climbing

So, the path from High Camp (camp 5) to the summit includes climbing Denali Pass, then a bunch of smaller and winding "hills", followed by dropping down into the Football Field, climbing Pig Hill and then finally the Summit Ridge. Altogether it's about three thousand vertical

Corey and Brett should have arrived here in Anchorage sometime late last night, and probably interrupted my sleep in the process. Today we're getting picked up by a van service, carted to a grocery store where we'll supplement the 300,000+ calories (don't think

Just got in to the hotel in Anchorage. It's beautiful here. The first thing one notices when stepping off the plane, is the amazing air. Or maybe my standard for air had just been pushed unusually low? I'm going to head back to the airport in

Don't forget to check out whereiscurtis.blogspot.com every now and then. Corey will probably start sending location messages Wednesday sometime.

Just four more days of training. I've been taking it pretty easy this past week. The closer the departure date, the more concerned I become about last-minute injuries. I ran up sixty-three flights of stairs this afternoon. Not fun, but not really a complete workout. -- Today the

I'm still putting together my Alaska menu. Breakfasts (cereal, oatmeal, fd eggs, bacon, etc.) and dinners (dinty moore, fd meals, fajitas, etc.) are accounted for elsewhere. So, the following accounts for lunches and snacks (to supplement other meals). Anything moderately perishable (like cheese) or crushable (like the crackers)

So, the three of us going to Denali are participating in a study regarding the effects of high altitude on the brain. They don't really consider Denali to be "high altitude", and I try not to take offense at that, while they sit in their posh