A topic I have considered writing about for a while is simply a dedication and thank you to everyone who helped us reach this field season after nearly ten years of effort. The primary NSF grant…
Well, the weather today has been mostly white out, windy, and snowy which means any work outside is challenging and cold. Also, it's not worth risking traveling around the divide with poor…
After Karl and I made it to the ice divide on May 15th, we finished the final drill site selection within about 24 hours and were ready for the rest of the crew and equipment to come in via…
Following the acclimatization climb, on May 15th Karl Kreutz and I took a National Park Service Helicopter flight to the Mount Hunter Ice Divide. Andy was our pilot as he has been for several other…
Ken has departed us and returned to Maine. His time with us in Denali National Park was a fantastic experience both for Ken and the rest of us. For Ken and I the highlight was certainly reaching…
High speed internet is allowing me to go back a little bit and do some additional work on past days....I hope I don't confuse folks, but there is much to share.
So, on the final push from Camp 11,…
My final day on Denali's Kahiltna Glacier, Saturday, was chock-full of surprises with a very cool icing on the cake at the end of the day.
I had told Lisa, the Base Camp manager, yesterday to put me…
Today back at Base Camp was quite fascinating. I got to meet some of the helicopter crew members and pilot that will be ferrying people and gear from Base Camp to Mount Hunter. Seth always…
The climb to 13,400 was a once in a life time experience. The acclimatization is over and the team is healthy.
Listen below:
Lunch stop on our way up to windy corner and 13,400 satellite summit…
11,000 ft Camp
Ken Williams is near 11,000ft camp with the team on the acclimatization climb. Ken was able to send a very short satellite phone call earlier to say that the connection was poor at…
