Mt. McKinley Expedition: Mallory & Team Arrive at Basecamp
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Hi RMI this is Linden Mallory calling, it’s about 10 AM on Monday morning and we are calling from Denali Base camp.
We made it down this morning. We woke up about midnight last night and had the beginnings of a descent freeze, so we decided to pack up and see how the glacier treated us. We fired up the stoves and cooked up some breakfast and then we were walking in the middle of the night. It was a long but relatively uneventful walk down the glacier. We picked our way down and made it to Base camp about an hour ago. Right now we just packed up all our gear and we are waiting on the airplanes to come and pick us up. We have some low hanging clouds but we are fairly optimistic, a few planes have made it in.
So hopefully our next call is from Talkeetna. We'll check in and let you know how it goes.
RMI Guide Linden Mallory
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Comments (6)
Welcome back on low-altitude land! Kudos to the great guides who made it happen.
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Posted by: Alysse on
Glad to hear everyone is safe and sound, can’t wait to hear all the stories. Thank you Linden for all the reports and getting everyone up and down safely.
Posted by: Toni on
Congratulations! Glad to hear you made it to basecamp. Great job and can’t wait to hear you all had a safe flight.
Posted by: Amanda L on
Wonderful news!! So glad to hear you are all safe and sound. Excellent job!!
Posted by: Laurie M on
YEAH! Big sigh of relief!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Great job team!!!!!!!!!!!!!Hope your flight goes smoothly.
Posted by: laurie colaneri on
Congrats on a successful hike! You all did a great job! Thanks for keeping everyone safe.
Posted by: Lorraine on