8 May ,
2019

Day 2: stuck in Talkeetna – bad weather, no flying

It has been a good day, lot of preparation work done. Unfortunately we are unable to fly out! It has been raining all day and visibility is not good enough for planes to take us to base camp. Early morning we attend the briefing from Park Rangers at the Ranger station, finish preparing gear and […]

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7 May ,
2019

Day 1: gear packing & meal prep

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6 May ,
2019

Talkeetna, home of Denali climbing

Anchorage to Talkeetna, meet at AMS, run and dinner at the brewery with Xav, Kai and Marc

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6 May ,
2019

Jetlagged in Anchorage

Arrived in Anchorage, final shopping before driving to the mountain tomorrow.

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5 May ,
2019

Arrived in Anchorage

It’s 330am here, and after a 12hr flight to Seattle, a 2-hr connection and a 3 1/2 hour flights to anchorage I am finally in the hotel. Quick shower, earplugs to cover the noise of all the other rooms that seem to all be partying on the late Saturday night Sunday morning, and off to […]

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4 May ,
2019

Hong Kong to Alaska

After 2 days of intense packing the day has come to say goodbye to loved ones and get on the plane for the long journey to Anchorage, Alaska. The result: 2 x 100-liter expedition duffle bags packed with technical mountain gear & all the necessary clothing. I spent most of today with Sarah and Oscar […]

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