Denali!

June 2, 2007 by Lei.

My turn to climb Denali is coming up fast! Denali (6194m, 20320 ft), also called Mt McKinley, is the highest peak in North America. I’m on Mountain Trip’s June 10th 2007 expedition. I will try to send updated information as much as I can, but please stay patient.

I have been following this year’s earlier expeditions closely, which helps me mentally prepare myself. The season on Denali started at the beginning of May. For the first month, there seems to have been only two brief summit windows. Most of the time, the mountain was in heavy snow storm and high wind. Two of the early expeditions were held down at high camp by storm for a week and had to descend after their food and fuel supply came to an end. I hope June will bring better climbing conditions on the higher mountain though there are more crevasse opening at lower slopes. I heard global warming also helps open up crevasse early:)

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