climbing

Day 1: Atlanta to Anchorage, nearly leaving the two-way radio forgotten on the floor, a free first class upgrade, then an exit-row seat next to a coughing seatmate right before an expedition. We're doing the West Buttress a third time. We're basically veterans.

An account of my May 2011 trip to Denali, self-guided this time with just Wes and a journal kept on my iPad. First lesson carried over from 2008: get a haircut, because if your hair is going to be gross for a month, have as little of it as possible. Now to pack everything.