McKinley Expedition: Burns & Team Take Rest Day at 11,000ft Camp
Posted by: Seth Burns, Ben Thorneycroft, Margo Kerr
Categories: Expedition Dispatches Alaska
Elevation: 11,200'
Wednesday, May 27, 2026 - 9:03 pm PT
We woke up to a chilly morning with clear skies. After a couple days of carrying gear and moving camps, our lead guide Seth, called for a rest day. That called for a rest day. meant a slow morning enjoying extra coffee and english muffins and ham. Camp renovations soon followed and after building the best snow bench seen at 11 camp, we enjoyed some real rest on said bench. For five minutes until one climber said “man, I hate sitting... what else can we build!?”
We found a few other useful ways to pass the time (including some actual rest in our warm tents) but try to get a group of motivated mountaineers to do nothing on a nice weather day and that just might be harder than climbing the mountain itself.
- RMI Climber Connor
Comments (3)
Let’s go Connor and team! Reading these updates is making me stoked for you man. I know Denali is nothing compared to North Table Mountain, but try to find some ways to make it hard for yourself.
Posted by: Steven Azzano on
Enjoy doing what you love! Stay warm and safe and sleep well. We will be thinking of all of you and will be pulling for you. Wish we could pull your sleds for you, too! Hope this will be one of the best experiences of your lives! Sending lots of love!
Posted by: Susan Reusser on
Go Connor! Your girls miss you and are rooting for you!
Posted by: Aleeza on