2019
Day 3: Talkeetna -> Base camp -> Camp 1
Sunny as we land our 1954 deHavilland Otter plane at base camp. We unload, chat with base camp staff, cache the base camp emergency food rations and we are on our way. Push to camp 1 in 5hours. Snowstorm starts as we arrive to camp 1 A few times during the push my hands get […]
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Day 3: flying to base camp
That’s it we are leaving 1 day late. Sunny out, we have a flying window!! Check out the video below:
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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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Day 1: gear packing & meal prep
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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Jetlagged in Anchorage
Arrived in Anchorage, final shopping before driving to the mountain tomorrow.
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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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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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Denali expedition countdown: 4 days to Alaska
This is it, the week that we have been waiting for almost 2 years has come. The project has grown while our team of climbers has dwindled. We were 9, then 8, then 5, then 4 and now 3 after Josh pulled out last week. A bit of panic at first wondering if AMS (Alaska […]
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2019 Denali expedition rundown, 3 weeks to go
It has been over a year in the making, hundreds of emails, whatsapps, phone calls between all potential team members, guiding company, family, friends. We used to think of it as a project in the distant future. It is finally here and now, 3 weeks before our meeting with the Denali park rangers in Talkeetna, […]
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