Tag: Denali 2011

Snow Day at Camp 2

Well our laid plans are always subject to Mother Nature’s master plan. As we finished dinner last night the snow was steady. It continued throughout the night. Around 4 AM, we heard Ben announcing to stay put until 8 and we would decide what to do…

The Perils of Denali

Morning on Denali

I was aware of both my toes and finger tips as I stood in line, connected to the rope like one of the dog sled pack. 1:00 AM Friday morning, July 1. The clouds covered the morning sky just like the previous mornings. An occasional break revealed the vi…

The Talkeetna Hang

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. Had Half Standard; a Full would have caused me to exceed the weight limit :). Weather good in […]

Chasing Alaskan Sunsets

I left Colorado at 7:00 last night where the sun would set in a couple of hours. Landing in Anchorage five hours later, store the sun was still shining and continued that way into the early hours of the morning. This is to be the pattern for my next 20 days as I climb Mt. […]

Denali 2011, the 4th of the 7 Summits

After Everest, medicine Denali was the climb I was most concerned about for the 7 Summits Climb for Alzheimer’s: Memories are Everything. You see, it’s complicated. Dedicating my Everest summit to my mom and all the Alzheimer’s moms out there will feed me for the rest of my life; but there is so much more […]