Denali Expedition: Haugen & Team Make It on the Mountain
Posted by: Mike Haugen, Jenny Konway, Grayson Swingle
Categories: Expedition Dispatches Denali
Elevation: 7,300'
Tuesday, June 18, 2019 - 9:01 PM PT
Today started out much the same as yesterday. We hurried through breakfast and headed to the airstrip to see what the flying conditions were for the morning. We received an optimistic thumbs down due to fog in basecamp. The pilots told us to be on standby because the weather was on an improving trend. After hanging out for a couple of hours we got the word that we could fly.
After an amazing flight over the lush green Alaska terrain and into the stark mountians of the Alaska Range, we were delivered to basecamp safe and sound. We spent the day getting everything organized and ready to move to our next camp tonight. We travel at night in the lower glacier because the crevasse bridges are more firm and the sleds drag much easier when things are frozen. Let's hope the weather keeps improving.
RMI Guide Mike Haugen
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Comments (6)
The exciting expedition is now underway! Best wishes to all.
Posted by: Kathy Kikendall on
Wishing the entire team a safe and successful trip, and friendly skies!!
Posted by: Deborah Flinn on
Yeah! Now the real adventure begins! Good climbing !
Posted by: Denise Dahm on
Glad you made it to the mountain! The anticipation of getting started must be difficult. Wishing you improved weather, daily.
Posted by: Kristi and Zeppelin on
So happy that the team is on the mountain. Wishing for the best climbing weather.
The Jones family (all 10 of us)!!
Posted by: Jon Jones on
So happy that you made it to base camp safely! Will be praying for better weather and
an amazing climb!!!
Posted by: Vicki Brown on