Wednesday, May 25, 2011
Tuesday, May 24, 2011
Gear drying!
Brad and christi on their way to 7200 and yet a long ways from this stage! They'll be out to talkeetna tomorrow they hope and can begin the ascent to humankind then!
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Monday, May 23, 2011
leaving on a jet plane!
Sounds like Christi and Brad had a great weather window and got to the top in calm conditions! Can't wait to see their pics and hear the stories!! Matt and I will just have to come back another day!
Much more when I have a few hours this week!
Stu on Delta
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Sunday, May 22, 2011
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Saturday, May 7, 2011
Headsets
The phone signal is pretty weak now so we'll see how many more I can get off!
We are all thinking of our loved ones at home as we near the hill.
Love to you all!
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Email us!
Drop an email to the above address and keep messages top less than 140 characters!
We'll love getting them!
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Wheels up!
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Final Packing!
Nearly there now and looks like we'll be out of phone contact for 5-6 days but will use the sat phone to dispatch. Likely no more pics til we are out!
Love to everyone!!
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Airplane next!
Super mellow and nice ranger ran us through a slide show and answered all our questions. Sounds quite cold and windy at this time but snow conditions like June.
We'll catch one of these planes in a few hours and then we'll be out of touch perhaps a day or so. Hopefully all goes well with the sat phone and look for note to come with how to drop us a note!
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Washburn pics
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Denali weather!
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Talketna at last
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Denali photo op
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Denali in view!
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Searching for Sarah!
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En Route!
We have an easy 3hr ride to Talkeetna and the view are outrageous. The mountains simply rise up out of the water and land everywhere you look and they soar into the sky gaining the look of a pointy topped unside down cake with drizzled vanilla frosting, (note the food reference as we begin to think of entering our 2 weeks of "limited" options for meals!)
More along the way!
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Friday, May 6, 2011
Shopping done...almost
Now we are sitting realizing we still don't have pancake mix, soup, rice, brown sugar and so on. After knocking off a carne asada at the famous Costco luncheon we'll be off to REI and AMH to get last bits of rope, snowshoe rentals and then a finish at Carr's for last food and med kit items. Phew!!!
More later!
Stu and gang from Costco
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Shopping day at costco
It is a beautiful sunny day with mountains to look at at we are haggling over family sized bottles of cooking oil! Ahh the exciting life of climbing!
More soon!
Pic is Christi, Brad and Matt!
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Brad and his gear explosion
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Gear prep day!
We'll pass on an update along the way!
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Thursday, May 5, 2011
En Route to Anchorage!
Brad had begun the long flight already, I board shortly and Matt and Christi soon. We'll all be jamming into a large renta-vehicle and arriving late at the Earth B&B. In the morning we'll update you all on the progress.
Word on the "street" is that the night temps low on the mountain are -20F but pretty "warm" days and reasonably clear weather. Some snow has fallen which will make the path softer so that is nice!
We are all leaving behind people we love and care for and this is perhaps the hardest part of any expedition and we send our love to each and every one of them. We promise to be safe and make smart decisions for as Ed Veisturs likes to say "the summit is optional, getting down is mandatory"
More soon!
Stu
Ps
How travel has changed...attached pic of my ipod and mac charging up while I wait so I can work on the plane to Minneapolis!
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Friday, April 29, 2011
Weather on Denali - Yikes!
enali, 63.0693N 151.006W, 6194 m Sun, ↑ 03:37 ↓ 20:16 Solar Time |
Date | Sat 30 | Sat 30 | Sun 1 | Sun 1 | Mon 2 | Mon 2 | Tue 3 | Tue 3 | Wed 4 |
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Time | day | night | day | night | day | night | day | night | day |
Weather | |||||||||
Temp. Max.| Min. ° C | -35|-37 | -38|-39 | -36|-39 | -35|-35 | -35|-36 | -36|-38 | -39|-39 | -39|-40 | -38|-38 |
Freezing level | 1253 m | 326 m | 1030 m | 676 m | 1143 m | 718 m | 997 m | 652 m | 876 m |
Wind dir. | 134° | 111° | 193° | 181° | 183° | 159° | 170° | 211° | 222° |
Wind speed | 39 km/h | 30 km/h | 58 km/h | 49 km/h | 23 km/h | 27 km/h | 48 km/h | 41 km/h | 54 km/h |
Relative Humidity | 98 % | 99 % | 96 % | 98 % | 97 % | 98 % | 97 % | 99 % | 99 % |
Precipitation | 8 mm | 5 mm | 4 mm | 7 mm | 14 mm | 19 mm | 16 mm | 23 mm | 10 mm |
snow | rain | 7cm | 4cm | 4cm | 6cm | 13cm | 17cm | 14cm | 20cm | 8cm |