Mt. McKinley (2008) - Day 07

Stuck at Camp 2 Whoa. So, a bit of a shock. Every morning the weather has been so beautiful - you almost expect to see birds chirping in the trees - if there were trees. This morning it is overcast and snowing. Snow! Such an inconvenience: it just gets on

Mt. McKinley (2008) - Day 06

Camp 1 to Camp 2 Second night on the glacier, and nothing terribly interesting to report. Sleeping on a foam pad with a therm-a-rest on top of it is surprisingly comfortable. Of course, I sleep on a couch when I'm not on mountains, so maybe I just don&

Mt. McKinley (2008) - Day 05

Base Camp to Camp 1 Breakfast this morning was some entirely unsatisfying granola, but there was mention of burritos for dinner, so I'm not complaining. I just hope we don't have granola every morning. -- Brutal. We're here at Camp 1. We didn'

Mt. McKinley (2008) - Day 04

Fly to Base Camp 9am and we're all here at the hangar, ready to fly. I shoveled down my breakfast at the Roadhouse so that I could get to the airfield on time and now we're just waiting; and to think, I could have enjoyed those

Mt. McKinley (2008) - Day 03

Gear Checks and Orientation Met for breakfast at the Roadhouse. This place has the menu on a chalkboard on the wall. There are three choices for breakfast and each comes as either a "half" or a "whole". Everyone - and I mean everyone - orders the

Almost There

I don't want to give away too many details yet, since I intend to blog about the trip when it's complete. I spent all yesterday flying haphazardly around the country (LGA -> ATL -> SLC -> ANC) and spent the night at a

Mt. McKinley (2008) - Day 02

Traveling to Talkeetna I'm back at the airport - the group's designated meeting place. I'm going to be hanging out here for the next four hours. Joy. I have a rubik's cube, a computer science book and an iPod. I'm

Mt. McKinley (2008) - Day 01

Traveling to Anchorage New York to Atlanta to Salt Lake City to Anchorage. This is going to be a long day. I'm taking car service to the airport. Hauling a hundred pounds in two large duffel bags is no fun on the subway and a bus. It'

Alaska

The majority of my possessions (by mass) in New York that are neither furniture nor computers are now stuffed in two large duffle bags, ready for tomorrow's departure. I leave my apartment at 9am and around midnight I'll be checking out the exciting night-life in Anchorage.

Mt. McKinley (2008) - Day 00

Still in New York Overview An account of my May 2008 trip to Mt. McKinley (Denali). You can find the original online post here. This is based on the journal I kept during the expedition. I've finally got all of the journal typed up and available here and