Denali Expedition: Hahn & Team waiting out the weather at 9,500 Camp
Posted by: Dave Hahn, Dominic Cifelli, Matt McEttrick
Categories: Expedition Dispatches Denali
Elevation: 9,500'
Friday, June 25, 2021 - 6:35 pm PT
This will be our third night hunkered down at 9,500' on the Kahiltna Glacier. It got snowing around midnight last night and just kept going. We checked the weather every hour or so to see if we could get a lull for climbing, but no. Thankfully the winds never got to more than about 20 mph, but they blew steadily throughout the day. We’d taken the precaution of pulling down the dining/cook tent at 1 AM so it was an easy enough thing to build it again at 8 AM to have a dry and calm space for breakfast. Bagels and salmon and a few laughs together before we climbed back in the tents to ride out the storm. By dinner time the snow was falling thick and fast and we were happy to be high enough to be avoiding rain. With dinner complete we did a round or two of chores to strengthen our camp and then crawled in for the night. According to the forecast, tomorrow should be partly sunny. Until then it will be anybody’s guess as to how many hours of noise we’ll endure as the wind and snow pummel the tent fabric.
Cheers,
Comments (3)
Good luck guys, wish you all the best! Hope the weather breaks for you. Rest well and may peace be with you
Posted by: Gregory Hatt on
My son hectoris there with you. I would love to know about his knees and health, how is he doing please
Posted by: Laura fernandez on
Hello to Dave Hahn, Matt McEttrick & all
Marion & I hope for an improvement in the weather and your advance to the 14K level.l.
Here in Boston MA the temperature is expected to be about 90 degrees. We anticipate
no snow this week!
Joe & Marion McEttrick
Posted by: Joseph P McEttrick on