628-074804.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A quick update from Talkeetna. 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