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I hope that you enjoyed the audio journal above. Following the short little ski video there are four photographs from Camp 11,000.
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Believe it or not I…
I pretty much just arrived at our second camp about 9 km from base camp up the Kahiltna. The weather has been stunning although I must say I am intrigued by the extremes.
It gets warm during the…
The last two days were spent at the Talkeetna Airstrip loading Talkeetna Air Taxi planes with our 6 tons of gear. Four members of the team made it to base camp on Saturday and the rest of us became…
It looks like weather might delay our flight to Base Camp until Sunday, but the way I understand the process for getting climbers, and in this case scientists, onto Denali is that you pretty much…
Greetings readers. I had a long day of flights on Monday, but have had an amazing day and a half in Anchorage meeting the team and continuing with logistics and preparation. Stops in Anchorage have…
Please take a peek at the before and after packing pictures below. Needless to say, compression stuff sacks rock. Thanks to my 6'4" high school junior son, Thomas, for adding a little size…
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Amazing what you can find in garages, basements and freezers in order to help make a point…
I have already journaled about the logistics involved in getting a team to Denali and am anticipating even more mind numbing events regarding supplies and science gear when we finally set up base…
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Teacher Ken Williams, at his home in Damariscotta, Maine, preparing for his…
Researcher Campbell visited two alma maters on April 3rd as part of an outreach effort in midcoast Maine. He arrived at his K-8 grade school, Nobleboro Central School, with slides ready to go and a…
