Day Zero?
I guess today is as good a day as any tot declare as the first day of this trip. I think I usually declare the ore-departure packing day as the first day of the trip but I really don't have much to say about it. But today I
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climbing
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Liftoff!
Short hair.
If there's one thing I learned from the 2008 Alaska trip (beside the fact that NOT every small town has a barber - and I had always assumed the contrary, even if the barber was also the town sheriff and building inspector), is that if you&
T-Minus Seven Days
Seven short days until take-off. I've pulled the rope out of storage. I could probably almost set up a 5-to-1 pulley blind-folded. (Let's hope that particular skill isn't put to the test.) I customized my new backpack with an attachment on each side, onto
Fooooood
The final detail - meal planning - is done. We're going to bring roughly twenty-two days of food that we can stretch out to twenty-five. There won't be any pancakes, bacon and maple syrup breakfasts this year but it'll still be decent food.
It
Denali and Hunter
So it looks like there's a chance team Midnight Meat Train will be tackling the West Ridge of Mt. Hunter after we finish up the West Rib of Denali (time permitting). And not to jump too far ahead, but hopefully that'll all lead up to the
Alaska #4
It's set. My fourth Alaska trip is scheduled to commence on May 5. Ninety-three days remaining. Wow. The team name is Midnight Meat Train.
McKinley 2011
Here's the video that Wes put together of our May, 2011 McKinley (West Buttress) trip. Enjoy. http://curtisjones.us/excursions/20110505-MtMcKinley/wes.m4v
Mt. McKinley (2011) - Day 23
Talkeetna to Anchorage
07:00 - When the alarm starts blaring it's difficult to choose breakfast over another hour of sleep, but we do; a Standard Half breakfast with orange juice. Wes just gets a giant pastry of some sort.
There's a trio of people sitting
Mt. McKinley (2011) - Day 22
Camp 3 to Base Camp to Talkeetna
01:30 - It had briefly started to snow while we were eating, and our fine, fine meal was consumed from under the protective covering of Wes' tarp, held up by our trekking poles. It was a simple but effective shelter, and
Mt. McKinley (2011) - Day 21
Camp 5 to Camp 3
09:00 - Wes wakes up, by alarm, and calls his wife. Maybe this is why I'm not married, but I wouldn't have done this.
11:00 - We wake up again. The tent has no ice build up. I'